Halal - Right or Wrong?

[jrh2002]

I am asking if you think the way halal meat is prepared is right or wrong.
We seem to be having animal rights etc sticking their noses into certain things but they never dare mention this and can only think its because it offends muslims.

Halal basically is slitting the throat of an animal and leaving it to bleed to death to get all the impurities out of the animal and draining its blood. Surely a bolt to the head and instant death (in most cases unless theres a mistake) is better than leaving something to suffer and bleed to death.
Alot of people have no idea what halal actually is and I personally think it should be banned from being performed in the UK.

This is what is said but i have my doubts about it and believe if religeon was not the reason for it this would no way be alllowed to happen.

Allows for draining most of the blood out;
Causes no stress to the animal;
Does not cause death before the actual slaughter;
Found with no fault in any scientific study;
Proved to be humane’ , causing no “pain” or suffering or cruelty, even to a few individual animals;
Causes no damaging or harmful effects to the quality of the meat;
Found to be a sure way of death (reliable);
Found to be irreversible (slowly and gradually progressing to death);
With only one way of killing (direct method);
To be practical and realistic; quick and easy to perform in any society, in any place;
‘Very economical’ (not a lot of machinery and equipment, etc.);
Being more familiar to the animal, with less machinery and restraint (with a less threatening atmosphere);
Safe to perform (no electricity, gas or shocks, etc.);
Accepted by the community consuming the meat;
Liked by the slaughter man, with no psychological ill-effects on him;
Blessed for the believers by ALLAH (s.w.t).

Read up on it here
http://www.azhar.jp/info/halal-eng/halal5.html

Enjoy your kebab tonight

[Hushie]

Well I'm a vegetarian as it is, but I don't really think halal is very humane. Not being disrespectful to muslims though.

[Virgin Mary]

Allows for draining most of the blood out;
Causes no stress to the animal;
Does not cause death before the actual slaughter;
Found with no fault in any scientific study;
Proved to be humane’ , causing no “pain” or suffering or cruelty, even to a few individual animals;
Causes no damaging or harmful effects to the quality of the meat;
Found to be a sure way of death (reliable);
Found to be irreversible (slowly and gradually progressing to death);
With only one way of killing (direct method);
To be practical and realistic; quick and easy to perform in any society, in any place;
‘Very economical’ (not a lot of machinery and equipment, etc.);
Being more familiar to the animal, with less machinery and restraint (with a less threatening atmosphere);
Safe to perform (no electricity, gas or shocks, etc.);
Accepted by the community consuming the meat;
Liked by the slaughter man, with no psychological ill-effects on him;
Blessed for the believers by ALLAH (s.w.t).

Read up on it here

I suppose this list was written up by a witch doctor of some sort. Oh well, it's so flawed you don't really need to say anything.

[Roboevil]

Causes no stress to the animal;
Proved to be humane’ , causing no “pain” or suffering or cruelty, even to a few individual animals;

How would cutting something's throat not cause pain? ;S

Found to be irreversible (slowly and gradually progressing to death);
Liked by the slaughter man, with no psychological ill-effects on him;

Those are just funny.

Whoever thinks all this is a nutjob.

[jrh2002]

I suppose this list was written up by a witch doctor of some sort. Oh well, it's so flawed you don't really need to say anything.

Some proffessor from what i read

How would cutting something's throat not cause pain? ;S


Those are just funny.

Whoever thinks all this is a nutjob.

I have to agree with you 100% on all your comments.

[Minstrels]

It seems silly how cutting it's throat wont course pain...

[-Xiangu-]

i think it should be done fasster

[Jordy]

It's a Muslim/Arab tradition as far as I'm aware. I'm also a vegetarian but I respect Muslim's decisions and I doubt it's that painful the animal, 20 seconds of excruciating pain I guess, not much more. It's an ideal, safe, cheap and easy method in poorer Arab and Muslim countries so I guess we should leave them to it and respect their decision. I'm not going to go into my opinion on it as I think they have a reasonable argument and we have to respect their religions and traditions.

Just as long as they don't bring Halal meat into British tradition's I don't mind.

[Wig44.]

It seems a very arsyvarsy way of killing something. Sure it is their religion but that doesn't mean everyone has to respect halal. I certainly don't.

[Kardan]

People have their own beliefs so I won't debate on that, but personally I wouldn't eat meat if the animal was slaughtered in that way...