Re: Halal meat
Sibrya, please read my post (again)... I have quoted the exact verses (2:173 & 5:3) dealing with this. The way an animal dies makes it edible or non-edible (Halaal has more to do with how you earn your living, and not something's edibility) ...
Also: I hope you do not think we go by ancient Jewish customs (well maybe we do but not in the case of looking at fish scales or cloved hooves) ... for us, anything is edible (perhaps not favoured or liked, but at least edible) other than what is prohibited in the verses above.