Qatari Scholars slam Danish ban on halal slaughter
Several Qatar-based scholars have criticised the ban by Denmark on religious slaughter of animals for production of Halal and kosher meat.
They have called upon the authorities to be cautious and make sure that all imported meat in the local market is Halal.
Popular Danish products in the local market include chicken and meat burgers, the Peninsula newspaper reported.
According to Abdussalam Al Basyouni, a noted scholar, this issue is not limited to Denmark since, in his view, there is no proper monitoring in other Western countries to ensure that the meat is Halal.
The scholars have made it clear that animals stunned by electrocution are considered dead and not permitted for Muslims to eat.
European regulations require animals to be stunned before slaughter, but they grant exemptions on religious grounds. Denmark has removed this exemption, drawing strong protests from Jewish and Islamic groups.
Danish Halal, a monitoring group, has launched a petition against the ban, saying that it was “a clear interference in religious freedom limiting the rights of Muslims and Jews to practice their religion in Denmark”.
Scholar Muawafi Mohamemd Azb said, “Denmark’s decision represented a dangerous shift that Muslims should take seriously."
"They have to oppose this decision and convince European countries exporting meet to Arab world to respect Muslims values and religion because Islam clearly states that eating dead animals is haram."
Politicians are at their work in the workshop ........ They will produce pain ....
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Denmark: Once again back in the field to hit and hurt Muslims.
But in qatar the major supermarkets sell products from the west that are completely haraam....so many products have meat in that is killed in the kaafir way and not in the islamic or ahlil kitaab method. Qatar needs to fix this major problem insha Allah.