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Originally Posted by jelly baby
Hi Darby, I've been looking at some literature re Halal V Haram,
'....another opinion holds that since the Qur'an is clear in stating that the food of Christians and Jews is lawful, Muslims who live in predominantly Christian countries may eat commercial meat (except pork) pronouncing Gods name at the time of eating',
so according to this there really is no need for the bleeding of animals.
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Hiya J-Baby. Thanks for your considered response.
I think that most would agree that ritual killing of animals using Halal methods is incompatible with our way of life and our society. This can also be said of Kosher products.
When in Rome........exactly!! ...........
I live in Germany and Halal and Kosher ritual killing of animals is not prohibited, but must be carried out under licence (just another way of collecting tax). However, a lot of muslims carry out Halal killing without a licence....so much for the law!!
I also live within the German society and have adopted their ways, their foods, their laws, their traditions. But I'm still English and I'm known for a good sense of humour, respectability, honesty, and a willingness to help others. It's fair to ask all others to play the same game but retain their own national identity without coming into conflict with national society standards and expectations.
Any immigrant should not argue that their way is the only way that they can retain their national identity and in cases of real conflict...they should decide if their adopted country should take precedence or their own native one.
The choice is freely theirs...but they have a duty to make a decision based on those principles and either stay by adopting those principles or return to where they feel their identity is accepted as the "norm" and not inflict their way upon the indiginous population.
I think this is a reasonable and fair way to integrate into a sensible and acceptable society. And all immigrants who take this route should be encouraged and supported, and above all accepted into their "new" society by one and all.