Thank you so much for exposing this barbaric practice by the religion of peace. Their peace extends to animals as well! Leave it to PETA to not plaster across of all media how cruel this practice is, just as they have ignored the problem with dead whales in the Atlantic caused by noisy wind turbines - another worthless "3-letter" organization. In Maryland, countryside, expensive, "organic" beef ranchers are touting their halal meat. Seems it has become fashionable to do so.
Check out Oregon Initiative Petition 28. It purportedly bans animal cruelty, but if it passes I could be charged with sexual assault for artificially inseminating my cows. This is a slippery slope.
This is still allowed so the article is correct. As of 2023 UK law: You must stun all animals before you slaughter them unless an animal is being slaughtered in accordance with religious rites, for halal or kosher meat.
the slaughter must be done in a way that follows Jewish or Islamic religious practice
the meat must be intended for consumption by Jewish or Muslim people
You can only carry out slaughter without stunning of:
bovine animals (including calves).
sheep
goats
Approximately 30% of lamb, 31% of chicken, and 7% of beef in the UK is produced through halal slaughter methods. Overall, halal meat accounts for a significant portion of the meat market, driven by both the Muslim population and broader consumer demand for halal products.
What agency monitors who sells to just Jewish and Muslim people, probably none.
What part of the law forbids kosher or halal meat to be sold to non-Jews and non-Muslims? In the absence of such a law, there would be no need for an agency to monitor this.
Are you opposed to hunting, by the way? Many more animals are hunted each year, in both the UK and the US, than are slaughtered for halal or kosher meat. Many of these animals suffer gut shots or other injuries that result in great agony and slow death.
If you are opposed to kosher and halal slaughter on the grounds of animal welfare, does that not also dictate opposition to hunting? If not, why not?
Thank you for bringing cattention to this horrible practice. I had no idea. I'm moving back to Texas this Saturday and will let my HEB know how I feel about it.
Next, I'll be contacting my state and federal representatives.
And what about hunting? It is illogical to outlaw halal and kosher slaughter on grounds of cruelty to animals without outlawing hunting, which is both far more cruel and involves far more animals.
No, my opposition to halal and kosher slaughter is that it is unnecessarily cruel and comes from cultures foreign to America. What insults do you have lined up for me next?
Where’s the PETA advocate, the bloviating Bill Maher? This needs a national liberal voice. As I’ve said before, the best chance of Libtards drawing lines is with dogs and other animals.
The problem is this is not a factual piece. It is fear mongering, and at its heart xenophobia masquerading as animal welfare. Thesea re the facts, as easily verified by using Google or any AI tool: "Halal meat is widely available and offered across the UK. It is easily found in specialized butchers, major supermarkets (often with halal sections or counters), and many restaurants. An estimated 15% of all meat slaughtered in the UK is halal compliant, and around 88% of this halal meat comes from animals that were pre-stunned." There is a commonly accepted practice, in the Muslim community, of stunning before slaughter. "The vast majority of halal meat produced in the UK comes from animals that are stunned before slaughter (e.g., 88% of chickens and 84% of cattle)". In fact, all KFC, Nando's, and many fast food restaurants in the UK solely offer Halal meat.
In fact, virtually every major grocery chain in Europe offers Halal meat. Including Tesco, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Asda, Edeka, Rewe, and Kaufland. Same goes for Scandinavian countries. See.....your piece is, as always, well written..but you have left out the absolute fact that TODAY most muslims practice and prefer their meat to have been stunned prior to slaughter as it is more humane. There are still a small percentage that want it the more arcane and less humane way of slaughtering the animal...but that percentage is shrinking rapdily.
Not so much that but most Muslims don't want meat that's been slaughtered in inhumanely. The practice still exists, but its waning in popularity...its just not as black and white as the piece puts it. HEB is offering humanely killed pre-stunned Halal meat. Nothing for PETA to get up in arms about ...and the piece makes Muslims out to be like cat eaters in MN....a myth.
