Why halal meat???

[Astreja]

That's not a poem. That's just stream-of-consciousness preaching arranged into lines in a vain attempt to make it look like a poem.

[brewer]

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The reason if studied with surrounding verses and the theme of verses has to do with source of knowledge.  The name of God is a person that God chooses to channel his light to others.  He is the means to God.

This is saying,  never take knowledge unless you verify it through the Messenger and those who hold authority from you. That and never attribute God would you do not know but verify with God. And never interpret God's book per the desires of the devils and their forces, lest you perish.

Imam Hassan (as) is reported to have said "I wonder at a man that is careful/caution regarding what he eats but for his reliance on knowledge is unconcerned."


The devils reveal to their friends so they may mislead us, and if we obey them, we do so only through associating with God others.

The name of God who is God's proof and reminder, that is where the living revelation and it's interpretation and light resides, is to be relied on for knowledge.


This means do not follow innovations of misleading forces, but rather hold on to the Messenger's way and the way of his successors, and hold on to it zealously.

This would mean people who rely on other then God and his guidance, other then his the book and it's designated holders of Authority, the family of the reminder,  all their acts of remembering God's Name will be in vain.

Every ritual has an inward reminder,  and just our bodies are to eat blessed food cleansed of dark impure energies, by remembering God's name, and in case of animals, remembering God's name before they are killed, the same is true regarding who we rely on for enlightenment and spiritual nourishment.


So far I have not shown the verses to prove this with regards to God's Name and food with respect to the subjects above.

Any volunteers that wish to do so?


Poem:


Only God's Name can manifest what the name of God is in full,
And so to rely on other then God's Name to know God's name, 
One will perish, and the path and the light is God's Name,
And the Door to that, is God's Name,
And so Aaron like Samuel, is an instance of God's Name,
For the purpose of widening and relieving the constriction of the heart of Moses,
Aaron and Moses' family are one,
They and their followers tried to manifest the name of God,
But in time, the truth of the image of God and his name,
the position of his word of light brought to life,
became unknown....
And the message of the Torah and Gospels obscured.....
And the same is of the Quran.
The followers and lovers of the family of the reminder of the time,
And many reminders existed in the past,
Do not have the eloquence of Aaron and Ali,
And we feel even more helpless then Moses,
To convey the knowledge of his heart,
And reveal what he knows to humanity,
And Moses was not less eloquent then Aaron,
But rather the situation and limits,
Were such, 
That the people deaf ears caused a knot on his tongue,
But with the time,
We hope humans will go to and seek,
The family of the reminder,
So that to God they may return.

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What the halal was that?

[Angrboda]

[Fidel_Castronaut]

Because you;re superstitious.

/thread.

[Mystic]

