Islamic Halal Meats in U.S. Supermarkets
This appears to be genuine -- at least, there's nothing about it on either of the debunking sites I use.
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FRIENDS,
I AM SENDING THIS TO YOU, NOT BECAUSE IT IS MUSLIM BUT BECAUSE OF THE HEALTH RISK THAT MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS MEAT
IF THIS STORY IS TRUE. YOU HAVE TO USE YOUR OWN JUDGEMENT.
Now we cater to the people that want to destroy the American way of life? Mix pork in all meat products. Like it or leave!
Islamic Halal Meat in US Supermarkets
Great…one more little creepy thing to be worried about:
Have to start looking for this.
Passing this along for your consideration....
"The other day I wrote about Costco stocking their meat counters with “Halal” meat."
So yesterday I shopped for groceries at my local Walmart. As usual, I bought a bag of frozen chicken breasts, but this time I checked to make sure the meat was not labeled “Halal”. Here’s why.
Halal is the Islamic term that basically means the meat is lawful to eat for a devout Muslim. What makes it lawful or acceptable is that the meat has been processed in a very specific way. Unlike kosher food, where the physical processing of the meat is the focus, for Islam it is the spiritual component that makes the meat lawful.
For lawful (halal) meat in Islam, the animal must be killed while the butcher faces Mecca , and either the butcher cries “Allah Akbar” or a tape plays the words over a loud speaker.
Ann Barnhardt,is a cattle commodities broker, has more about “Halal."
NEVER buy meat that is marked as “Halal”.
I am in the cattle business, and believe me when I tell you that Halal kill plants are CONSTANTLY being cited and shut down by the USDA for horrific, infractions. Most of these plants are in Michigan and upstate New York .
One of the things that halal kill plants are notorious for is putting already-dead animals in the human consumption line. They will go pick up a dead cow off of a farm or ranch and instead of putting it in their rendering tank where the resulting “tankage” is worth pennies on the dollar as pet food or industrial products, they will shackle the dead animal on the normal kill line and process it as human food which is the highest-dollar product.
Since Islam teaches dishonesty (taqiyyah) and no regard for one’s neighbor, this kind of sickening behavior is standard.
Halal plants are also notorious for general citations for filth and uncleanliness. I have toured normal cattle slaughter plants, and guys, you could eat off of the floor. Everything is white and men walk around with water hoses and steam guns constantly keeping everything in a state of spotlessness.
Halal plants are filthy. A lot of Halal meat is also labeled as “organic”.
Again, don’t be fooled into thinking that “halal” means “better”. It isn’t. I would never, ever knowingly eat halal meat purely from a food safety perspective.
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FRIENDS,
I AM SENDING THIS TO YOU, NOT BECAUSE IT IS MUSLIM BUT BECAUSE OF THE HEALTH RISK THAT MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS MEAT
IF THIS STORY IS TRUE. YOU HAVE TO USE YOUR OWN JUDGEMENT.
Now we cater to the people that want to destroy the American way of life? Mix pork in all meat products. Like it or leave!
Islamic Halal Meat in US Supermarkets
Great…one more little creepy thing to be worried about:
Have to start looking for this.
Passing this along for your consideration....
"The other day I wrote about Costco stocking their meat counters with “Halal” meat."
So yesterday I shopped for groceries at my local Walmart. As usual, I bought a bag of frozen chicken breasts, but this time I checked to make sure the meat was not labeled “Halal”. Here’s why.
Halal is the Islamic term that basically means the meat is lawful to eat for a devout Muslim. What makes it lawful or acceptable is that the meat has been processed in a very specific way. Unlike kosher food, where the physical processing of the meat is the focus, for Islam it is the spiritual component that makes the meat lawful.
For lawful (halal) meat in Islam, the animal must be killed while the butcher faces Mecca , and either the butcher cries “Allah Akbar” or a tape plays the words over a loud speaker.
Ann Barnhardt,is a cattle commodities broker, has more about “Halal."
NEVER buy meat that is marked as “Halal”.
I am in the cattle business, and believe me when I tell you that Halal kill plants are CONSTANTLY being cited and shut down by the USDA for horrific, infractions. Most of these plants are in Michigan and upstate New York .
One of the things that halal kill plants are notorious for is putting already-dead animals in the human consumption line. They will go pick up a dead cow off of a farm or ranch and instead of putting it in their rendering tank where the resulting “tankage” is worth pennies on the dollar as pet food or industrial products, they will shackle the dead animal on the normal kill line and process it as human food which is the highest-dollar product.
Since Islam teaches dishonesty (taqiyyah) and no regard for one’s neighbor, this kind of sickening behavior is standard.
