Re: The halal-ity of your food.
mm hi. bulk of the meat consumed in the middle east (i assume thats where you are?) comes from non-muslim countries. companies like Sadia (which by pure coincidence sounds like a muslim name, they also have a flourishing pork slaughtering business) that are publically traded in the US stock markets, and operates out of brazil are the largest suppliers. their meat is machine slaughtered, with tape-recorded audio takbeer message played in a loop. so umm.. hello baked fishie! ; )
ok maybe i exaggerate.. but really, unless your meat is local, its probably just as suspect as in any meat store in the US.