Comments on: Why Can Muslims Eat Big Macs?

By: jimbob

jimbob — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:48:35 +0000

alright?

By: Baraka

Baraka — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:31:01 +0000

http://www.greenzabiha.com/greenzabiha/

By: Baraka

Baraka — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:39:17 +0000

I agree with Organica. What the animal is fed & how it is treated does make it less or more permissible for Muslims to eat.

We focus so much on the end of its like that we forget that the whole life of the animal counts. We are told to treat animals well and to shield them from seeing other animals from being slaughtered. Most halal meat in the US at least is coming from factories where none of these humane Islamic principles are practiced.

Also, if animals are fed blood, animal byproducts or other garbage for example (as many factory animals are) then it becomes impermissible for Muslims to eat it until that has been cleansed from their system with pure food.

The interval one must wait before slaughter is fairly short for a chicken and around 40 days for a camel I believe.

By: Mezba

Mezba — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:59:59 +0000

I think halal and ethical treatment of animals are two diffferent things. Halal is for the slaughtering method etc. Once an animal is slaughtered in the proper way it’s halal.

But muslims should also treat animals ethically and properly. But that’s a separate issue, IMO.

By: iMuslim

iMuslim — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:09:25 +0000

I agree about the humane treatment aspect… However, though I know it affects the suitability of an animal for ritual sacrifice (e.g., on Eid-ul-adha), I am not sure of the implications wrt general consumption.

However, once again market forces have a huge impact here; if Muslims – including scholars – placed pressure on suppliers towards ethical treatment of animals prior to slaughter, things would improve, insha’Allah – and it would become cheaper for the masses to eat ethical/ organic.

I want to pitch the idea to my parents… make dua! :)

By: Organica

Organica — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:46:02 +0000

P.S: A few years ago when we lived in the Midwest region of the U.S. and in a highly Muslim populated city we would purchase our chicken from the halal Zabiha market. We would buy our meat in bulk and often times the chicken had so much bruising we ended up throwing it out.

Halal shouldn’t only concern the way the animal is slaughtered but the quality of life of the animal prior to slaughtering, the feed and treatment!

By: Organica

Organica — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:42:52 +0000

Halal meat slaughtered by Muslims doesn’t always mean humane or clean for that matter. I visited a Muslim slaughterhouse in the city and I was disgusted with the conditions the animals were kept. I refuse to eat the meat because I don’t see it as halal.

I purchase organic/kosher chicken. It’s harder to find kosher beef products so I go with the grass fed, organic meat. I know free range kosher chicken was humanely slaughtered as prescribed by Allah (swt).

As fast food concerns, what concerns me more than the halal issue, do you know what kind of meat goes in the processed hamburger patty? Literally one burger comes from a thousand different cows. It’s disgusting to know how these cows are treated and the amount of Ecoli floating around in our food. I am against it completely and have abstained from fastfood completely.

I encourage homemade foods with fresh ingredients with minimal meat to begin with. When I eat out, I stick to chicken or fish.

Honestly, the halal places in the city where I work and go to school are disgusting. The food always makes me sick and the quality of service is nasty. I don’t know how we label such things halal when in my opinion they arent!

I know other families who I’ve advised to eat the greener and healthier meat from the markets versus the regular meats slaughtered, but the financial concern has been a big one.How do you feed a family of 8 under a tight budget?