That was absolutely a myth...in fact a hoax. Why don't you Maga people know how to use Google? Wikipedia, Politifact, and Snopes all investigated and found it to be untrue. The video circulating was fake. Its fake news. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield_pet-eating_hoax
SNOPES is the biggest fraud on the internet. Mikkelson, a liberal a lwayer runs it. Wikipedia information can be changed by anyone who accesses it (did you know that)? Politifact “rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others on its Truth-O-Meter,” and Google is good for finding recipes.
Seriously, use common sense...research things on your own, don't believe everything people say. Sometimes its heavily bent truth, sometimes its straight fabrication, but if you determine what is fact or fiction based solely on one sided news source...you lose. Look at Alex Jones, claimed for years the elementary thing was fake. Now hes got a near billion judgement. Can't believe everything you see and hear...especially nowadays.
Yes anyone who is an authorized Wikipedia editor can make changes, which are then verified by multiple editors. Its literally a verified source of information with zero AI or BS involved. Snopes commonly disproves claims on either side and does not take political sides. And Google scrapes information from the entire world of data...100% data catch, replicating what is commonly and verifiablly stated. Are you saying that you...in your home or kitchen, with your stained t-shirt and bright red dunce hat...are somehow smarter than the entire worlds collective knowledge, AI, and the aggregated pure data available on the internet?? Do you realize the insane amount of hubris and down right stupidity that claim makes?? Its almost like you would support some worm infested roadkill eating weirdo to magically know more about health than all the doctors and clinicians and medically trained people worldwide. Seriously....back up...and honestly consider how close minded and flat-earther pizza gate believing culted up youve become. I honestly believe strongly people should love and defend their "team" and look for smart and intelligent ways to promote your causes (like Amuse), but when you close your eyes to everything, refuse to believe, stuff your fingers in your ears and shut out any dissenting possibility of a different opinion...you open your brain and mind up to being force fed beliefs that are 100% wrong. You just can't see or hear the rest of the world, your conviction is blocking your receptors. And you get sold a bill of goods.
I want this cult out of our country. And that is what it is. It is a brutal, perverted cult. It most certainly is not compatible with our Constitution or our JudeoChristian values. It is to be banned and eliminated from our society. Now
Better idea…Ban all MAGAts who are the most racist, hateful, nasty, insolent, vile UNchristian HYPOCRITES ever conceived! Goddamned pedophile supporters of a 34 count FELON, rapist, cheater, pathological liar - BE GONE!!
Does anyone know of an app or website that consumers can use that warns or lists where Halal is being sold in stores and/or used in restaurants?
The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) addresses the treatment of animals primarily in paragraphs 2415–2418, which summarize Catholic teaching on animals, stewardship, and moral duties. Key points:
2415 — Animals are part of God’s creation; humans must avoid needless suffering of animals and show kindness, but animals do not have the same moral status as persons. Legitimate use (food, clothing, work, research) is permitted when it respects animal welfare and avoids cruelty.
2416 — The moral law is rooted in respect for the integrity of creation; ecological conversion and respect for creatures are linked to respect for human life.
2417 — Hunting for sport and gratuitous cruelty are contrary to human dignity; laws should prevent cruelty.
2418 — Scientific research on animals is acceptable only when it benefits human or animal health and when alternatives are lacking; needless suffering must be avoided.
I did not know what the practice of "Halal" meat entailed until this article. I would think that as this becomes more widely known the pressure to ban this approach will take hold.
What about hunting animals, where they die by gunshot and presumably often suffer for very long periods? Do you also favor outlawing that?
I just asked ChatGPT, and was told that approximately 100-200 million animals are hunted and die by gunshot each year in the United States, and approximately 50-150 million are slaughtered via halal or kosher slaughter (functionally similar for our purposes).
Assuming that you're right, and a swift cut across the throat is an inherently cruel form of animal slaughter, what about shooting it in whatever random part of the body the bullet hits and causing it to (many times) bleed out slowly and in great agony?
Most good hunters I know that kill for food understand they don't want the animal suffering so they shot to kill not to maim and hunters don't want the animal running off. Taking that shot is not random it is calculated. There are always people that don't get this but halal is a trapped animal in a cage and it does suffer and that is done on purpose.