 And if you obey most of those in the earth, they will lead you astray from Allah's way; they follow but conjecture and they only lie.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ مَنْ يَضِلُّ عَنْ سَبِيلِهِ ۖ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ {117}
[size=undefined][Shakir 6:117] Surely your Lord-- He best knows who goes astray from His way, and He best knows those who follow the right course.[/size]
فَكُلُوا مِمَّا ذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ بِآيَاتِهِ مُؤْمِنِينَ {118}
[size=undefined][Shakir 6:118] Therefore eat of that on which Allah's name has been mentioned if you are believers in His communications.[/size]
وَمَا لَكُمْ أَلَّا تَأْكُلُوا مِمَّا ذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَقَدْ فَصَّلَ لَكُمْ مَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِلَّا مَا اضْطُرِرْتُمْ إِلَيْهِ ۗ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرًا لَيُضِلُّونَ بِأَهْوَائِهِمْ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ ۗ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُعْتَدِينَ {119}
[size=undefined][Shakir 6:119] And what reason have you that you should not eat of that on which Allah's name has been mentioned, and He has already made plain to you what He has forbidden to you-- excepting what you are compelled to; and most surely many would lead (people) astray by their low desires out of ignorance; surely your Lord-- He best knows those who exceed the limits.[/size]
وَذَرُوا ظَاهِرَ الْإِثْمِ وَبَاطِنَهُ ۚ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَكْسِبُونَ الْإِثْمَ سَيُجْزَوْنَ بِمَا كَانُوا يَقْتَرِفُونَ {120}
[size=undefined][Shakir 6:120] And abandon open and secret sin; surely they who earn sin shall be recompensed with what they earned.[/size]
وَلَا تَأْكُلُوا مِمَّا لَمْ يُذْكَرِ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَإِنَّهُ لَفِسْقٌ ۗ وَإِنَّ الشَّيَاطِينَ لَيُوحُونَ إِلَىٰ أَوْلِيَائِهِمْ لِيُجَادِلُوكُمْ ۖ وَإِنْ أَطَعْتُمُوهُمْ إِنَّكُمْ لَمُشْرِكُونَ {121}
[size=undefined][Shakir 6:121] And do not eat of that on which Allah's name has not been mentioned, and that is most surely a transgression; and most surely the Shaitans suggest to their friends that they should contend with you; and if you obey them, you shall most surely be polytheists.[/size]
أَوَمَنْ كَانَ مَيْتًا فَأَحْيَيْنَاهُ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُ نُورًا يَمْشِي بِهِ فِي النَّاسِ كَمَنْ مَثَلُهُ فِي الظُّلُمَاتِ لَيْسَ بِخَارِجٍ مِنْهَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ زُيِّنَ لِلْكَافِرِينَ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ {122}
[size=undefined][Shakir 6:122] Is he who was dead then We raised him to life and made for him a light by which he walks among the people, like him whose likeness is that of one in utter darkness whence he cannot come forth? Thus what they did was made fair seeming to the unbelievers.[/size]
وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَا فِي كُلِّ قَرْيَةٍ أَكَابِرَ مُجْرِمِيهَا لِيَمْكُرُوا فِيهَا ۖ وَمَا يَمْكُرُونَ إِلَّا بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ {123}
[size=undefined][Shakir 6:123] And thus have We made in every town the great ones to be its guilty ones, that they may plan therein; and they do not plan but against their own souls, and they do not perceive.[/size]
وَإِذَا جَاءَتْهُمْ آيَةٌ قَالُوا لَنْ نُؤْمِنَ حَتَّىٰ نُؤْتَىٰ مِثْلَ مَا أُوتِيَ رُسُلُ اللَّهِ ۘ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ حَيْثُ يَجْعَلُ رِسَالَتَهُ ۗ سَيُصِيبُ الَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا صَغَارٌ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ وَعَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ بِمَا كَانُوا يَمْكُرُونَ {124}
[size=undefined][Shakir 6:124] And when a communication comes to them they say: We will not believe till we are given the like of what Allah's messengers are given. Allah best knows where He places His message. There shall befall those who are guilty humiliation from Allah and severe chastisement because of what they planned.[/size]
فَمَنْ يُرِدِ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَهْدِيَهُ يَشْرَحْ صَدْرَهُ لِلْإِسْلَامِ ۖ وَمَنْ يُرِدْ أَنْ يُضِلَّهُ يَجْعَلْ صَدْرَهُ ضَيِّقًا حَرَجًا كَأَنَّمَا يَصَّعَّدُ فِي السَّمَاءِ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَجْعَلُ اللَّهُ الرِّجْسَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ {125}
[size=undefined][Shakir 6:125] Therefore (for) whomsoever Allah intends that He would guide him aright, He expands his breast for Islam, and (for) whomsoever He intends that He should cause him to err, He makes his breast strait and narrow as though he were ascending upwards; thus does Allah lay uncleanness on those who do not believe.[/size]
وَهَٰذَا صِرَاطُ رَبِّكَ مُسْتَقِيمًا ۗ قَدْ فَصَّلْنَا الْآيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَذَّكَّرُونَ {126}
[size=undefined][Shakir 6:126] And this is the path of your Lord, (a) right (path); indeed We have made the communications clear for a people who mind.[/size]
