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We all should Follow Prophet Muhammad in his humane method of DHABH/without stunning.

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ALL MUSLIMS IN THE UK AND IN THE WORLD:SHOULD OBEY  AND FOLLOW THE FINAL PROPHET MUHAMMAD(pbuh) AND HIS PRACTICE IN   HIS HUMANE METHOD OF DHABH/Zabiha(animal slaughter),WITHOUT the use of any stunning.

 THE REASONS AGAINST THE USE OF ANY TYPE OF  STUNNING FOR TRUE HALAL MEAT AND HALAL  DHABH/SLAUGHTERING -Medical studies ( & common sense) have shown the CRUELTY and the pain and   the suffering to the animal do occur if  the animal is stunned?
-Medical physiological knowledge about the effects of the cut/Dhabh on the animal have proved that it is “PAINLESS”  
This is explained easily by understanding the physiology of the act of the Zabiha/cut and the effects on the brain/blood pressure/sensation..(a little medical knowledge will help)-Stunning have been found to KILL some animals especially the poultry(about 33% before Dhabh) .This is MITAH and haram to eat.(unfortunately they all mixed together?)-Stunning causes less bleeding out and “Salt and Pepper haemorrhage” inside the meat?So Muslims are consuming BLOOD which is forbidden in Islam and very unhealthy too.-Stunning makes the meat NOT TAYYIB/not healthy , as it disrupts the natural chemical formula of the meat which is healthy to eat naturally/without stunning.-Captive Bolt pistol to stun the cows have been found to spread BSE/Mad cow disease Many states in the US  have stopped using it-Scientific medical studies have shown the importance of hearing the Name of ALLAH(Tasmiah) at time of Dhabh  by the animal who should be fully conscious and fully hearing .It was found that TASMIAH acts like tranquilliser to both: the animal and the slaughtermanand PURIFY the meat from germs/bacteria !In stunning the animal is unconscious and can not hear.???-Almost all   Muftis Muslim  scholars and Ulamas have given the FATAWAS against  the use of stunning, at least about 90% of Muftis/Ulamas and scholars  in the UK opposed stunning, the rest asked for more research and information(we have a lot of evidences/Fatawas copies)-Stunning of the poultry is clearly prohibited in the Qur’an, as the heads of the innocent chickens are forcibly immersed in electrified  water bath???Some chickens will die from STRANGULATION( MUNQUANIQAH )  which is mentioned in the Qur’an.
The government’s  figures before: 33% of chickens die in stunning and befor doing the cut
(now it is 41%).-The OFFICIAL MUSLIM VIEW IN BRITAIN, Like the Muslim Council of Britain and hundreds of organisations…  HALAL MEAT IS THE ONE WHICH CAME FROM UNSTUNNED ANIMALS,-Dhabh without stunning is LEGAL in Britain and we Muslims(as well as the Jews) have been given exemption from using stunning(WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE THIS LAW AND FACILITY HERE IN BRITAIN)
-Many health hazards have been found in stunned animals:Consumption of blood,BSE/Mad Cow disease , Unhealthy meat etc…
-The same method of Zabiha  was practiced by all Prophets of ALLAH : Abraham/Moses/Jesus and Muhammad(peace be upon them)…The same HUMANE method.  
We are with all technology,animal welfare,hygiene and regulations ..but the ACT OF ZABIHA is holy/divine fixed permanently for all times and no Muslim have the right to change it/interfere with it or adopt any western method of animal slaughter.-Alhamdulillah the Muslim consumers  in Britain/Europe/abroad have waken up to the importance of eating true halal meat without  the use of stunning(CONSUMERS) -More important , the final prophet Muhammad(peace be upon him) has said in an authentic Hadith/saying :Narrated by Anas Bib Malik:
Allah’s Apostle said, “I have been ordered to fight the people till………………. “and slaughter as we slaughter”/Zabiha, then their blood and property will be sacred to us….
At the end of the Hadith ,The prophet  Muhammad(pbuh)  mentioned  that THE MUSLIM is the one who  prays  like us and eats  our Zabiha”(unstunned)
 Ref: Sahih Al Bukhari 1:8:387Can you imagine that our beloved prophet Muhammad will FIGHT  you if you use stunning or change the Prophetic  method of Dhabh  in your  way of animal slaughter?The Muslim consumers are wrong for not checking if the animal was stunned before slaughter  and in making sure that their meat and chickens are TRULY HALAL to eat !
 
MUSLIMS HAVE A DUTY TO FOLLOW  AND OBEY OUR BELOVED PROPHET MUHAMMAD(pbuh) ,the teacher, the model IN HIS HUMANE METHOD OF DHABH AND TO EDUCATE ALL NON MUSLIMS ABOUT OUR DIVINE METHOD ( In Judaism/Christianity and Islam) AND TO  REQUEST THEM TO ADOPT IT FOR:
 
-Humane  animal welfare reasons
-Health reasons
-Economic reasons
-Consumers reasons
-Religious reasons/demands 
-Safety reasons(no electricity/no bullets…
-Practicality/simplicity reasons…can be done easily in any  hygienic place .
– And Legal reasons according to the law in Britain
 
WE APPEAL TO ALL HALAL BUSINESS COMPANIES TO GO BACK TO THE MERCIFUL PROPHET MUHAMMAD METHOD OF ZABIHA  AND TO  PRACTICE HIS HUMANE HEALTHY BLESSED TAYYIB METHOD FOR TRUE HALAL MEAT.
 SOME WEBSITES AGAINST STUNNING:
 –www.halalansa.com
-www.unstunnedhalal.com-www.halalmc.co.uk or www.halalmc.org-www.iccservices.org.uk(regent Park mosque)-www.iccuk.org-www.mcb.org.uk-www.thingsnotsaid.orgJewish website: www.chechitauk.org           
 
 Dr Abdul Majid Katme(MBBCH,DPM) Spokesman :Islamic Medical Association/UK on HALAL ZABIHA / Halal meatMedical/health Researcher on the Prophetic method of DhabhWeekly TV Presenter of an Islamic Health show in London
 
-My published medical study on stunning on AL AZHAR website:
-The famous book by Dr Ghulam M Khan (Founder/Ex-President of the Islamic Medical Association/UK:
AL-DHABH: Slaying Animals :The Islamic Way
Tel no: 0044 7944 240 622
 
NB: I am available for  talks/interview(tv/radio…)

Islamic Ethics in selling halal meat

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ISLAMIC ETHICS IN HALAL MEAT  BUSINESS MARKETING  AND  IN SELLING OR PROVIDING HALAL MEAT
(HALAL CODE OF PRACTICE)
 
