With Millions of Muslims in the United States having a typically America appetite for meat, it seems inevitable that Muslims will either have to interact with the larger food system or create their own to provide halal (permissible) food. To determine the status of the Halal industry, a group called the Halal Advocates of America was formed in 2008, led by American-born and South African-trained Mufti Shaykh Abdullah Nana, a young, bearded, slightly built, and calmly spolken scholar who resides in California. Shaykh Abdullah began learning about halal slaughtering by going to slaughter-houses with trained experts in South Africa. When he came back to the United States, he was concerned with the integrity of the halal standard and visited thirty-five slaughterhouses in over thirteen states. Since all of U.S. meat does not come from the United States, he also visited slaughterhouses in the United Kingdom, Canada, and New Zealand. The point of his researce, he said, was that “there is a need for firsthand verification of halal practices.”

(Page 148, Green Deen: What Islam Teaches About Protecting the Planet)

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“The Earth is a mosque”

Muslims are compelled by their religion to praise the Creator and to care for their community. But what is not widely known is that there are deep and long-standing connections between Islamic teachings and environmentalism. In this groundbreaking book, Ibrahim Abdul-Matin draws on research, scripture, and interviews with Muslim Americans to trace Islam’s preoccupation with humankind’s collective role as stewards of the Earth. Abdul-Matin points out that the Prophet Muhammad declared that “the Earth is a mosque.”

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A significant percentage of the Muslim community and religious scholars maintains that mechanical slaughter of chickens does not meet the requirements of Islamic law and holds the view that chickens slaughtered in this manner are unlawful to consume. The Quran stipulates that the name of Allah must be recited on each animal by the slaughterer himself, and this requirement is not fulfilled in mechanical slaughter by having a person stand by the machine. Many scholars maintain that the intent of slaughterer is a requirement of slaughter, and this also cannot be fulfilled by a machine. Pressing one button for 100,000 chickens cannot be attributed to the physical contribution of the human being but to the machine itself. The analogy is that it is not valid to press a button on a ‘robot Imam’ which will perform the postures of Salaat and lead the Muslims in prayer. Some scholars have also deduced that the slaughter must be carried out by hand based on the verse, “Except that which you have slaughtered.” (Surah 5 verse 3)

Muslims should demand 100% halal meat products and avoid products which are slaughtered using a doubtful method. The consumption of halal food is one of the most important elements of the life of a Muslim and has tremendous repercussions for his/her religious, spiritual and physical condition. The Muslim community should push for universally accepted slaughter methods such as hand slaughter and ensure that all the food they consume is hand slaughtered by a Muslim. The Halal Advocates of America will continue to work both with the industry and the consumers to ensure halal integrity is maintained and halal food requirements are met.

A survey of major suppliers of halal processed chicken products in America

Company
Hand slaughtered or machine slaughtered

Al-Safa
Machine slaughtered

Midamar
Machine slaughtered

Crescent Natural Chicken Patties
Hand Slaughtered

Nema
Hand Slaughtered

Salwa Foods
Hand Slaughtered

Carribean Crescent
Hand Slaughtered