What is halal?

Halal Choices ^ | Sep 9, 2015

[Ray76]

Halal simply means permitted or lawful. So when we are talking about halal foods it means any foods that are allowed to be eaten according to Islamic Sharia law.

This means that for any food to be considered halal it must comply with the religious ritual and observance of Sharia law.

Here at Halal Choices we are concerned with the halal slaughter of animals such as beef, lamb and poultry. To be halal certified the animal must be facing Mecca, have its throat cut while still alive and then ritually sacrificed by a Muslim who recites a prayer dedicating the slaughter to Allah. Because the animals must be slaughtered alive, stun guns are often not an option as they can kill an animal before the heart pumps out all the blood.

To see the halal slaughter process, click on the link below. Be warned though, it is extremely graphic and disturbing!

[IronJack]

As I recall (my brother worked in high school for a rabbi at a packing plant), kosher slaughter only requires that the animal be alive when its throat is cut, and that it be allowed to bleed out completely before being disassembled.

I'm sure some of our Judaic brethren can correct me if I'm wrong.

I suspect the halal procedure is to behead the animal while it's alive, then hold up the bloody relic and chant idiotic slogans in front of a video camera.

[OldSmaj]

What is halal?

Something really stupid that is associated with being a mooselimb.

Therefore...who cares?

[M-cubed]

thank goodness they changed the rules well before I was born. I would have hated some of the rules they had before Vatican Council II.<<

have u ever heard the rumor of the high Catholic official from a small and very poor fishing village?

rumor has it he enacted that rule and Lo and Behold, his small and poor fishing village became very prosperous...Just as he had promised them

[Oatka]

All the same just different procedure.

Muslims butchering sheep in a French Street.

[Steve Van Doorn]

The video I seen show a Kosher plant that they spent many hours waiting for an animal to come out of the drop location alive. Which they filmed two animals that were clearly alive with the throat cut. Both animals did stand back up. The film was enough evidence to shut the Kosher Plant down.

Halal is far worse I know.

[Salamander]

Stinking NetFlix has NO Chuck movies, whatsoever.

One ‘interview’ thing and that is it.

Bastards.

[Salamander]

We don’t buy “halal” anything.

Ever.

[PapaBear3625]

More like: an animal slaughtered by a non-Muslim is not Halal. An animal slaughtered by a non-Jew is not kosher.

[Freedom56v2]

We don’t buy “halal” anything.

Ever.

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Ditto!

[trisham]

From the site:

“According to the laws of the Torah, to be eaten, a kosher species must be slaughtered by a “Schochet,” a ritual slaughterer. Since Jewish Law prohibits causing any pain to animals, the slaughtering has to be effected in such a way that unconsciousness is instantaneous and death occurs almost instantaneously.”