https://hype.my/2021/252352/is-it-h...-chopsticks-adam-corrie-responds-to-backlash/
For those who don’t know, Malaysian actor Adam Corrie Lee has been relatively active in spreading Islamic teachings. He also regularly participates in Islamic programs to talk about his experience in embracing Islam.
A few days ago, the 53-year-old public figure revealed to his 838k followers on Instagram that he was once reprimanded for still using food chopsticks when eating his food, despite being a mualaf (convert). Yes, you heard that right!
Adam (full name Adam Corrie Lee Abdullah) revealed on his IG that there were a handful of people who are “shallow-minded”. According to him, people told him that it’s considered haram (forbidden) for Muslims to eat their food using chopsticks.
He commented, “Take it in a positive way. We live in a multiracial society. Eating with a chopstick is not considered ‘haram’. I was reprimanded previously. They told me that if you have converted to Islam, you cannot use chopsticks because it’s ‘haram’.”
Adam then accompanied his caption with a verse from Surah Al-Hujurat which reads, “O mankind, We have created you from a male and a female, and made you into races and tribes, so that you may identify one another. Surely the noblest of you, in Allah’s sight, is the one who is most pious of you. Surely Allah is All-Knowing, All-Aware.”