I am sure that they seek to shoot to kill rather than maim. I am also sure that not every shot is perfect. The hunters are of varying levels of skill, shooting from a distance, and under varying conditions. It is inevitable that some large number of animals will be maimed and suffer greatly.
I just went back to ChatGPT to get the numbers. Per the tool, roughly 10-15% of deer that are shot with rifles are maimed. Amongst those shot with arrows, the number soars to 15-30%+. That's many millions of animals, each and every year.
Amongst waterfowl (ducks, geese, etc.), 20-30% are thought to be maimed rather than killed outright. Many more millions.
Amongst pheasants and rabbits and and squirrels, ChatGPT claims a 10-30% wounding rate.
It is undoubtedly true that many of these animals are quickly finished by a second shot. But that still leaves huge numbers that are maimed and die slowly.
Intentionality is irrelevant. If hunting is permitted, this suffering and slow death on the part of many millions of animals is inevitable.
A careless hunter may cause a prolonged death through poor aim, much like an animal being gored, breaking a leg in an attempt to flee, or a wolf attack which is a very slow method of death.
I'm sure a severed trachea would cause a panic much like drowning.
The deer , and animal's in my neck of the country , are quite safe from hunters. We have a population explosion of deer and other nuisance creatures.So I wouldn't worry about hunters , maiming an animal , and so many of them crawling off to die in some corner.
We are talking about a barbaric practice perpetrated on animals raised for food.
So you're okay with horrific suffering inflicted on animals when it's done with rifles and arrows and often involves maimed animals crawling off to die slowly, but not okay with much lesser suffering inflicted on animals when it's done with knives and is always over quickly?
Bottom line is that irresponsible hunters that kill prey in inhumane ways destroy the meat which is the purpose of most hunts. Trophy hunters are also held to high standards. Waste ruins future hunts and brings bad publicity. An animal that is stressed does not supply the meat with the texture and taste people want. Comparing hunters to a halal slaughter is a ridiculous argument because deer and other wild animals can escape from a hunter, sheep, goats, and cattle have no ability to live through this and consider humans as the source of their food. It is an evil practice that perpetuates barbarism.
So to you, the critical thing is that in hunting, animals have a chance of survival, whereas in organized meat slaughter they do not? If so, do you also favor the outlawing of non-kosher and non-halal meat slaughter?
The critical point is that in kosher slaughter the technician is allowed to stun the animal before killing it. In halal, the person is prevented from stunning. They bleed out in terror.
Ok, so now you're ok with killing animals with certainty, provided that they are stunned first, right? And you're ok with killing animals without stunning, when there's a good chance that they'll suffer horrific maiming, agony, and fear. The problem, if I'm understanding you correctly, is only when the animal is not stunned and will certainly die quickly (in seconds or, at most, one or two minutes). Is that right?
I have seen it, yes. That lunatic drove a knife into her neck. She died in fear and pain because a lunatic decided to murder her.
I don’t see how it follows from that that we should outlaw slaughtering animals for meat. Not even when the method of slaughter has some superficial resemblance to the method of that particular murder.
Purge and burn 🔥 down all Muslim caliphate, Muslim radicals, Jihads, and caire out of America and Europe
Thank you so much for exposing this barbaric practice by the religion of peace. Their peace extends to animals as well! Leave it to PETA to not plaster across of all media how cruel this practice is, just as they have ignored the problem with dead whales in the Atlantic caused by noisy wind turbines - another worthless "3-letter" organization. In Maryland, countryside, expensive, "organic" beef ranchers are touting their halal meat. Seems it has become fashionable to do so.
Check out Oregon Initiative Petition 28. It purportedly bans animal cruelty, but if it passes I could be charged with sexual assault for artificially inseminating my cows. This is a slippery slope.
Just the word—halal—makes me want to gag.
