Just read on Drudge that the McDonald's in the U.K. has now admitted (after previously denying) that they served halal chicken without telling their customers. I didn't know what this meant, so I googled it and found on Wikipedia that it is food seen as permissible by Islamic law, and is slaughtered according to Islamic law.
Islamic law requires Muslims to slaughter animals by slitting their throat while reciting an Arabic prayer which translates as: "In the name of Allah, who is greatest." The animal is required to be conscious but moderate Muslim groups allow it to be stunned before the throat is slit. Wikipedia says, "The method of ritual slaughter of animals consists of a swift, deep incision with a sharp knife on the neck, cutting jugular veins and carotid arteries of both sides but leaving the spinal cord intact. It causes all the blood from the animal to gush out leaving negligible amounts of blood remaining in the body, the principle being that blood is a good medium for germs."
(Jewish law in the Old Testament says blood is not allowed in food.)
Drudge got this from the U.K.'s Daily Mail online, and with so many more Muslims in England, they are having to deal with this more often than the U.S. But Muslims continue to pour in the States, and are demanding their Sharia law.
I also read on Wikipedia that McDonald's serves halal chicken in Dearborn, Michigan (home to the largest Muslim community in our country) and that other big fast-food chains are serving hallal meat in their stores overseas. Even Texas' grocery store chain, HEB, is selling halal meat as well.
Wake up America...
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