[Ianto.W.]

Halal like kosher was originally devised in the pre- refrigeration days, pork fish without scales, shellfish or any type of fish that was thought to scavenge on human remains were taboo. Kosher in Yiddish means 'clean' as I suspect Halal does in urdu. The killing or the animals is prety much the same it is usually done by a holy man Imam or Rabbi who are not full time, but more as in Christians a lay type who's jobs were part of the sructure of their faith. I suspect not many 'modern' Jews would turn their nose up at a Lobster. Kosher is not kept as strictly as it was in the so called good old days, as there are many watered down sects that have evolved to accomodate modern times. I suggest and would like to think, purely from a personal point of view, that the Moslems would also try to accomodate the 21st century, but I think my views will fall on deaf ears.