This is still allowed so the article is correct. As of 2023 UK law: You must stun all animals before you slaughter them unless an animal is being slaughtered in accordance with religious rites, for halal or kosher meat.
the slaughter must be done in a way that follows Jewish or Islamic religious practice
the meat must be intended for consumption by Jewish or Muslim people
You can only carry out slaughter without stunning of:
bovine animals (including calves).
sheep
goats
Approximately 30% of lamb, 31% of chicken, and 7% of beef in the UK is produced through halal slaughter methods. Overall, halal meat accounts for a significant portion of the meat market, driven by both the Muslim population and broader consumer demand for halal products.
What agency monitors who sells to just Jewish and Muslim people, probably none.
What part of the law forbids kosher or halal meat to be sold to non-Jews and non-Muslims? In the absence of such a law, there would be no need for an agency to monitor this.
Are you opposed to hunting, by the way? Many more animals are hunted each year, in both the UK and the US, than are slaughtered for halal or kosher meat. Many of these animals suffer gut shots or other injuries that result in great agony and slow death.
If you are opposed to kosher and halal slaughter on the grounds of animal welfare, does that not also dictate opposition to hunting? If not, why not?
Thank you for bringing cattention to this horrible practice. I had no idea. I'm moving back to Texas this Saturday and will let my HEB know how I feel about it.
Next, I'll be contacting my state and federal representatives.
It is literally impossible to outlaw Halal slaughter without outlawing Kosher slaughter.
Sounds good. Outlaw both.
And what about hunting? It is illogical to outlaw halal and kosher slaughter on grounds of cruelty to animals without outlawing hunting, which is both far more cruel and involves far more animals.
Nope, hunting is part of being American.
So your principles only apply when they cost you nothing?
No, my opposition to halal and kosher slaughter is that it is unnecessarily cruel and comes from cultures foreign to America. What insults do you have lined up for me next?
Where’s the PETA advocate, the bloviating Bill Maher? This needs a national liberal voice. As I’ve said before, the best chance of Libtards drawing lines is with dogs and other animals.
The problem is this is not a factual piece. It is fear mongering, and at its heart xenophobia masquerading as animal welfare. Thesea re the facts, as easily verified by using Google or any AI tool: "Halal meat is widely available and offered across the UK. It is easily found in specialized butchers, major supermarkets (often with halal sections or counters), and many restaurants. An estimated 15% of all meat slaughtered in the UK is halal compliant, and around 88% of this halal meat comes from animals that were pre-stunned." There is a commonly accepted practice, in the Muslim community, of stunning before slaughter. "The vast majority of halal meat produced in the UK comes from animals that are stunned before slaughter (e.g., 88% of chickens and 84% of cattle)". In fact, all KFC, Nando's, and many fast food restaurants in the UK solely offer Halal meat.
In fact, virtually every major grocery chain in Europe offers Halal meat. Including Tesco, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Asda, Edeka, Rewe, and Kaufland. Same goes for Scandinavian countries. See.....your piece is, as always, well written..but you have left out the absolute fact that TODAY most muslims practice and prefer their meat to have been stunned prior to slaughter as it is more humane. There are still a small percentage that want it the more arcane and less humane way of slaughtering the animal...but that percentage is shrinking rapdily.
So Halal is a moving target, meaning what one want's it to mean?
Not so much that but most Muslims don't want meat that's been slaughtered in inhumanely. The practice still exists, but its waning in popularity...its just not as black and white as the piece puts it. HEB is offering humanely killed pre-stunned Halal meat. Nothing for PETA to get up in arms about ...and the piece makes Muslims out to be like cat eaters in MN....a myth.
The cat eaters were in Ohio and it was no myth.
That was absolutely a myth...in fact a hoax. Why don't you Maga people know how to use Google? Wikipedia, Politifact, and Snopes all investigated and found it to be untrue. The video circulating was fake. Its fake news. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield_pet-eating_hoax
SNOPES is the biggest fraud on the internet. Mikkelson, a liberal a lwayer runs it. Wikipedia information can be changed by anyone who accesses it (did you know that)? Politifact “rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others on its Truth-O-Meter,” and Google is good for finding recipes.
