Posted on 11/23/2011 1:28:24 PM PST by DogByte6RER
Thanksgiving jihad? Butterball sells sharia friendly halal turkeys
Thanksgiving is turkey time, yet many Americans are unaware that the turkey on the menu may be halal, meaning it is slaughtered according to the dictates of sharia, the religious law of Islam.
On Monday, reports began circulating around the web that one of America’s largest producers of thanksgiving turkeys, Butterball, slaughters turkeys according to the dictates of sharia law. And apparently Butterball has confirmed the rumor: all Butterball whole turkeys sold in the U.S. are slaughtered in accord with halal, and thus satisfy sharia, Islamic religious law.
Halal is a term designating any object or an action which is permissible to use or engage in, according to Islamic law. The term is used to designate food seen as permissible according to Islamic law.
Halal slaughter is considered by many to be a barbaric and inhumane practice. Others object to the religious aspect - the offering of prayers to Allah as the animal is slaughtered.
The halal sanctioned method of slaughtering animals consists of using a well sharpened knife to make a swift, deep incision that cuts the front of the throat, the carotid artery, wind pipe and jugular veins but leaves the spinal cord intact, and the animal suffering. In addition, a prayer is said over tha animal as it suffers an agonizing death: "Bismillah allahu akbar" -- in the name of Allah the greatest.
Some concerned citizens are now boycotting Butterball turkeys - some because of the connection with Islam and sharia - others because of the brutal and inhumane method of slaughter
(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...
Plus, I have enough faith in the corruption of the big-government/big-corporate complex to be quite certain that anything they say is a lie.
A false oath in the name of the false Mormon prophet is the same thing.
I agree. The nice thing about being a Christian is that I can eat kosher and halal food without much concern. FWIW, I'm getting ready to cook a Thanksgiving ham. I'm all turkeyed out.
Not that I'm complaining...
lol ... It seemed to make sense that a thread about jihadi turks needed an infidel turkey shooter, for fairness and balance, of course.
“which is intended to avoid unnecessary pain to the animal..”
Yes, Kosher is more humane.
“Butterball has to PAY these twirps for their SIGN, which the cost thereof is passed on to YOU the consumer.”
And some suspect that part of the fee will be used for terrorism.
Great ad hominem!
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