According to the Islamic teachings  and to the Islamic Ethics in selling  in  business and marketing: 
THESE ARE PROPOSED ISLAMIC ETHICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SELLING HALAL MEAT:
-Honesty and truth fullness in  the meat  you sell
-No cheating
-Inform the consumer of any defect or damage or weakness in the meat on sale
-No Exploitation
-Honest explanation how the animal was slaughtered
 ? Stunning…?Mechanical slaughter , animal welfare at DHABH , passport for each animal!
Each animal slaughtered for halal should be verified and labelled when is not stunned and with no mechanical slaughter as HMC do!
With evidences/certificates
ALL MUSLIM UMMAH LIKE THE HALAL MEAT COMING FROM TAZKIAH SHAREYAH ONLY which is broken in most halal meat companies and shops today?
In the west we have one good thing  :
Informed consent
Unfortunately Muslim consumers  do not use this right  in buying halal meat or in buying  any other  goods.
  • Also to inform the consumers about the proven medical hazards and diseases resulting from meat consumption
  •  And to remind every consumer :it is unhealthy and against SUNNAH to be addicted to meat !

-Clear sure  medical certificate: the animal/s was healthy before slaughter 
-Evidence of TAZKIAH SHAREYAH certificate (without stunning)  done by a Muslim should be available to the consumers
-Evidence the meat is Tayyib(natural pure) coming from organic animals ,grown naturally.
-Evidence and certificate on the halal  feeding of the animals
-Evidence the meat is surely not contaminated by porcine ingredients
-Evidence the meat is not mixed with non halal meat
-Evidence that all HYGIENIC procedures  were used from moment of animal slaughter till the time meat  is sold or fed
-And to make sure that Extreme hygiene procedures were taken in the abattoir, the halal shops and the halal restaurants(many  unfortunately , are filthy unclean with poor hygiene  and can give us food poisoning)
-To make sure the meat is  PURE not smelly( or out of date) or colored or have added chemicals like the dangerous nitrites which can give us cancers?
-Right to return the meat if there is any suspicion or in case any of the above requirements is missing
-Every consumer has the full right to see and check all documents on animal slaughter in the company(HCB)
-A third Islamic professional body to certify the TRUE HALAL  TAYYIB  HYGIENIC HEALTHY meat
-TRUE HALAL MEAT should be bought only from practicing educated Muslims and not from non Muslims?
as almost most HCBs are self certified and are not checked and investigated or licensed  by a third independent  Islamic professional body
-Any one who  sell meat and did break these rules
or some of it  should  be referred to:
  • The  local Islamic Sharia Council/Court
  • The Food authority of the government like the Food Standards Agency in the UK who deals with meat and food according to the MISDESCRIPTION   of the FOOD ACT?

FOR PROPER  PUNISHMENT !
Also FOR

  • Big Publicity :
ALL MUSLIMS should be informed about any HCB/shop/restaurant who broke the above Islamic medical ETHICAL  LEGAL RULES in all Muslim media and in mosques !
TO BE BLACKLISTED !
-Muslim consumers should be educated about their rights to complain/speak up/threaten or boycott / or make a Petition  regarding:
the companies/the halal shops/the restaurants…who broke all the Islamic  legal rules and the many  hygienic procedures  or CHEATED in any way
Important to organise Education and training programme  to all stakeholders who are involved with halal meat:
The  Halal companies ,the slaughter men, the staff in the halal shops, the staff in the halal restaurants…
(the Jews are good in that)
It will help also  to establish TEL HELP LINE for the Muslim consumers in order  to contact and report  any one who broke  any of the above rules  
THE TASK IS HUGE AND IT LOOKS THAT IT  NEEDS PROPER ISLAMIC GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT ALL THESE ISLAMIC ETHICS  EASILY  IN THE HALAL MEAT BUSINESS?

The Halal TAYYIB animal to give you Tayyib meat

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THE  HALAL TAYYIB ANIMAL
 
TAYYIB is:
Pure natural safe  healthy wholesome fresh tasty grown naturally  and blessed
The word TAYYIB is mentioned 5 times in the Qur’an after HALAL…. TO EAT !
THE HALAL TAYYIB ANIMAL:
The Animal  conceived and born naturally
Was looked after by  his/her mother and parents
Not deprived from mother after birth
Had good period of  breastfeeding
Had natural halal diet after
Grown up in natural environment and  in open air.  and not in factories farming and cages
as they do today
Body free from the abuse and harms of :
antibiotics, vaccines, growth hormones , medical drugs etc..?
and proved healthy at time of Dhabh(animal slaughter)
 This halal  TAYYIB ANIMAL IS DIFFICULT TO FIND TODAY???
 Some ORGANIC FARMS in the west , might have some Tayyib animals ! 
ALL FOOD
ALL MEAT
ALL FRUITS
ALL DRINKS
ALL VEGETABLES
ALL HERBS
ALL SPICES
ALL PULSES
ALL NUTS
…………….
SHOULD BE TAYYIB TOO
 
ALL GM (genetically modified ) MEAT AND FOOD SHOULD BE OPPOSED !
Dr Abdul Majid Katme

Stress gives you unhealthy meat

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STRESS TO THE ANIMAL AT TIME OF DHABHWILL GIVE YOU UNHEALTHY MEAT!
THESE ARE ONLY  FEW SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCES (there are hundreds more) ABOUT THE MANY HARMFUL CRUEL CAUSES OF STRESS TO OUR INNOCENT ANIMALS IN THE ABATTOIRS:
First in  crowded suffocated transport with many deprivations  there are a lot of stress / then kicking/beating/sticking//Whipping/noisy machines/non familial surroundings/in  rough handling for stunning/rough tough cruel slaughter men/  throwing the sheep in the air/Animals fighting/been hungry and thirsty/abnormal light/seeing smelling blood/seeing other animals slaughtered in front of them/pain from the stunning process…with a lot of abnormal distractions?
And in hanging the chickens upside down(unnatural) before the cruel forcing of the heads inside hot electrified water bath strangulating some and killing a large number before DHABH
-STRESS produces a lot of  harmful hormones(Cortisol/Adrenaline…) which affect badly the quality of the meat in a lot of ways(see details in the papers by Temple Grandin)  ,full of the toxic  harmful hormones in the meat , MAKING THE MEAT VERY UNHEALTHY TO EAT  ???
SURELY NOT TAYYIB  !!!!
  