لَهُمْ دَارُ السَّلَامِ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ ۖ وَهُوَ وَلِيُّهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ {127}
[size=undefined][Shakir 6:127] They shall have the abode of peace with their Lord, and He is their guardian because of what they did.[/size]
وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ جَمِيعًا يَا مَعْشَرَ الْجِنِّ قَدِ اسْتَكْثَرْتُمْ مِنَ الْإِنْسِ ۖ وَقَالَ أَوْلِيَاؤُهُمْ مِنَ الْإِنْسِ رَبَّنَا اسْتَمْتَعَ بَعْضُنَا بِبَعْضٍ وَبَلَغْنَا أَجَلَنَا الَّذِي أَجَّلْتَ لَنَا ۚ قَالَ النَّارُ مَثْوَاكُمْ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ۗ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌ {128}
[size=undefined][Shakir 6:128] And on the day when He shall gather them all together: O assembly of jinn! you took away a great part of mankind. And their friends from among the men shall say: Our Lord! some of us profited by others and we have reached our appointed term which Thou didst appoint for us. He shall say: The fire is your abode, to abide in it, except as Allah is pleased; surely your Lord is Wise, Knowing.[/size]
وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُوَلِّي بَعْضَ الظَّالِمِينَ بَعْضًا بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ {129}
[size=undefined][Shakir 6:129] And thus do We make some of the iniquitous to befriend others on account of what they earned.[/size]
يَا مَعْشَرَ الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنْسِ أَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ رُسُلٌ مِنْكُمْ يَقُصُّونَ عَلَيْكُمْ آيَاتِي وَيُنْذِرُونَكُمْ لِقَاءَ يَوْمِكُمْ هَٰذَا ۚ قَالُوا شَهِدْنَا عَلَىٰ أَنْفُسِنَا ۖ وَغَرَّتْهُمُ الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا وَشَهِدُوا عَلَىٰ أَنْفُسِهِمْ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا كَافِرِينَ {130}
[size=undefined][Shakir 6:130] O assembly of jinn and men! did there not come to you messengers from among you, relating to you My communications and warning you of the meeting of this day of yours? They shall say: We bear witness against ourselves; and this world's life deceived them, and they shall bear witness against their own souls that they were unbelievers.[/size]
ذَٰلِكَ أَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ رَبُّكَ مُهْلِكَ الْقُرَىٰ بِظُلْمٍ وَأَهْلُهَا غَافِلُونَ {131}
[size=undefined][Shakir 6:131] This is because your Lord would not destroy towns unjustly while their people were negligent.[/size]
وَلِكُلٍّ دَرَجَاتٌ مِمَّا عَمِلُوا ۚ وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ {132}
[size=undefined][Shakir 6:132] And all have degrees according to what they do; and your Lord is not heedless of what they do.[/size]
وَرَبُّكَ الْغَنِيُّ ذُو الرَّحْمَةِ ۚ إِنْ يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُمْ وَيَسْتَخْلِفْ مِنْ بَعْدِكُمْ مَا يَشَاءُ كَمَا أَنْشَأَكُمْ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ قَوْمٍ آخَرِينَ {133}
[size=undefined][Shakir 6:133] And your Lord is the Self-sufficient one, the Lord of mercy; if He pleases, He may take you off, and make whom He pleases successors after you, even as He raised you up from the seed of another people.[/size]
إِنَّ مَا تُوعَدُونَ لَآتٍ ۖ وَمَا أَنْتُمْ بِمُعْجِزِينَ {134}
[size=undefined][Shakir 6:134] Surely what you are threatened with must come to pass and you cannot escape (it).[/size]
قُلْ يَا قَوْمِ اعْمَلُوا عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِكُمْ إِنِّي عَامِلٌ ۖ فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ تَكُونُ لَهُ عَاقِبَةُ الدَّارِ ۗ إِنَّهُ لَا يُفْلِحُ الظَّالِمُونَ {135}
[size=undefined][Shakir 6:135] Say: O my people! act according to your ability; I too am acting; so you will soon come to know, for whom (of us) will be the (good) end of the abode; surely the unjust shall not be successful.[/size]
وَجَعَلُوا لِلَّهِ مِمَّا ذَرَأَ مِنَ الْحَرْثِ وَالْأَنْعَامِ نَصِيبًا فَقَالُوا هَٰذَا لِلَّهِ بِزَعْمِهِمْ وَهَٰذَا لِشُرَكَائِنَا ۖ فَمَا كَانَ لِشُرَكَائِهِمْ فَلَا يَصِلُ إِلَى اللَّهِ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ فَهُوَ يَصِلُ إِلَىٰ شُرَكَائِهِمْ ۗ سَاءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ {136}
[size=undefined][Shakir 6:136] And they set apart a portion for Allah out of what He has created of tilth and cattle, and say: This is for Allah-- so they assert-- and this for our associates; then what is for their associates, it reaches not to Allah, and whatever is (set apart) for Allah, it reaches to their associates; evil is that which they judge.[/size]
وَكَذَٰلِكَ زَيَّنَ لِكَثِيرٍ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ قَتْلَ أَوْلَادِهِمْ شُرَكَاؤُهُمْ لِيُرْدُوهُمْ وَلِيَلْبِسُوا عَلَيْهِمْ دِينَهُمْ ۖ وَلَوْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ مَا فَعَلُوهُ ۖ فَذَرْهُمْ وَمَا يَفْتَرُونَ {137}
[size=undefined][Shakir 6:137] And thus their associates have made fair seeming to most of the polytheists the killing of their children, that they may cause them to perish and obscure for them their religion; and if Allah had pleased, they would not have done it, therefore leave them and that which they forge.[/size]
