UnstunnedHalal - campaigning for geniune halal meat & poultry

UK: HMC Certified Halal Free Range Chickens
21 Jan, 2012
A small family run business has become the first to provide HMC certified free-range chicken and organic goats. ZUSS Halal based in Latchingdon, Essex, rear their own chickens and goats on their farm. read more
Blessed Meat
01 Jan, 2012
It was truly blessed meat. Over every animal held in arms and slaughtered, a prayer was said as the swift, sharp deed of taking life in sacrifice was made. read more
Netherland: What is the purpose of banning Halal meat?
04 Dec, 2011
A vote was passed in April this year on bill banning slaughter of meat by Halal and kosher methods in Netherland. The bill has passed through the Dutch parliament in June, despite opposition from Muslim and Jewish groups. read more
Should animals be stunned before slaughter?
02 Dec, 2011
The slaughter of conscious animals was widely abandoned in the 20th Century and is now practised mainly in the Jewish and Muslim communities. read more
Halal hysteria The case against stunning
09 Nov, 2011
There has been a great deal of white noise regarding halal meat slaughter bandied around in the media lately. The story usually revolves around how halal (and by definition koshe but this is hardly ever mentioned with any vigour) read more
PRESS RELEASE: GREEN MUSLIMS ON RITUAL SLAUGHTER, THE HAGUE, 17TH MAY 2011 Green Muslims Foundation
20 Oct, 2011
Green Muslims Foundation holds the opinion that the proposed Bill from the Dutch Party for the Animals strengthens the rights of factory farmers to commit slaughter abuses. read more
Non-Halal Meat served as Halal
15 Sep, 2011
Definition: Muslim Meal: No use of pork, no venison and no alcohol used. The meat is not "halal". read more
Zabh Halal VS Stunning Method
03 Aug, 2011
I have read with a great interest your published report on Tuesday, June 28th under the title 'Dutch vote bans ritual slaughter By Matt Steinglass in The Hague' read more
Halal label shows the hypocrisy of Arab and Muslim countries
28 Jul, 2011
Goods and shops carrying the halal label are mushrooming in the West and have already turned into a multi-billion trade. Millions of Muslims in the United Kingdom and elsewhere would only do business with shops offering goods carrying the halal label read more
The halal animals we eat...should be given the chance to eat only their own natural
23 Jul, 2011
There is no doubt that the Muslims who have been involved in the Halal meat campaign and industries have, by and large,neglected over the years, the Islamic issue issue of feeding or making sure that their halal animals which they slaughter and eat read more
10 Easy Ways To Eat More Halal
01 Jul, 2011
Muslims, whose dietary laws are similar to the Kashrut laws of Judaism, are obligated by their faith to eat only clean food that has been blessed in God's name. read more
Islamic Way of Slaughtering Animals looks Cruel
15 Jun, 2011
Question and Answer session with Dr Zakir Niak - India read more
How conscious are we?
18 May, 2011
Carelessness in the consumption of Doubtful or Haraam edibles is a sure sign of diseased Imaan. If this state of heedlessness about what is consumed continues, the day dawns in a person's life when halaal/haraam is eventually regarded as a trivial mat read more
Islamic method of Slaughtering animals is better
20 Apr, 2011
Question: Is there an obvious reason why its is forbidden to eat animals that re not slaughtered according to sharee'ah, such as those killed by electric shock or shot with a gun etc.... read more
Why Stunning cannot be accepted by the Muslim Community
18 Apr, 2011
Islam's stance on what is permissible to eat and what is not is clear. There are strict rules when it comes to meat regarding what is allowed and what is forbidden. In Surat Al-Maida (The Table) Allah says: read more
Animal rights in Islam
11 Apr, 2011
MANY Muslims appear to have a callous attitude where dealing with animals is concerned giving the impression that maybe their religion has no consideration for animals. read more
The Halal Slaughter Controversy: Do Animal Rights activists protect the sheep or the Butcher?
04 Apr, 2011
Islamic Halal slaughter has increasingly come under attack from animal rights activists telling tales of barbaric blood-thirsty ritual slaughter. read more
Halal: The most humane slaughter
03 Apr, 2011
The great festival of Eid-ul Adha, popularly known in this subcontinent as Bakrid, is celebrated by the Muslims all over the world on the tenth of Dhul-Hijja read more
The Pre-stunning Ritual Halal slaughter debate
01 Apr, 2011
At the World Secure Food Chain conference in Hong Kong, Al Islami Foods said that meat obtained from non- stunned animals is healthier and has a longer shelf life. read more
America Bans Use of Captive-Bolt Stun Gun
31 Mar, 2011
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced (Jan 2004) that amongst new regulations to prevent the spread of BSE - "Mad Cow Disease" - the practice of striking cows on the head to stun them before slaughter, and the use of the captive-bolt stun read more
First hand account of Slaughthouses in New Zealand
26 Mar, 2011
In the Name of Allah, the most compassionate the most merciful. To all Muslim brothers and sisters. Salaam alikoom. I put forward to you some very important questions to think about. Do you know if All mighty Allah accepts your deeds? Are you aware that just because meat has a Halal label on it - it may not actually be Halal? Do you know the consequences of eating haram/unlawful? read more
Who's Halal & Who's Not?
25 Mar, 2011
A recent report published by the Farm Animals Welfare Council (FAWC) on the treatment of animals at slaughter has pushed the "stunned vs. non-stunned" debate firmly back on the agenda. read more
The Eco-Halal Revolution: Clean food for Muslims
09 Mar, 2011
On a brisk November day, Zaid Kurdieh is busy ensuring his chickens are comfortable. With temperatures well below freezing and snow on its way, Kurdieh read more
The reason its is forbidden to eat meat with draining the the blood
16 Sep, 2010
Blood is the reason why it is forbidden to eat meat that has not been slaughtered according to shareeah read more
Many American meat exporters obtain halal certificate fraudulently
13 Nov, 2008
Ninety-five per cent of American food items found in supermarket shelves in the UAE and some other Gulf countries are not halal even though they may be certified as such, an industry specialist said at the Halal World Expo in Abu Dhabi. read more
Cattle stun gun may heighten Mad Cow Disease
08 Aug, 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuter) - A stun gun used on cattle before slaughter can send brain tissue scattering throughout the animal, which could provide a route for madcow disease to spread to humans, a consumer group said Thursday. read more
Stunning
30 Mar, 2007
In the Name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful, Stunning the animal before it is actually slaughtered is a common practice in many western countries. It is claimed to be more comforting and causing less pain to the animal. read more
In the Name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.
30 Mar, 2007
In the Name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful, Stunning the animal before it is actually slaughtered is a common practice in many western countries. It is claimed to be more comforting and causing less pain to the animal. read more
Fatwa regarding stunning
19 Feb, 2004
Making an animal unconscious prior to slaughter, whether by means of a current or pistol, contains from a shar`ee perspective a number of major flaws which have been detailed by Shaykh Ashraf Ali Thanwi in Imdadul Fatawa read more

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