[PDF]

The Effect of Stress on Livestock and Meat Quality Prior to and During …

https://animalstudiesrepository.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1019&context=acwp…
by T Grandin – ?1980 – ?Cited by 109 – ?Related articles

13 Jan 1979 – The effects of stress on cattle, pigs and sheep prior to slaughter are reviewed. … ingcaused by mixing strange animals together is a major cause of dark cutters …… abattoirs, In Humane Killing and Slaughterhouse Techniques, …

Animal Welfare in Slaughter Plants – Temple Grandin

https://www.grandin.com/welfare/general.session.html
by T Grandin – ?Cited by 36 – ?Related articles

Good systems are available for handling cattle and sheep at the abattoir. … Stress caused by prolonged restraint will be a severe problem if live animals are …

The slaughter of farmed animals in the UK | Viva!

https://www.viva.org.uk/what-we-do/slaughter/slaughter-farmed-animals-uk
Animal welfare organisations are rarely permitted to visit slaughterhouses however Viva! … Penetrative captive bolt stunners drive a bolt into the skull and cause … In addition to the stress of being in an unfamiliar environment, the electric goad …

Therapeutic Approaches in Animals to Reduce the Impact of Stress …

https://scialert.net/fulltextmobile/?doi=ijp.2011.568.578
by D Mota-Rojas – ?2011 – ?Cited by 26 – ?Related articles

… used to reduce stress in slaughter animals during transport to abattoirs. … trips do not allowanimals enough time to fully recover from the initial stress caused …

My visit to the slaughterhouse: crossing the line between life and meat …

https://www.theguardian.com/…/2014/…/slaughterhouse-crossing-line-between-life-m…
29 Aug 2014 – I’m fine with dead animals, but the point at which animals cross from living …. But thereason Heywood’s farm chose to work with the Burrows abattoir, and … humane as the pigs don’t get as stressed as when they are pronged.

‘A national disgrace’: Catalogue of animal suffering at Scottish …

https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/…/thousands-of-scottish-farm-animals-have-su…
19 Apr 2017 – One slaughterhouse worker was said to have been “intimidating and … Scottish ministers stressed that mistreatment of animals was … and imminent risk to animal welfare” or hadcaused “avoidable pain, distress or suffering”.

CHAPTER 2: Effects of stress and injury on meat and by-product quality

www.fao.org/docrep/003/x6909e/x6909e04.htm
PSE in pigs is caused by severe, short-term stress just prior to slaughter, for example during off-loading, handling, holding in pens and stunning. Here the animal …

Is meat from stressed animals unhealthy? | ScienceNordic

sciencenordic.com/meat-stressed-animals-unhealthy
8 Jan 2012 – “The influence of stress on meat is most often caused by sudden incidents, such as transport or arriving at a slaughterhouse. The stressing of animals harms their welfare and the quality of their meat, so we have routines that make for as little stress as possible,” he says.

 THE PROPHETIC HALAL DECLARATION – istanbul

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 THE  PROPHETIC HALAL   DECLARATION
 
 
URGENT IMPORTANT REQUEST TO THE ORGANIZERS AND MEMBERS OF THE WORLD HALAL COUNCIL AND TO GIMDES  IN THEIR BIG  CONFERENCE  IN  ISTANBUL NOW
 
Assalam AlaykumA
 
WE HUMBLY REQUEST YOU ON BEHALF OF THE MUSLIM UMMAH  AND TO  PLEASE OUR BELOVED PROPHET MUHAMMAD(peace be upon him) ,OUR ONLY TEACHER AND MODEL TO FOLLOW:
TO DECLARE  AT THE END OF YOUR NOBLE CONFERENCE TODAY:
 
HALAL DHABH(animal slaughter) , as  DONE AND PRACTICED AND ADVISED  BY THE FINAL TEACHER  PROPHET MUHAMMAD(peace be upon him)  ,IS  THE ONLY  HUMANE  METHOD WHICH WILL GIVE US TRUE HALAL  SAFE  TAYYIB HEALTHY BLESSED TYPE OF MEAT;
ALL MUSLIMS IN THE WORLD ARE OBLIGED TO ADOPT AND PRACTICE ONLY THE PROPHETIC METHOD OF DHABH( HAND SLAUGHTER AND WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF STUNNING);
 
STUNNING THE ANIMAL HAS BEEN FOUND IN MANY SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL STUDIES TO CAUSE:
Many Muharramat(prohibitions)  like:
 
*Death of some animals before Dhabh,when stunning is used (Mitah is Haram to eat)
* Less bleeding out/Blood staying inside the meat(Salt and Pepper Haemorrhage)
   And the Consumption of blood which is haram to consume
*Pain and Cruelty to the animal
* Disrupting and changing the natural healthy ingredients of  the meat making it NOT TAYYIB
Etc….
(WE HAVE THE SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL EVIDENCES AND REFERENCES FOR ALL THESE FINDINGS)
 
TIME HAS COME FOR ALL OF US: MUSLIMS , TO DO AND USE AND  ADOPT ONLY THE PROPHETIC METHOD OF DHABH, without any stunning for the sake of:
-THE MUSLIM CONSUMERS ( to eat healthy meat/to have Du’a accepted)
-THE WELFARE AND MERCY TO THE ANIMALS
-AND TO OBEY OUR  ONLY TEACHER  PROPHET MUHAMMAD(peace be upon him)
 -AND TO AVOID HAVING A FIGHT WITH THE PROPHET because he announced before in a clear HADITH that “HE WILL FIGHT ALL THOSE WHO DO NOT DHABH EXACTLY  LIKE HIM”?
 
PROPHETIC METHOD OF DHABH IS FULL OF ANIMAL WELFARE BEFORE AND AT TIME OF DHABH, UNFORTUNATELY MOST MUSLIMS IN THE HALAL INDUSTRY HAVE NEGLECTED IT.
 
ALSO THE  BODY OF THE ANIMAL WE EAT SHOULD BE FULLY TAYYIB /WHOLESOME/NATURAL/SAFE AND HEALTHY ,without  containing hormones,antibiotics,harmful toxins from vaccines , hormones etc…
THE FEED/DIET  of the animal we eat should be HALAL(vegetarian)
 
WE HUMBLY APPEAL NOW TO THE WORLD HALAL COUNCIL AND TO GIMDES TO ADOPT THIS ISLAMIC DECLARATION TODAY AND ANNOUNCE IT AT THE END OF THE  CONFERENCE FOR THE SAKE OF ISLAM AND MUSLIMS
 
SOME REFERENCES:
 
-www.halaltayyibmeat.com
-www.halalhmc.org
 www.mrhalal.co.uk
-www.halaltayyibmeat.com
-www.iccservices.org.uk(look for halal food/meat)
-www.shechitauk.org(Jewish)
The link to the scientific medical study on STUNNING::

DR ABDUL MAJID KATME(MBBCh,DPM)
 