وَقَالُوا هَٰذِهِ أَنْعَامٌ وَحَرْثٌ حِجْرٌ لَا يَطْعَمُهَا إِلَّا مَنْ نَشَاءُ بِزَعْمِهِمْ وَأَنْعَامٌ حُرِّمَتْ ظُهُورُهَا وَأَنْعَامٌ لَا يَذْكُرُونَ اسْمَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهَا افْتِرَاءً عَلَيْهِ ۚ سَيَجْزِيهِمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ {138}
[size=undefined][Shakir 6:138] And they say: These are cattle and tilth prohibited, none shall eat them except such as We please-- so they assert-- and cattle whose backs are forbidden, and cattle on which they would not mention Allah's name-- forging a lie against Him; He shall requite them for what they forged.[/size]
وَقَالُوا مَا فِي بُطُونِ هَٰذِهِ الْأَنْعَامِ خَالِصَةٌ لِذُكُورِنَا وَمُحَرَّمٌ عَلَىٰ أَزْوَاجِنَا ۖ وَإِنْ يَكُنْ مَيْتَةً فَهُمْ فِيهِ شُرَكَاءُ ۚ سَيَجْزِيهِمْ وَصْفَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌ {139}
[size=undefined][Shakir 6:139] And they say: What is in the wombs of these cattle is specially for our males, and forbidden to our wives, and if it be stillborn, then they are all partners in it; He will reward them for their attributing (falsehood to Allah); surely He is Wise, Knowing.[/size]
قَدْ خَسِرَ الَّذِينَ قَتَلُوا أَوْلَادَهُمْ سَفَهًا بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَحَرَّمُوا مَا رَزَقَهُمُ اللَّهُ افْتِرَاءً عَلَى اللَّهِ ۚ قَدْ ضَلُّوا وَمَا كَانُوا مُهْتَدِينَ {140}
[size=undefined][Shakir 6:140] They are lost indeed who kill their children foolishly without knowledge, and forbid what Allah has given to them forging a lie against Allah; they have indeed gone astray, and they are not the followers of the right course.[/size]
وَهُوَ الَّذِي أَنْشَأَ جَنَّاتٍ مَعْرُوشَاتٍ وَغَيْرَ مَعْرُوشَاتٍ وَالنَّخْلَ وَالزَّرْعَ مُخْتَلِفًا أُكُلُهُ وَالزَّيْتُونَ وَالرُّمَّانَ مُتَشَابِهًا وَغَيْرَ مُتَشَابِهٍ ۚ كُلُوا مِنْ ثَمَرِهِ إِذَا أَثْمَرَ وَآتُوا حَقَّهُ يَوْمَ حَصَادِهِ ۖ وَلَا تُسْرِفُوا ۚ إِنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُسْرِفِينَ {141}
[size=undefined][Shakir 6:141] And He it is Who produces gardens (of vine), trellised and untrellised, and palms and seed-produce of which the fruits are of various sorts, and olives and pomegranates, like and unlike; eat of its fruit when it bears fruit, and pay the due of it on the day of its reaping, and do not act extravagantly; surely He does not love the extravagant.[/size]
وَمِنَ الْأَنْعَامِ حَمُولَةً وَفَرْشًا ۚ كُلُوا مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ اللَّهُ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ ۚ إِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُبِينٌ {142}
[size=undefined][Shakir 6:142] And of cattle (He created) beasts of burden and those which are fit for slaughter only; eat of what Allah has given you and do not follow the footsteps of the Shaitan; surely he is your open enemy.[/size]
ثَمَانِيَةَ أَزْوَاجٍ ۖ مِنَ الضَّأْنِ اثْنَيْنِ وَمِنَ الْمَعْزِ اثْنَيْنِ ۗ قُلْ آلذَّكَرَيْنِ حَرَّمَ أَمِ الْأُنْثَيَيْنِ أَمَّا اشْتَمَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ أَرْحَامُ الْأُنْثَيَيْنِ ۖ نَبِّئُونِي بِعِلْمٍ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ {143}
[size=undefined][Shakir 6:143] Eight in pairs-- two of sheep and two of goats. Say: Has He forbidden the two males or the two females or that which the wombs of the two females contain? Inform me with knowledge if you are truthful.[/size]
وَمِنَ الْإِبِلِ اثْنَيْنِ وَمِنَ الْبَقَرِ اثْنَيْنِ ۗ قُلْ آلذَّكَرَيْنِ حَرَّمَ أَمِ الْأُنْثَيَيْنِ أَمَّا اشْتَمَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ أَرْحَامُ الْأُنْثَيَيْنِ ۖ أَمْ كُنْتُمْ شُهَدَاءَ إِذْ وَصَّاكُمُ اللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا ۚ فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرَىٰ عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا لِيُضِلَّ النَّاسَ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ {144}
[size=undefined][Shakir 6:144] And two of camels and two of cows. Say: Has He forbidden the two males or the two females or that which the wombs of the two females contain? Or were you witnesses when Allah enjoined you this? Who, then, is more unjust than he who forges a lie against Allah that he should lead astray men without knowledge? Surely Allah does not guide the unjust people.[/size]
قُلْ لَا أَجِدُ فِي مَا أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ مُحَرَّمًا عَلَىٰ طَاعِمٍ يَطْعَمُهُ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ مَيْتَةً أَوْ دَمًا مَسْفُوحًا أَوْ لَحْمَ خِنْزِيرٍ فَإِنَّهُ رِجْسٌ أَوْ فِسْقًا أُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ بِهِ ۚ فَمَنِ اضْطُرَّ غَيْرَ بَاغٍ وَلَا عَادٍ فَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ {145}
[size=undefined][Shakir 6:145] Say: I do not find in that which has been revealed to me anything forbidden for an eater to eat of except that it be what has died of itself, or blood poured forth, or flesh of swine-- for that surely is unclean-- or that which is a transgression, other than (the name of) Allah having been invoked on it; but whoever is driven to necessity, not desiring nor exceeding the limit, then surely your Lord is Forgiving, Merciful.[/size]



