The Halal method of slaughter has always disturbed me as a Muslim kid. I saw it first hand... Sad to see so many ppl so misinformed in the comments down here. The animals have their throats slit and they thrash around in pain for minutes before they die... Yhe it is not pleasant... Currently in europe most countries employ an instant kill method with a lethal sock or a bolt to the brain stem. Instant death so fast that the nerves do no have time to shoot pain signals... BECAUSE LAWS have been put in place to reduce animal cruelty (More still needs to be done tho with the farming methods) As a Muslim apostate myself I ask. Why is Islamophobia bad? I don't understand it. Why defend something you are not informed about? It is compassion? Compassion for my fellow humans is why i left Islam... Seeing how women are treated. How gay ppl are prosecuted or "not existing" because it is against allah's design. Would you defend the "pray the gay away" Christians? It is the default in Islam...

I grew up in ranch country. I've seen regular slaughterhouses (nightmares) and I've seen Halal kill floors (vomit). I really don't think there's anything wrong in asking not to be served Halal meat. Regular slaughter involves stunning the animal or electrocuting it before hooking their feet into a lift and jamming a trocar into their jugular and draining the blood from the body. The Halal kill floor I saw did not require the animals to be stunned. A VERY sharp knife was drawn across the animal's throat and the animals bled out. The were awake. The died thrashing and trying to scream but the knife cuts through the windpipe. Not all halal meat comes from conscious animals, but ALL regular slaughter requires the animals to be stunned. The processes aren't perfect, about 1/10 don't get stunned right, and 1/4 don't get electrocuted right, but man, I will never EVER forget what I saw in that Halal plant. That is nothing short of extreme animal cruelty to me.

Halal and kosher are inherently cruel, and based on someone chanting gibberish over an animal while it's subjected to a painful demise. However, if you point out this unnecessary suffering it's because you are racist.[.sarcasm]

Halal killing is barbaric. Animals are bled to death and it's slow and drawn out, which is cruel. The UK use lethal shock and it's quick and over with. Eating meat isn't wrong, but making the deaths merciful is the very least that can be done.

You cannot just lump this under 'halal meat' there are two methods that I know of. And its part of my daily job. Non Stunned Halal meat. As the name suggests animals are literally slaughtered whilst conscious. This is much less common in schools in the UK, the more common method (And likely what most of us are eating whether it says halal on the packet or not) is stunned first. Chicken for instance (in the UK at least )is most likely 'halal' in that prayers have been said at its slaughter. These prayers as I understand are basically played over a radio 24 hours a day. Thats the only difference. I also believe that in the UK non halal meat all has to be stunned first, you cannot simply run a blade through a cow whilst its awake.

*googles it* Hm, Halal means no pork, alcohol/intoxicants, poison, harmful ingredients or unhygienic elements (so basically clean organic products) as well as cleaning machines and utensils after Islamic law. So what´s this Karens problem? I smell simple racism from this.

The Sikh Rehat Maryada prevents Sikhs from eating kosher or halal meat.

No matter hallal or not. If your kid has allergies, you make their lunch and everybody is happy. My nephew was allergic to paprika growing up, and maybe you don't know but there's paprika everywhere ! So for few years, his parents made him his lunch for school and didn't bother anyone.

The way Muslims slaughter animal actually provides better quality beef, if done properly (no stunning, no stressing the animals etc.) . There are studies on this, but I'm aware that the pratice isn't always ideal. I'm sensing a not-so-subtle Islamophobia here. OP should let her daughter eat whatever is possible for her at school, and give her the "right" options at home. Or pack her lunch. Why is this even a problem?

You may think Halal is more brutal, but the truth is that the animals that are "slaughtered" for halal meat are generally kept within much higher animal welfare standards than that factory farmed chicken that comes from a barn so cramped they can't even move. Besides, the "western way" (or at least in the UK and Europe) is traditionally also to cut it's neck. It's called "sticking" and it's very much still done by many slaughterhouses today. So lets stop the "holier than thou" attitude, shall we?

Excuse me mom, but what is keeping YOU from preparing your daughter's lunch to take with her??? Since you are so concerned about her dietary needs YOU should be providing her with what you consider to be proper and safe, quit relying on the school to feed her, that's your job as the parent. Get up earlier in order to prepare her lunch.

Did the daughter eat meat before mom found out it was halal meat? Once its cooked, can you tell the difference?

She;'s insane. Who cares if it's halal meat or not. Meat is meat.If she doesn't like it, send the kid with a sack lunch or just shut up and tell her she can only have the one other meal available because mommy doesn't want her to eat the meat because of her own reasons. This isn't on the school. It's on the mom being ridiculous.

by law, if the child has a diagnosed food allergy/intolerance, the school is required to provide food she can safely eat, you will need to contact your district office to get the correct paperwork filled and filed. Now, that said, yeah, school budgets are c**p and she's not likely going to get a whole lot of options and if the meat they have on offer is currently gluten free, that does meet the requirement as far as they will be concerned. If you do not like their options, you are going to be better off sending her with a packed lunch from home

Why does she have a problem with this? Animal treatment: Animals must be raised humanely, given ample space to roam, and fed hormone-free food. Slaughter: A Muslim must slaughter the animal with a sharp knife in a single stroke, severing the carotid artery, jugular vein, and windpipe. The animal's face must be pointed toward Mecca, and no other animals should witness the act. The Muslim must recite a dedication, known as the tasmiya or shahada, while slaughtering the animal. Blood drainage: All blood must be drained from the carcass, including the organs. Sanitation: Halal butchers and meat producers follow strict sanitation procedures. Storage and processing: Halal meat must be stored and processed separately from non-halal products.

I am American and one of my favorite things is goat curry. I buy my goat (and lamb) from a halal butcher. It is the best meat available and their butcher shop is impeccably clean. If an option is halal or not is likely a bs excuse... don't get me wrong - you can have my bbq, Italian sausage, and pulled pork when you pry it out of my cold, dead hands. But something being halal is really a non-issue - plenty of items can be made kosher/halal without changing anything about the food. As one comment stated: If you're OK with eating dead animals then a slight change in how they are slaughtered really shouldn't be a problem.

A huge issue in judging this is where is it? If she's one of the few foreigners living in a Muslim country, I'd say you gotta adapt to your new surroundings and if you don't like it, why are you there? If we're talking some place that has a huge immigrant population and they've imposed Islamic law on everyone, aw, hell no.

"Halal Meat" What are halals? Are they raised on farms, or are they wild?