MUSLIM MEDICAL CAMPAIGNER FOR THE PROPHETIC METHOD OF DHABH
Ex-President: Islamic Medical Association/UK
TV/RADIO Broadcaster
 
E-mail address: akatme@hotmail.com
Tel: 0044 7944 240 622

My Islamic Medical response to the Consultation of UK Parliament on Religious slaughter (for Lamb and Beef)

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ISLAMIC MEDICAL RESPONSE TO THE GOVERNMENT’s CONSULTATION ON RELIGIOUS  ANIMAL SLAUGHTER

 In Britain, Muslims and Jews are allowed to slaughter their animals according to their religions and  without the use of stunning before the act of slaughter(CUT).So Muslims can do DHABH/Zabiha according to the teachings and practice of the final Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) without been forced to use any stunning technique:(Electric shock for the sheep , electric water bath for the chickens , Captive bolt pistol for the cow).Muslims ( & Jews) have been exempted, otherwise all others are forced by law to STUN their animals before doing the CUT/slaughter.This is the law in Britain for long times and as it is now.THIS IS THE ONLY HALAL METHOD OF ZABIHA FOR TRUE HALAL MEAT!(without the use of any stunning).This is the only HUMANE METHOD FOR A HEALTHY BLESSED TAYYIB MEAT.As we it was proved in many studies and my  scientific study beforeAnd this is the OFFICIAL MUSLIM VIEW IN BRITAIN FOR HALAL MEAT, without using  any stunning.Unfortunately , over the years ,there have been many  attempts by different non Muslim bodies related to the Government  like: DEFRA,FAWC(Farm Animal Welfare Council) , RSPCA(Royal Society for the Protection of animals)  and many animal right organisations to change the law and to FORCE MUSLIMS AND JEWS TO USE STUNNING BEFORE DOING ZABIHA AND BEFORE DOING THE CUT.Alhamdulillah, many Muslim organisations and leaders and Imams opposed stunning and opposed any change in the law.The Jews were stronger in their opposition.The government and all the above mentioned bodies and organisations  were encouraged to change the Prophetic Islamic law on Zabiha  because MANY BRITISH  MUSLIM BUSINESS COMPANIES for Halal meat(?) IN BRITAIN WERE USING STUNNING like the non Muslims and they all put the sign : HALAL on their meat, shops, restaurants etc..?They CHEATED their own Muslim communities  and they caused about 95% of the chicken and meat consumed by the British Muslims(3 millions) to eat as halal ,WHILE THEY ARE NOT TRULY HALAL and were stunned without the knowledge of the Muslim consumers???Halal meat sign is the most ABUSED word in the world !ALSO ALMOST ALL IMPORTED MEAT AND CHICKEN TO ARAB/MUSL:IM COUNTRIES ,EVEN IN SAUDI ARABIA, as ?halal? , CAME FROM STUNNED ANIMALS /non Prophetic method of DHABH/ZABIHA ?Unfortunately, Muslim governments and Ulamas and Awqafs are DOING NOTHINGIN ORDE  TO STOP THIS DANGEROUS NON HALAL MEAT AND CHICKEN BEEN CONSUMED BY THEIR OWN MUSLIM COMMUNITY???These rich “muslim” companies and businessmen  in Britain and abroad , are doing this non Prophetic/non Islamic practice of stunning mainly because of GREED and the “worship of money” !Others were simply IGNORANT about the good law for Muslims in Britain(slaughter your animals , according to your religion andwithout stunning) , but  most were  IGNORANT about the Islamic humane Prophetic method of Zabiha…and more ignorant about the :CRUELTY , MANY HARAMS  and THE MANY PROBLEMS AND HEALTH HAZARDS resulting from the use of stunning.
Lately a group from the Members of Parliament (MPs) in Britain have produced a consultation on Religious slaughter for BEEF and LAMB .
Enclosed below is my ISLAMIC MEDICAL RESPONSE ON THIS CONSULTATION.
Unfortunately  , many MPs are working  now behind the screen , in order to change our HUMANE PROPHETIC ISLAMIC METHOD OF DHABH/ZABIHA/animal slaughter and to FOCE Muslims and Jews to use stunning??? BELOW IS MY ISLAMIC MEDICAL RESPONSE TO THE CONSULTATION:
TO THE BEEF AND LAMB ALL-PARTY PARLIEMENTARY GROUP

 London /UK  Dear all,                 Ref:  Muslim Medical Response to the Consultation on the Beef and Lamb All-Party                  Parliamentary Group We would like first to thank you for giving us the chance to respond to your Consultation on Religious slaughter regarding Beef and Lamb.  We would like in the beginning, to inform  you that,  our organisation: ISLAMIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION(IMA)/UK ,was the first and the  only Muslim organisation in the UK in the beginning, who took seriously the issue of Religious slaughter , as by-law , and without the use of any type of stunning and in order to have  true HALAL MEAT for the Muslim consumers.Our Campaign started about 43 years ago, by the Founder and Ex-President of the organisation: Dr Ghulam M Khan, who wrote  before a  scientific book on Religious slaughter and stunning:
AL-DHABH Slaying animals the Islamic wayIt was The first Muslim book on Religious slaughter.(we can send you a copy  of the book in PDF in a separate E mail).We campaigned all these years to KEEP the law as it is : by  allowing both:Muslims and Jewsto slaughter their animals according to their religions and without the use of  any stunning.(Exemption from stunning).The Act of  halal animal slaughter(direct method)  is clearly prescribed and in details in the teachings of Islam and by all different schools of thoughts in the Muslim world(without stunning)..This holy divine method was implemented before by all Prophets of GOD like:Abraham, Moses ,Jesus and Muhammad(peace be upon them).Our beloved Jesus was a Jew and he ate and blessed Kosher meat (without any stunning to the animal).We believe that the Christians today  are not implementing the teachings of Jesus on animal slaughter! British Muslims and all Muslims in the world  fully support all animal care and welfare ,all sciences and technology and all hygiene and regulations in animal slaughter, but the holy direct method of animal slaughter ,without the use of stunning,  should  be allowed and  maintained , in order to supply true halal meat to our own Muslim consumers.
Our Islamic opposition  to the use of any stunning is based on a lot of reasons , as we will explain  in details later.
SOME OF THESE REASONS:
-Humane/animal welfare/Physiological explanation of the Cut
-Health
Islamic religious
– Plus: The many Cruelty  and  non islamic  and undesirable  outcomes resulting from  the use of stunning .
Many of these reasons were explained well  before in my scientific medical study  on stunning and the Islamic Prophetic direct method of animal slaughter( AN UP-TO-DATE ASSESSMENT OF THE MUSLIM METHOD OF SLAUGHTER) , which was presented   in a Symposium  organised by UFAW in 1986  in the Zoological Society of London.
The title of the Symposium was : HUMANE SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS FOR FOOD
I will be quoting some of what I have mentioned before in my study;
We have to emphasize first that  RELIGIOUS SLAUGHTER if done PROPERLY ,will give  “painless” quick irreversible   peaceful  natural physiological death  , as GOD asked us to do!
Allow me  now to give some medical physiological explanation of the Act of proper Religious slaughter , as stated in my previous medical  study:

Then, by  using a very, very sharp knife (which should be kept like a surgeon’s knife in sharpness and cleanliness, as previously stated by DR Ghulam Khan (UFAW, 1971), a Deep swift cut done instantaneously and quickly to the blood vessels of the neck (the two caroid arteries which carry blood to the brain and head, the two jugular veins which bring blood from the brain back to the heart), the trachea (windpipe) and the oesophagus (gullet), but the central nervous system (the spinal cord) should be kept safe and intact (not cut).

This deep, large cut through all the blood vessels of the neck causes acute blood loss and haemorrhagic shock: we know the blood is under great pressure , especially in the big carotid arteries (systolic pressure ) and at high speed and, according to physical law, the pressure always goes from the high to low resistance – the point of the cut is the scene of low resistance for blood to and from the brain. As we have a fully intact, alive heart, so most of the blood is going to be pumped and poured out instantaneously and quickly under pressure leading to a rapid fall in the blood pressure. Thus depriving the brain of its main source of oxygen and glucose, and with no blood which is necessary to keep the animal alive and functioning and able to deal with any perceptive sensation this leads to anoxia and almost immediate loss of consciousness (anesthetization or “stunning” ). The cerebrospinal fluid pressure falls even more rapidly than the blood pressure because of the jugular veins being cut, and this results in a deep shock and more loss of consciousness.

The animal, at this stage after the cut, is in a stable and quiet state with no movement or any distressed behavior. One would assume, if there was any pain or suffering, it would kick, move or show signs. After this short resting phase, and because the brain is deprived of oxygen and blood due to the huge amount of bleeding, the heartbeats increase in order to increase the flow of blood to the brain and other deprived areas. Tonic and clonic involuntary contractions and convulsions start and occur as automatic physiological reflexes in order to send and push blood up, especially to the brain. These contractions and convulsions are ‘painless’ (not, as the layman would imagine, that the kicking is due to the pain) especially when the animal is already unconscious and still has an intact spinal cord with safe nerve centers to the limbs, muscles and organs. So, we have a huge amount of bleeding from the initial cut then blood loss is continuing with the squeezing pressure of these contractions and convulsions, leading to maximum bleeding-out and less retention of blood in the carcass, giving a better quality of meat [both safer and healthier (this is like direct method of slaughter, “but without stunning”)].

I would like to end this section of my talk with at least one testimony from, for example, Lord Horder GCVO, MD, FRCP, who explained this type of slaughtering scientifically (and without the use of stunning):

‘The animal loses consciousness immediately. It is difficult to conceive a more painless and rapid mode of death; for a few seconds after the cut is made, the animal makes no movement its body is then convulsed, the convulsive movements continue for about a minute and then cease. The interpretation of this fact is clear: the cut is made by a knife so sharp and so skillfully handled that a state of syncope with its associated unconsciousness follows instantaneously upon the severing of the blood pressure. The movement of the animal which begins at about 90 seconds are epileptiform in nature and are due to the blood-less state of the brain (cerebral ischemia with complete anoxaemia). Sensation has been abolished at the moment of the initial syncope.’

Of course, there have been many other statements by eminent scientists giving the same explanations and conclusions about the direct act of slaughtering such as DR Leonard Hill (1923), Sir Lovatt Evans, Professor Harold Burrow, I M Levingen (1979), Professor F R Bell. Mr. Openshaw, Mr. Hayhurst etc. (Some are quoted, in Impact Magazine 1985).

Let me quote Prof. Leonard Hill, F.R.C.V.S, who strongly believed and expressed his views in his article – that the incision applied in the Ritual Slaughter causes no pain. Any Surgeon today knows that sudden big injuries are not felt at the time of infliction. Pain comes later when the wound is (septic, and) inflamed. Structures beneath the skin apart from isolated sensory nerve endings are insensitive to the knife.

Apart from the clear Divine laws and orders to us, and the clear physiological and scientific evidence, I would like to mention one golden rule in Islam which, again, fits into the perfection of mercy to every individual animal.

The rule states “Any action or method which will definitely lead to some harm damage or suffering is to be rejected or, any action which can be suspected to lead to a prohibited act is also to be rejected (e.g. eating dead animals or consuming blood etc.). So any method of slaughtering which can give us more blood or a dead animal [before the cut (for slaughtering) is made] is rejected”

Two facts are indisputably established by the above Professor:

a) That a big injury such as throat cutting is not felt at the moment of infliction.b) That the cutting of big arteries in the throat instantly arrests the circulation in the brain and abolishes consciousness.

Prof. Charles Lovett Evans, F.R.C.V.S., has this to say:-

” As anyone who has ever witnessed the act is well aware, the animal lies absolutely still the moment the vessels arc cut, and it is only a minute or so later that asphyxia! convulsions set in. Consciousness we know is lost long before this ” .

” On physiological principles, it is clear that when such large vessels are severed the arterial blood pressure falls at once to a very low level, moreover the carotid arteries being severed, much of the blood supply to the brain is immediately lost and the result is immediate loss of consciousness. To consider that the animal suffers pain is, in my opinion, quite absurd. I consider the method to be equal to any “.

Prof. Leonard Hill says that no death could be more merciful, taking into account that the animal unlike man, has no knowledge or fear of impending death.

