Re: Halal Meat - Definitive Answer
Yeah, the people of the book aren't the same as they used to be in the Prophet pbuh's time. Majority of the plants (atleast in Canada) are not owned by Christians or Jews. They do not conform to Islamic regulations, we have hadiths for that. Go to one of the slaughter houses, you will know what I am talking about. As my work revolves around going to different slaughter houses for inspections.
Not only do they not mention Allah's name, they dont even cut the animal properly. Stun guns are used, the animal is tossed around like its some inanimate object, and the process happens so fast, the blood is NOT drained.
It seems taking the easy path to everything in Islam is becoming a social norm, where you will not find that in history. You have to struggle regardless of the time period.
You can either become like non-muslims and adopt their practices, or you can stick with your guidelines, but dont cross the boundries on the basis of what is easy and what is hard. You cannot justify something as part of religion based on how 'easy' it is.