Halal plants are also notorious for general citations for filth and uncleanliness. I have toured normal cattle slaughter plants, and guys, you could eat off of the floor. Everything is white and men walk around with water hoses and steam guns constantly keeping everything in a state of spotlessness.
Halal plants are filthy. A lot of Halal meat is also labeled as “organic”.
Again, don’t be fooled into thinking that “halal” means “better”. It isn’t. I would never, ever knowingly eat halal meat purely from a food safety perspective.
posted by Timothy Birdnow | 5:25 AM
2 Comments:
This is nothing, but hogwash. Please see below.
Analysis: Though it purports to purvey authoritative information about the production and quality of halal meats sold in the United States, this text misstates critical facts and makes a boatload of unsupported allegations.
It's true that meat products carrying the halal certification label are becoming more common in U.S. supermarkets, particularly in cities with large Muslim populations such as New York, Los Angeles, and Detroit. Among the national grocery chains offering halal products in select stores are Costco, Wal-Mart, and Safeway.
Misrepresenting halal
It's also true that Islamic dietary rules include a requirement to utter the name of Allah when an animal is slaughtered, but there's much more to halal than that. The email is incorrect when it states that the main difference between kosher and halal rules is that the former are focused on processing while the latter are focused on "the spiritual component." Both sets of laws have a spiritual component, and both lay down basic physical requirements for the sourcing and slaughter of animals and the proper handling of meats.
The Arabic word halal means "permitted" or "allowed." According to About.com's Guide to Islam, Muslims are allowed to eat "what is 'good' (Qur'an 2.168) — that is, what is pure, clean, wholesome, nourishing, and pleasing to the taste. In general, everything is allowed (halal) except what has been specifically forbidden."
Here's an abbreviated list of foods that are prohibited (haram):
dead meat (i.e. carcass of an already-dead animal)
blood
flesh of swine (pork)
intoxicating drinks
meat of an animal that has been sacrificed to idols
meat of an animal that died from strangulation or blunt force
meat from which wild animals have already eaten
Note that not only does the forwarded email omit all mention of these specific requirements, it actually goes on to claim, without evidence, that halal slaughterhouses are "notorious" for doing something expressly forbidden in Islam: butchering animals that were already dead when brought to the slaughterhouse.
Misrepresenting Islam
The email further claims that, "Since Islam teaches dishonesty (taqiyyah) and no regard for one’s neighbor, this kind of sickening behavior is standard," which is a complete misrepresentation of the Islamic teaching, not to mention a slur commonly found on anti-Muslim websites.
While the definition of taquiyyah does entail deception of a kind, it cannot be equated with ordinary dishonesty and in fact has no place in this discussion at all. As defined by Encyclopedia Britannica, taquiyyah is the practice of "concealing one's belief and foregoing ordinary religious duties when under threat of death or injury," which is a very specific form of deception condoned only under very specific circumstances. It is not a universal license to lie.
Sanitation
Lastly, the email claims, again without evidence, that halal plants are "notorious for general citations for filth and uncleanliness" and "CONSTANTLY being cited and shut down by the USDA for horrific infractions."
To the contrary, I've found nothing in the public record to indicate that halal meat processing plants are generally less sanitary or more often cited for health infractions than standard or kosher meat processing plants across the U.S., nor is there any reason to expect, based on Islamic dietary laws alone, that halal plants would produce inferior or less wholesome products than non-halal plants. All meat processors in the United States are required to meet the same USDA/FSIS sanitation standards. http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/fooddrink/a/Halal-Meat-In-US-Supermarkets.htm
Taqiyya is defined in the book of "Islamic Sacred Law", so I think it's better to know how Muslims define this term. If you want to double check, the book's title is "Reliance of the Traveller", and while I'll never read all 1200+ pages, I've certainly read many of the significant teachings.
PERMISSIBLE LYING:
``I did not hear him [Muhammad the liar] permit untruth in anything people say, except for three things: war, settling disagreements and a man talking with his wife or she with him (A:in smoothing over differences),''
So, you can lie to friends, enemies, and family. Who's left that requires Muslim honesty, their herds of goats or camels?
From Sharia, Section r8.2, p 744 & 745, Section title, Permissible Lying:
Imam Abu Hamid Ghazali says, "Speaking is a means to achieve objectives. If a praiseworthy aim is attainable through both telling the truth and lying, it is unlawful to accomplish it through lying because there is no need for it. When it is possible to achieve such an aim by lying but not by telling the truth, it is permissible to lie if attaining the goal is permissible"
When is protecting and promoting Islam not a permissible goal, a praiseworthy aim?
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