 MUSLIMS AND JEWS AND OTHERS BELIEVE THAT PROPER RELIGIOUS SLAUGHTER  CAUSES “NO PAIN”  AND IT IS A MYTH   AND IS WRONG  UNFAIR AND UNJUST TO ACCUSE US OF  BEEN CRUEL TO ANIMALS IN OUR DIRECT METHOD OF RELIGIOUS SLAUGHTER WITHOUT STUNNING!
MORE:
There is no single proper scientific evidence in the world which prooved that the proper divine Islamic method of animal slaughter(Dhabh) when done properly  causes any pain or suffering to the animal at time of slaughter.
Similarly, there is no single scientific study in the world which proved that stunning surely causes no pain to the animal ?On the contrary, there are scientific medical studies which proved that stunning causes pain and suffering to the animal:(Please see the famous study carried out by Professor Wilhelm Schulze  and his colleague Dr Hazim at the School of Veterinary Medicine,Hanover University in Germany/12/7/02).The study titled: Attempts to Objectify Pain and Consciousness in Conventional(Captive bolt pistol stunning) and Ritual (Halal/knife) Methods of slaughtering Sheep and Calves ;This study has proved evidences of pain and suffering through the repeated EEG records and testing on the brain when the animal is stunned.On the contrary, there was no evidence at all that the direct Islamic/Religious  method of animal slaughter has caused any pain or suffering to the  any unstunned animal .In fact it  is a common sense and logic  that if any electricity is applied to the human body of any one of us    it will  cause pain and suffering and sometimes death…However unfortunately our stunned animals can not talk or complaint or protest!
The Farm Animal Welfare Council(FAWC) seems to contradict itself  before when it has mentioned in its Report in 2003:“IT IS DIFFICULT TO MEASURE PAIN AND DISTRESS DURING THE SLAUGHTER PROCESS IN AN OBJECTIVE SCIENTIFIC MANNER….”(Report on the Welfare of Farmed Animals at Slaughter or Killing:Part 1:Red Meat Animals/clause 194)
BRITISH MUSLIMS  HAVE GOT ALSO OTHER REASONS TO OPPOSE ANY TYPE OF STUNNING:
 BECAUSE:
-Stunning causes  direct pain and suffering to the animal who can not talk as we said before ..
Stunning can KILL some animals before doing the act of slaughter/Cut…
as by stopping the heart !
 In Islam:  the meat of any animal who dies from any reason  apart from the act of slaughter/cut is not halal and can not be eaten !
-Stunning can weaken the heart  which will  cause reduction in the amount of bleeding out and stunning can causes “SALT AND PEPPER HAEMORRHAGE” : unseen blood staying inside the muscles/meat.
The Consumption of any blood is forbidden in Islam.
Also  medically as we know ,blood if consumed is very harmful to health !
-Electric stunning affects and damages  the natural healthy quality of the meat ,according to some medical studies.
-One type of the Captive Bolt pistol used for cows have been found to spread BSE/Mad Cow disease?
This is why many States in the US has stopped  using it !
-Also in many animals stunned  ,there are:
 Failure of stunning, repeat stunning,  burns, paralysis of the  animal  while is still conscious , broken bones etc..
 All these are cruel and cause pain and suffering to the animals!
FOR ALL THESE REASONS ONE CAN SEE “CLEAR SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL EVIDENCES” AGAINST THE USE OF ANY STUNNING.
We have to emphasize also that :Islam is full of  fascinating  instructions on animal care and welfare during the whole life of the animal and   with special unique humane  instructions at time of slaughter.
(Please see my study/report on animal care and welfare in Islam upon request).
NO DOUBT THE BEST METHOD OF ANIMAL SLAUGHTER SHOULD HAVE  THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
  • 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  simple 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; (HALAL)
  • Liked/accepted  by the slaughter man, with no psychological ill-effects on him;
  • Blessed for the believers IN GOD/ ALLAH .

 AMAZINGLY ALL THESE CRITERIA ARE FULFILLED ONLY  IN THE  DIRECT RELIGIOUS METHOD OF SLAUGHTER WITHOUT ANY STUNNING;
WE BRITISH MUSLIMS OPPOSE ALL OR ANY TYPE OF STUNNING OR POST-CUT STUNNING.
THIS IS THE BELIEF OF OVER 30 MILLION MUSLIMS IN WESTERN EUROPE AND  ABOUT 1600 MILLION MUSLIMS IN THE WORLD.
REGARDING LABELLING:
It might be a good idea , as the British Muslim Consumers would  like to eat sure true Halal meat from animals which were not stunned.
But to do that, we like similarly to LABEL  THE MEAT COMING FROM STUNNED ANIMALS
By explaining the method of animal slaughter :Electricity ,gun/bullet , gas etc…
We have to remember also THE STRONG ECONOMICAL REASON  AND BENEFIT FOR BRITAIN IN SUPPLYING THE LOCAL MUSLIM CONSUMERS,  EUROPEAN MUSLIMS AND MANY MUSLIMS IN THE WORLD : TRUE HALAL BLESSED MEAT FROM UNSTUNNED ANIMALS
FINALLY :WE REQUEST THE MPs/ THE GOVERNMENT TO MAINTAIN  AND KEEP THE LAW  ON THE EXEMPTION OF  BRITISH MUSLIMS( & Jews)  FROM USING STUNNING AND TO  ALLOW US  TO KEEP OUR RELIGIOUS AND HUMAN RIGHTS  IN ORDER TO EAT OUR OWN  HALAL PERMITTED MEAT AS IT IS SURELY A HUMANE METHOD OF ANIMAL SLAUGHTER AND  AS THERE IS A GREAT DEMAND  FOR IT FROM THE  BRITISH MUSLIM CONSUMERS(about 3 million, apart from the  Jewish  community  in Britain)
WE LIKE TO  GO FURTHER:
British Muslims would like to recommend to the government and  to DEFRA to consider the DIVINE  RELIGIOUS METHOD OF ANIMAL SLAUGHTER ,without stunning, for HUMANE, HEALTH , SAFETY , CONSUMERS and RELIGIOUS REASONS.
Perhaps Some Muslim and Jewish scientists will organise proper scientific medical studies and meetings together with DEFRA in order to explore and investigate more the Direct Religious method of animal slaughter ,without any stunning.
ENCLOSED SOME  WEBSITES WHICH OPPOSE STUNNING:
 www.halaltayyibmeat.com(my website)
www.halalansa.com
-www.unstunnedhalal.com-www.halalmc.co.uk or www.halalmc.org-www.iccservices.org.uk(regent Park mosque)-www.iccuk.org-www.mcb.org.uk-www.thingsnotsaid.orgJewish website: www.chechitauk.org
Dr A Majid Katme(MBBCH,DPM)
Spokesman: Islamic Medical Association/Uk
Weekly TV Presenter of a Health show.
Tel no: 0044 7944 240 622
Address:
31   North Circular Road   Palmers Green     London  N13 5EG  UK

UK ULAMAS/SCHOLARS REJECT MECHANICAL SLAUGHTER AND OPPOSE STUNNING(HMC)

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MUFTIS/ULAMAS IN BRITAIN OPPOSE MECHANICAL SLAUGHTER AND STUNNING

Halal Monitoring Committee (HMC) has organised in 2009 an independent online survey regarding Mechanical slaughter and stunning.