Seriously, use common sense...research things on your own, don't believe everything people say. Sometimes its heavily bent truth, sometimes its straight fabrication, but if you determine what is fact or fiction based solely on one sided news source...you lose. Look at Alex Jones, claimed for years the elementary thing was fake. Now hes got a near billion judgement. Can't believe everything you see and hear...especially nowadays.
Yes anyone who is an authorized Wikipedia editor can make changes, which are then verified by multiple editors. Its literally a verified source of information with zero AI or BS involved. Snopes commonly disproves claims on either side and does not take political sides. And Google scrapes information from the entire world of data...100% data catch, replicating what is commonly and verifiablly stated. Are you saying that you...in your home or kitchen, with your stained t-shirt and bright red dunce hat...are somehow smarter than the entire worlds collective knowledge, AI, and the aggregated pure data available on the internet?? Do you realize the insane amount of hubris and down right stupidity that claim makes?? Its almost like you would support some worm infested roadkill eating weirdo to magically know more about health than all the doctors and clinicians and medically trained people worldwide. Seriously....back up...and honestly consider how close minded and flat-earther pizza gate believing culted up youve become. I honestly believe strongly people should love and defend their "team" and look for smart and intelligent ways to promote your causes (like Amuse), but when you close your eyes to everything, refuse to believe, stuff your fingers in your ears and shut out any dissenting possibility of a different opinion...you open your brain and mind up to being force fed beliefs that are 100% wrong. You just can't see or hear the rest of the world, your conviction is blocking your receptors. And you get sold a bill of goods.
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“Don’t mess with Texas” has become just as big a joke and farcical slogan as “Never again”.
Texas is no better off than any UK or European country, it’s just bigger, so the rot is spread over a larger area.
I agree it is astounding how far Texas has let this go. Florida is fighting, but not nearly as hard as I would like.
I agree with everything you said in this piece. However, I think it's easier said than done. Would it entail banning kosher meat as well?
Yes It is said Kosher is done in a more humane fashion but I'm not the expert.
Would such a policy also entail banning hunting? If not, why not?
I want this cult out of our country. And that is what it is. It is a brutal, perverted cult. It most certainly is not compatible with our Constitution or our JudeoChristian values. It is to be banned and eliminated from our society. Now
Better idea…Ban all MAGAts who are the most racist, hateful, nasty, insolent, vile UNchristian HYPOCRITES ever conceived! Goddamned pedophile supporters of a 34 count FELON, rapist, cheater, pathological liar - BE GONE!!
Does anyone know of an app or website that consumers can use that warns or lists where Halal is being sold in stores and/or used in restaurants?
The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) addresses the treatment of animals primarily in paragraphs 2415–2418, which summarize Catholic teaching on animals, stewardship, and moral duties. Key points:
2415 — Animals are part of God’s creation; humans must avoid needless suffering of animals and show kindness, but animals do not have the same moral status as persons. Legitimate use (food, clothing, work, research) is permitted when it respects animal welfare and avoids cruelty.
2416 — The moral law is rooted in respect for the integrity of creation; ecological conversion and respect for creatures are linked to respect for human life.
2417 — Hunting for sport and gratuitous cruelty are contrary to human dignity; laws should prevent cruelty.
2418 — Scientific research on animals is acceptable only when it benefits human or animal health and when alternatives are lacking; needless suffering must be avoided.
I did not know what the practice of "Halal" meat entailed until this article. I would think that as this becomes more widely known the pressure to ban this approach will take hold.
You should see the videos. It's worse. And the meat is flooded with adrenaline.
Just lime the children tortured for adrenachrome. Savages! Go back to your own country and do your unspeakable acts!
I doubt that the Muslims are interested in adrenochrome. It is the bored millionaires and billionaires/
Do Not spend your time or monies at any business in the US that is willing to participate in Sharia! It is NOT a religion! It is an evil. IDEOLOGY!!
What about hunting animals, where they die by gunshot and presumably often suffer for very long periods? Do you also favor outlawing that?
I just asked ChatGPT, and was told that approximately 100-200 million animals are hunted and die by gunshot each year in the United States, and approximately 50-150 million are slaughtered via halal or kosher slaughter (functionally similar for our purposes).