The word communications is better translated as signs/proofs but I left it as is.


The connection it has connected believing in God's signs and proofs with this ritual.  Then it warns against misleading forces from Jinn and humans that lead astray humans.

To me, it's obvious it's connecting spiritual nourishment with food as a parable, and saying you ought to even be more careful who you seek your spiritual nourishment from.


That is the mini context of one of the verses, and we can look at that over all with the context of the whole Surah.

[Peebothuhlu]

At work.

I've actually had a chat (Admittedly very breif) with a fellow worker of the faith that the OP is presenting about the Halal thing.

Though the conversation was more on the ethical method OF slaughter and not about the theological essence in regards TO slaughter.

The outcome being that we agreed about when it came to the dispatching of said critter THEN the system which was shown to be the quickest, least possibly painful method (Short of becoming a complete vegitarian) should be ths better/preffered method.

Now, since we also both agreed that near instantanious destruction of any animal's grey matter (Leaving aside conversations with Little Rik for the moment) does, indeed mean that it is therefore impossible for said animal to experience anything.

We both agreed that modern farming practices (Such as participated in by countries such as, say Australia, Brittain etc) would, indeed, produce such humane treatment of animals when it came to them being rendered inert.

Basically the other fellow agreed that the 'Halal' method (As they presented it) was less humane than pneumatic bolt instantly driven through an animals cranium.

Though I am unsure if the OP is making any comkents about the welfare of tye subject matter in regards to the Halal issue?

Cheers.

[Mystic]

We both agreed that modern farming practices (Such as participated in by countries such as, say Australia, Brittain etc) would, indeed, produce such humane treatment of animals when it came to them being rendered inert.

Some  halal farms do it exactly like that, but just recite God's Name before they are killed.

Some people think they are innovating, others believe with modern technology, this is the human and Islamic thing to do.

[Pat Mustard]

I am giving a task for people here. Can they explain by the context and flow in Quran, why, we eat halal?

To make it easier to suss out those not part of the in group.

[Brian37]

I am giving a task for people here. Can they explain by the context and flow in Quran, why, we eat halal?

Both dietary superstitions and gender role superstitions are not a patent to Islam nor invented by Islam.

Jews don't eat pork as well as Muslims don't. Catholics dont eat fish on Friday. And religion worldwide bar none, are still 99% patriarchal to this day. There are female nuns but no female Popes. There are some female Rabbis now, moreso in the west, but certainly not in within conservative Jewish communities. Buddhists have female monks, but there has never been a female Dali Lama. 

Religion only explains the social norms of any given society, but they do little to nothing to explain that we are the same species and females are equal to males regardless. And eating pork or beef or fish will only kill you if you don't cook it properly.

[Peebothuhlu]

At work.

We both agreed that modern farming practices (Such as participated in by countries such as, say Australia, Brittain etc) would, indeed, produce such humane treatment of animals when it came to them being rendered inert.

Some  halal farms do it exactly like that, but just recite God's Name before they are killed.

Some people think they are innovating, others believe with modern technology, this is the human and Islamic thing to do.

*Nods* Indeed.

Though.... is that a 'Good' thing that the theology evolves to fit/match the evolving and changing understanding of the world around us?

Also...... How then can one answer a question to which the meanings/definition of the word changes?

Cheers.