Responses were received from 282 Imams (including 32 Muftis) from over 25 towns and cities in the UK

This is the result of the survey/responses:

 

95% of the Ulama do not accept “mechanical slaughter”(stunned) as an accepted method of Halal

slaughter in Islam (2.1% want to understand the issue further)

 

99.7% stated that Bismillah(Tasmiah) should be prayed individually by person slaughtering (not taped

or person standing on the side)

 

90% rejected electrical stunning of chickens (9% welcomed further research)

85% rejected electrical stunning of larger animals (9% welcomed further research)

99% expressed preference for non-stunned

100% saw the need for the continuation of religious exemption  in the UK which allows Muslims and Jews to practice their religious beliefs (prophetic method of slaughte/Zabiha) and without the use of any type of stunning.

 

REF:

Published in HMC newsletter No. 13 available athttp://www.halalmc.net/newsletters/issue13.pdf

-Today we have a lot of FATAWAS against stunning

-The fact is: When you explain to Muftis and Ulamas the effects of stunning on the animal/meat ,they all oppose it…we badly need EDUCATION to Muftis and Ulamas all over the world !

MUSLIM MEDICAL RESPONSE: THE MYTH OF ANIMAL “CRUELTY” IN RELIGIOUS SLAUGHTER

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THE MYTH OF ANIMAL “CRUELTY” IN RELIGIOUS SLAUGHTER  ?

 The assertions made by Mr  John Blackwell, president-elect of the British Veterinary Association, That Religious slaughter is “painful and cruel” to the animal(In the Times/Independent/Daily Mail  newspapers on 6th March), can not be allowed to go unanswered.
First: there is no single proper scientific evidence in the world which prooved that the proper divine Islamic method of animal slaughter(Dhabh) when done properly  causes any pain or suffering to the animal at time of slaughter.
Similarly, there is no single scientific study in the world which proved that stunning surely causes no pain to the animal ?On the contrary,there are scientific medical studies which prooved that stunning causes pain and suffering to the animal:(Please see the famous study carried out by Professor Wilhelm Schulze  and his colleague Dr Hazim at the School of Veterinary Medicine,Hanover University in Germany/12/7/02).The study titled: Attempts to Objectify Pain and Consciousness in Conventional(Captive bolt pistol stunning) and Ritual (Halal/knife) Methods of slaughtering Sheep and Calves ;This study has prooved evidences of pain and suffering through the repeated EEG records and testing on the brain when the animal is stunned.On the contrary,there was no evidence at all that the direct Islamic method of animal slaughter has caused any pain or suffering to the unstunned animal .We should not go far:It is a common sense that if any electricity is applied to the human body of any one of us   will  cause pain and suffering and sometimes death…However unfortunately our stunned animals can not talk or complaint or protest!Second: The Farm Animal Welfare Council seems to contradict itself  before when it has mentioned in its Report in 2003:“IT IS DIFFICULT TO MEASURE PAIN AND DISTRESS DURING THE SLAUGHTER PROCESS IN AN OBJECTIVE SCIENTIFIC MANNER….”(Report on the Welfare of Farmed Animals at Slaughter or Killing:Part 1:Red Meat Animals/clause 194)So where is the Scientific evidence for the claimed pain in Religious Slaughter?
One important scientific fact:
A little  medical knowledge on the anatomy and physiology of the blood vessels in the neck of the animal, the blood supply to the brain(glucose and oxygen),blood pressure   and the pain sensation in the brain  , will show clearly that the proper cut causes sudden huge HAEMORRHAGIC SHOCK: instantaneous “ANAESTHESIA”.. or instantaneous “STUNNING” and irreversible death of the animal  and the direct cut is 100% “PAINLESS”  as the Merciful Creator Has  created and designed  !Third:Stunning has been found to cause many new forbidden outcomes ,apart from the pain and cruelty to the animals,to Muslims and Jews :Death of some animals before the slaughter(according to FAWC in 1980:”ONE THIRD OF THE BIRDS ARE KILLED IN THE STUNNER”)
Latest figures showed that 41 % of poultry stunned DIE before doing the cut?The meat of the animal who died before slaughter is forbidden to eat,and is bad for our health.Stunning has been found to weaken the heart or stop it and cause  also the rupture of the small blood vessels inside the meat:”Salt and Pepper Haemorrhage”,thus causing less bleeding out and more blood  staying inside the meat/carcass.Blood is forbidden to consume,even a drop,in both Islam and Judaism and Christianity.Blood, medically today , is a major health hazard  for many diseases and infections,if consumed even in small amount.
The Captive Bolt pistol used for cows have been found to spread BSE/Mad Cow disease?
This is why many States in the US has stopped it..(Not yet in the UK?)Etc…..Fourth:We Muslims and Jews,have been ordered to slaughter our animals,according to our  holy Scriptures which  are all  well explained and  were implemented too  exactly  ,by the same method, by all the prophets of GOD(Abraham,Moses,Jesus and Muhammad,peace be upon them) ,even the Bible has got many statements which do prohibit the different  forbidden outcomes  resulting from stunning today(blood,death of the animal,cruelty…)!The merciful Jesus,peace be upon him, who was a Jew ,always ate and blessed  meat from  unstunned animals(KOSHER)!
But Christians unfortunately have failed to follow Jesus in eating Kosher (unstunned meat), as they failed in many other teachings of Jesus  too like circumcision?Surely,GOD and all his merciful prophets and holy Scriptures in the 3 Abrahamic faiths can not be all wrong and cruel  by causing pain to the  slaughtered animal when is not stunned!..  Where is the evidence?More,we all from the 3 Abrahamic Faiths,would like to recommend to DEFRA/FAWC/RSPA … and to the new president-elect of the British Veterinary Association  : Mr John Blackwell ,   and to  all the consumers and public at large  to eat the meat from unstunned animals for: Humane/animal welfare,Health ,economic  and religious reasons too!No doubt,we are all  with ,all animal welfares and hygiene  regulations ,laws  and all new technology and sciences before and after the act of slaughter,but without any change to our HOLY PERMANENT ACT/CUT of animal slaughter  and which is sacred  in all the three Abrahamic Faiths.It is a human right for any one to practice his/her religious belief and practices and we would like our  real HALAL slaughter/ meat to be  labelled(UNSTUNNED)  in order  to satisfy the demands of our own Muslim consumers(informed choice).
However , similarly ,we like to label all stunned meat :Bullet,gas,electric water bath, drowning , electric voltage…) in order to have a proper informed choice!
We Muslims, like to emphasize  that ,we do not intend or  try to force any non Muslim to eat our Holy Humane Halal  healthy meat.
FIFTH:We also like to emphasize , that  in the Islamic holy Scriptures, there are hundreds of orders/statements  on animal care and welfare..
In Islam , we are supposed to offer the best animal care and welfare to the animals during all their lives and from the moment of natural conception of each animal …and not only at time of slaughter!
(please see my published study on Animal care and welfare in Islam)
We do not need any pseudoscientist or an ignorant  misguided animal right campaigner, to teach us …when the foundation for animal rights, care and welfare, were stated clearly in Islam , about 1400 years ago !
In Islam , a person can go to hell if  his/her cat  was starved to death and dies!
Similarly, a person  can go to Heaven for getting water to a thirsty dying dog!
Today ,CRUELTY to all types of  animals is epidemic and endemic  in our farms, homes and abattoirs..?
This is why we have today hundreds of organisations which do  campaign for animal rights and welfare..
These are some of the common CRUELTY to animals in our society:
factory farming/battery cage(day and night cruelty on a large scale), dog and cock fighting , fox hunting ,animal experimentation/Vivisection ,pets abuse at home, pet abandonment, horse racing, animals in circus and in zoos, genetic manipulation ,sterilisation, maternal deprivation   and the routine animal husbandry practices such as ear tagging, tail docking and castration that are acknowledged as being more painful than slaughter without stunning………..
 The RSPCA receive  over 150 000 complaints /year regarding the cruelty and neglect to our innocent animals!
The British Veterinary Association(BVA) have got a LOT OF WORK TO DO in order to prevent the endemic/epidemic suffering  and cruelty  to our innocent animals who are unjustly and badly  treated on a large scale today !
This is the real work for BVA if they  really care  for animal welfare.
One thing  more we like to add:
Unfortunately, the public at large and the media and the MPs and Lords  are NOT AWARE of the many cruelty and suffering to the animals in the abattoirs today:
Kicking  beating and harsh pulling of the animals..
and in stunning: Pain and suffering, failure of stunning, repeat stunning, broken bones, paralysis of the animals etc…
If any one see , for example ,the horrible cruel  stunning of the poultry in hot electric water bath ,when they are hanged upside down in a cruel way….
he/she will never eat any chicken  !
Many Muslim leaders  and  many Jewish leaders  have been  wondering and questioning  over the years ,the motives behind these frequent attacks on our divine HUMANE  religious slaughter: A tenant of our  basic religious belief and practice:
-Is it Islamophobia ,  is it anti-Semitism ?
-Or is  it the AGGRESSIVE SECULARISM?
-Or is it the pressure of the Farm industry?
-Or is it a hidden political agenda?
-Or  is it simply a stupid ignorance with no science in it ?
OR IS IT  ALL OF THESE?
No doubt, these irresponsible frequent attacks on religious slaughter ,which are not based on sciences, merges on INCITEMENT TO RELIGIOUS HATRED and is a good ammunition to the far right: BNP,EDL and others ,to attack in many  different ways ,the proper halal industry ,the Halal shops, the Muslim consumers and the mosques , when the British Muslims  are practicing their faith and what is allowed and legal(Exemption from stunning for both Muslims and Jews) !
Finally :It is arrogant for any one who is not a Muslim to presume that he can teach us the practice of our faith,or pretend to be more merciful to the animal,than GOD Almighty or his merciful beloved prophets..!GOD protect us from those who think they know better than HE!
SOME OF THE  WEBSITES AGAINST STUNNING:
www.halaltayyibmeat.com
www.halalansa.com
-www.unstunnedhalal.com-www.halalmc.co.uk or www.halalmc.org-www.iccservices.org.uk(regent Park mosque)-www.iccuk.org-www.mcb.org.uk-www.thingsnotsaid.orgJewish website: www.chechitauk.org
  Dr A.Majid Katme(MBBCH,DPM) Spokesman/Medical researcher : Islamic Medical Association/UK
 on  the Halal  Prophetic method of  animal slaughter for  true Halal meat
  Tel: 07944 240 622
 Address:
31 North Circular Road   Palmers Green  London N13 5EG