Assuming that you're right, and a swift cut across the throat is an inherently cruel form of animal slaughter, what about shooting it in whatever random part of the body the bullet hits and causing it to (many times) bleed out slowly and in great agony?
Most good hunters I know that kill for food understand they don't want the animal suffering so they shot to kill not to maim and hunters don't want the animal running off. Taking that shot is not random it is calculated. There are always people that don't get this but halal is a trapped animal in a cage and it does suffer and that is done on purpose.
I am sure that they seek to shoot to kill rather than maim. I am also sure that not every shot is perfect. The hunters are of varying levels of skill, shooting from a distance, and under varying conditions. It is inevitable that some large number of animals will be maimed and suffer greatly.
I just went back to ChatGPT to get the numbers. Per the tool, roughly 10-15% of deer that are shot with rifles are maimed. Amongst those shot with arrows, the number soars to 15-30%+. That's many millions of animals, each and every year.
Amongst waterfowl (ducks, geese, etc.), 20-30% are thought to be maimed rather than killed outright. Many more millions.
Amongst pheasants and rabbits and and squirrels, ChatGPT claims a 10-30% wounding rate.
It is undoubtedly true that many of these animals are quickly finished by a second shot. But that still leaves huge numbers that are maimed and die slowly.
Intentionality is irrelevant. If hunting is permitted, this suffering and slow death on the part of many millions of animals is inevitable.
More animals die and are maimed by automobiles than by hunters. What’s your point?
Cool, so let’s outlaw cars too. Or…and I’m just thinking out loud here…we might notice that cars are not aimed at animals. Unlike rifles.
A careless hunter may cause a prolonged death through poor aim, much like an animal being gored, breaking a leg in an attempt to flee, or a wolf attack which is a very slow method of death.
I'm sure a severed trachea would cause a panic much like drowning.
The deer , and animal's in my neck of the country , are quite safe from hunters. We have a population explosion of deer and other nuisance creatures.So I wouldn't worry about hunters , maiming an animal , and so many of them crawling off to die in some corner.
We are talking about a barbaric practice perpetrated on animals raised for food.
So you're okay with horrific suffering inflicted on animals when it's done with rifles and arrows and often involves maimed animals crawling off to die slowly, but not okay with much lesser suffering inflicted on animals when it's done with knives and is always over quickly?
Did you see the video of the murder of Iryna Zarutska? You are a fool to ignore the relationship of that event to a halal slaughter. Allahu Akbar.
A lunatic murdered a young woman, and therefore we should outlaw the slaughter of animals for meat? Are you seriously saying that?
Bottom line is that irresponsible hunters that kill prey in inhumane ways destroy the meat which is the purpose of most hunts. Trophy hunters are also held to high standards. Waste ruins future hunts and brings bad publicity. An animal that is stressed does not supply the meat with the texture and taste people want. Comparing hunters to a halal slaughter is a ridiculous argument because deer and other wild animals can escape from a hunter, sheep, goats, and cattle have no ability to live through this and consider humans as the source of their food. It is an evil practice that perpetuates barbarism.
So to you, the critical thing is that in hunting, animals have a chance of survival, whereas in organized meat slaughter they do not? If so, do you also favor the outlawing of non-kosher and non-halal meat slaughter?
The critical point is that in kosher slaughter the technician is allowed to stun the animal before killing it. In halal, the person is prevented from stunning. They bleed out in terror.
Ok, so now you're ok with killing animals with certainty, provided that they are stunned first, right? And you're ok with killing animals without stunning, when there's a good chance that they'll suffer horrific maiming, agony, and fear. The problem, if I'm understanding you correctly, is only when the animal is not stunned and will certainly die quickly (in seconds or, at most, one or two minutes). Is that right?
Did you see the video of Iryna Zarutska?
I have seen it, yes. That lunatic drove a knife into her neck. She died in fear and pain because a lunatic decided to murder her.
I don’t see how it follows from that that we should outlaw slaughtering animals for meat. Not even when the method of slaughter has some superficial resemblance to the method of that particular murder.