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Originally Posted by nomadking
People are FORCED to eat Halal meat, that hasn't been slaughtered to UK/EU standard animal welfare conditions. As I pointed out, even Halal slaughtering the meat for use by non-Muslims is ILLEGAL. Do they consume all of the that 22% of chickens slaughtered in the UK? It's a form of cartel, where only one group is allowed to supply meat products.
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Do you eat fish? If so you have probably been eating Halal. All fish, unless it has been farmed, is Halal.
Also, did you know that the standards of Kosher meat are almost the same as for Halal?
For slaughtered meat to be Halal or Kosher, it is important that the animal has been reared with high standards of husbandry, basically organically. Halal and Kosher meat animals are often raised on the same farms. It is also important that the animal is kept calm and content until it is killed. This is to reduce the amount of adrenaline released into the tissue and also because the Prophet demanded that all of Allah's creation is treated well. Traditionally, the animal is led to a feeding stall. While it is eating, a surgically sharp blade is passed through its jugular and windpipe. Properly done, the animal doesn't know it has been cut before it is unconscious. The slaughtered animal is then hung upside-down to bleed out. Blood is not consumed in Islam or Judaism. In both traditions the animal is blessed before slaughter.
Nowadays, because of UK traditions, and the perception that they are a less cruel way of killing an animal, the animal must be stunned before it has its throat cut. This is done with an electric shock or a stun gun.
Having witnessed both methods being done professionally my personal view is that traditional Islamic and Jewish methods are more humane if done properly. Maybe my view has been affected by seeing a 'stunned' cow hung upside-down whilst still conscious and having its abdomen cut open and screaming in pain and terror.