Halal

In the Islam , the word halal ( Arabic : In the food

For the meat is halal:

• requires the animal to be slaughtered without first being stunned living,
• he must have his head turned towards Mecca for him to empty his blood ,
• there must be a Muslim cut his carotid artery and jugular, while uttering sacred words .

The Koran and the Sunna specify haram foods, such as pork, and the conditions under which certain foods become halal.

"Forbidden to you is: dead, blood, flesh of swine, and that on which hath been invoked a name other than God, the beast choked the beast stunned or dead from a fall or died of a stroke horn, and that a wild beast has devoured - except that you slaughter before it died -. (You are also prohibited the beast) that was sacrificed on stones, and to apportion by lot by arrows. Because it is evil. Today, the disbelievers despair (away from you) of your religion: yet fear them not but fear Me. "

- The Koran , "The Table", V , 3; (ar) .

One of the Halal requirements is that the animal is slaughtered conscious (and therefore not dizzy) . This is something that stirs controversy .

However, meat from animals slaughtered by the " People of the Book , ie Jews and Christians, is permitted (halal), except that prohibited by Islam, including pork considered lawful but prohibited by Christians in Jewish and Muslim traditions.

"You are permitted food of the People of the Book, and your food is lawful for them. "

- The Koran , "The Table", V , 7; (ar) .

it is in verse 5, not 7: "Today the good things you are allowed. The food of those to whom the Book was given to you and your allowed food is lawful"

Beyond this general appearance of halal food, more processed products are not Halal because of the origin of one of their ingredients or additives.

Sea

In principle anything that comes from the sea is halal (lawful).

According to the Qur'an:

"Hunting is permitted at sea you and also to eat, for your enjoyment and that of passengers. "

- The Koran , "The Table", V , 96; (ar) .

The terms "and also to eat" means that it is permissible to eat meat from animals found dead sailors at sea

And also from the word of Muhammad:

"We were allowed (to eat) two kinds of animals found dead and two kinds of blood on the two dead animals are fish and locusts, and the two kinds of blood are the liver and spleen"

- Narrated by Ahmad, Ibn Majah, Daraqutni

Muhammad's companion Abu Horeyra reported that one of the following words:

"Sea water is purifying and animals found dead are lawful"

- Sunan

Halal certification and controls

In France, the orders issued in 1994 and 1996 respectively have approved the Mosque of Paris and the Evry mosque and the Grand Mosque of Lyon as an organization empowering religious priests allowed to practice ritual sacrifice. These orders thus forcing packers to call priests authorized, but subject them to scrutiny . A department head of the Directorate General of Food has recently reiterated that the Halal certification is not framed by the government and corresponds to a qualification that is not so formal certification which is a private initiative . However, the Directorate General for Competition, Consumption and Fraud Control said in 2008 to control the traceability of meat sausages marked "halal" , and regularly carry out checks to detect the presence of pork in products sold on the halal designation .

One of the first initiatives to establish a halal certification date of the 80 private meeting with several organizations within a federation named Tayyibat to regulate the halal food market in France ^, . Since then, the market for halal certification has grown and several articles ^{, ,} and books ^, revealed that currently exist in Europe many Halal certification that Not all agree with each other. Notably, an association of Muslim consumers ( Asidcom ) shows from surveys conducted in 2008 and 2009 on several organizations 'halal' they are striking differences in levels of processes and control methods implemented by these organisms ^, .

Islamic Concern for Animals

According to the association Islamic Concern for Animals for a meat is halal, it is not enough meat is following a process obeys certain rules strictly food: it must also treat the animal alive follow the principles Muslims , so for her it is not halal to raise an animal as a machine (in intensive farming , for example), the animals also deserve compassion, as they are, like men, creatures of God ^, .

Sikhism

For Sikhs, the consumption of meat is allowed only if the animal was killed quickly, painlessly and without religious ritual . Their halal meat is, inter alia, prohibited ^, .

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