The thing is, for me having 'halal meat' clearly labelled in supermarkets etc isn't going to satisfy me. Even if I personally avoid buying it, somewhere, some pitiable beast has gasped out its last for ages with its throat slit, and apparently that's completely within the Law, which nevertheless has forbidden the practice in the past, until a 'Religion' banner was waved . As in the case of those Egyptian teachers, we seem to be more inclined to turn a blind eye for fear of creating a situation of 'discrimination' or 'offence' to minority sections of our society. I feel just the same about other practices (as I said in a previous post) but cruelty to animals is surely not something we in UK condone?
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