regarding meat

glo said:
Well, there are food hygiene regulations, which are strictly controlled.
Any food processing company does well to abide by them, or risk closure.

Being a 'person of the Book' myself, I cannot help but feel slightly hurt by your very sweeping judgment, sis. :(
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:( I'm sorry Glo, please forgive me for hurting your feelings by what I said. I should've been clear as to what I meant. I believed that todays christians and jews arent people of the Book since their scriptures are corrupted. I've since been told that they still are classed as people of the book. However in terms of hygiene I was referring to people who do not practice their faith at all and just call themselves christians. I should've been clear. Please forgive me Glo. :(
 
Here is a set of guidelines to slaughter meat to ensure its Halal for Muslim consumption:


-The halal slaughter shall be physically separated from non-halal slaughter;

-slaughtering shall be performed only by a Muslim who is mentally sound, fully understands the fundamental rules and conditions related to the slaughter of animals in Islam and he shall not be in ihram;

-the act of slaughtering shall be done with niyyah (intention) and the slaughterman is well aware of his action;

-the purpose of slaughtering is only for Allah and not for other purposes;

-the animal to be slaughtered has to be an animal that is halal;

-the animal to be slaughtered shall be alive or deemed to be alive (hayat al-mustaqirrah) at the time of slaughter;

-animals to be slaughtered shall be healthy and have been approved by the competent authority;

-the phrase الرحيم بسم الله الرحمن (In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful) has to be invoked immediately before slaughtering;

-slaughtering knife or blade shall be sharp

-slaughtering lines, tools and utensils shall be dedicated for halal slaughter only;

-slaughtering shall be done only once. The “sawing action” of the slaughtering is permitted as long as the slaughtering knife or blade is not lifted off the animal during the slaughtering;

-bones, nails and teeth shall not be used as slaughtering tools;

-the act of halal slaughter shall begin with an incision on the neck at some point just below the glottis (Adam’s apple) and after the glottis for long necked animals;

-the slaughter act shall sever the trachea (halqum), oesophagus (mari’) and both the carotid arteries and jugular veins (wadajain) to hasten the bleeding and death of the animal. The bleeding shall be spontaneous and complete;

-a trained Muslim inspector shall be appointed and be responsible to check that the animals are properly slaughtered according to the Shariah law.
 
As for Quorn its a Single cell protein derived from microbes... well the nice thing about it is.. it tastes like meat ....
 
LuvAlSunnah said:
whilst still on the topic of meat right :? whats all this about Quorn?! is it meat? or summat else ??! i aint blonde just wondered :-[
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It is not meat. The products are made out of Mycoprotein (which is a type of fungus). They are suitable for vegetarians and muslim diets since they contain no haram ingredients. I have not consumed any of the Quorn products as of yet so do not know what they taste like - I'd much rather go to my local halal butchers and purchase good ol' fashion meat products from there :).

For more details on Quorn, visit their website:
Universal website - can chose your country

UK page
 
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Muslimah_Sis said:
:( I'm sorry Glo, please forgive me for hurting your feelings by what I said. I should've been clear as to what I meant. I believed that todays christians and jews arent people of the Book since their scriptures are corrupted. I've since been told that they still are classed as people of the book. However in terms of hygiene I was referring to people who do not practice their faith at all and just call themselves christians. I should've been clear. Please forgive me Glo. :(
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Please don't worry, Muslimah Sis.
I knew you didn't mean it personally, and there was no need to react defensively. I apologise too - for being stroppy! :-[

Out of interest - the holy books of the Jews and Christians were (according to Islamic teachings) already corrupted at Muhammed's time ... otherwise God would not have needed to give his message one more time.
I am assuming that Muhammed (or indeed Allah himself) referred to the Jews and Christians as People of the Book because, corrupted as their teachings may be, they still held a certain amount of truth.

So what's wrong with calling us People of the Book? After all, that what Allah himself calls us ...
 
glo said:
Please don't worry, Muslimah Sis.
I knew you didn't mean it personally, and there was no need to react defensively. I apologise too - for being stroppy! :-[

Out of interest - the holy books of the Jews and Christians were (according to Islamic teachings) already corrupted at Muhammed's time ... otherwise God would not have needed to give his message one more time.
I am assuming that Muhammed (or indeed Allah himself) referred to the Jews and Christians as People of the Book because, corrupted as their teachings may be, they still held a certain amount of truth.

So what's wrong with calling us People of the Book? After all, that what Allah himself calls us ...
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You've no need to apologise Glo. You had the right to object. It was 1am and I suppose my crankiness got the better of me for shooting my mouth off.

And you are absolutely right. It was my ignorance and misunderstanding that I believed what I did. Thank God, a scholar explained this to me this morning. It a nice feeling that despite the Books being corrupted, Christians and Jews are still called People of the Book. :statisfie

I've also sent you an apology in PM. Sorry again (((hugz)))
 
LuvAlSunnah said:
oh jazaakAllah amirsaab and Nerd, but isn't fungus a bad thing? :S :?
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Nope. The vast majority of microorganisms are harmless, some are even very important for our health!

As for fungi, look at something like penicillin - its saved countless lives, and is derived from a fungus!
 

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