What is halal meat?

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Interesting article on HALAL Meat!!
We have a very wrong understanding about the meaning of Halal slaughter. I was asked by a Non-Muslim professor once.  What makes a meat halal?  And I didn’t know an explanation and I was embarrassed. But I gave a vague answer saying that we say the prayer before we cut, that makes it Halal.
Later, I came back and went through many hadiths and articles written by muslim scholars and finally came to an understanding. I am going to explain it in a scientific way so that InshaAllah in the future you will be prepared if anyone asks you the same.
WHAT MAKES A ? MEAT ? HALAL OR HARAM??
Answer: It is the undrained blood that contaminates the meat, which  makes it Haram.
What non-muslim butchers do is completely CHOP OFF the head as a result of which the Connection between the Brain and the Heart is LOST hence the Heart stops Pumping/Beating almost instantaneously. Therefore there is no driving Force to PUSH the blood OUT of the body. As a result of this the blood STAGNATES in the veins and arteries and Contaminates the meat.
Scientifically Blood is one of the Best culture mediums to grow bacteria.
Consuming meat contaminated with blood makes humans more vulnerable to infections and joint pains. (Joint pains because of high uric acid levels in blood)
SO WHAT IS THE HALAL WAY??
Answer: We DO Not Chop off the head completely, instead we CUT the Main Vein (jugular vein) in the neck first. This vein contains venous blood in high pressure and it directly connects to the atrium of the heart without any interference. This method of slaughtering preserves the connection between the brain and the heart which allows neural transmissions to be delivered. This keeps the heart pumping/beating until all the blood is drained off completely from every vein and artery in the body making the meat PURE and thus halal. SUBHANALLAH!!
SO THE NEXT QUESTION IS WHAT MAKES FISH ? HALAL EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT SLAUGHTERED THIS WAY??
Allah SWT has created Fish? in such a way that the moment it is removed from water the Entire Blood in its body is redirected to a part called the Epiglottis in its mouth which turns bright red thus indicating that the blood is drained and the meat is pure. SUBHANALLAH!!
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TV recording on Religious slaughter on Iqra TV/ 19 Febr/15 in London

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Contributors: -Dr Shuja Shafi(Muslim Council of Britain)-Shaikh Yunus Didhwala(Halal Monitoring Committee)-Mohammad Amin(The  founder of the Petition)-Imam Abdul Qayyum(East London Mosque)-Muhammad Salim(Unstunned Halal)-Abu Eesa-Mukhtar Ahmed (National Halal)

Dear brothers,

 Please see below the programme “Halal Meat History or Reality

 Part 1 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn4nVZ63ZeQ&feature=youtu.be

 Part 2 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRX9sLeFDx0&feature=youtu.be

 Part 3 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErGE6zS0R8A&feature=youtu.be

Kind regards & many thanks, 

AbdusSamad 

Producer