An emergency meeting of the Ulema Forum of Glasgow was held at Glasgow Central Mosque.
It was brought to the attention of the elders of the Community that one of the biggest suppliers of meat to the Muslim butchers of Scotland has misled Muslims and provided them with Haram as well as Halal and some of the Qurbani that they provided was also Haram.
This all was done under the noses of some of our 'Muslim' Butchers.
People were made aware of the following facts:
1- To be very careful about where they buy their meat from.
2- Try to avoid eating meat for the time being unless they are very sure of its source.
3- Put pressure on the Butchers to support the HMC, which is going to be established in Glasgow inshallah.
4- The Forum of Ulema asked for strong support of the Community elders/leaders, councillors and others.
5- A group of local Ulema is to receive training from the HMC in Leicester next week inshallah.
6- For further information and to learn more about HMC, please refer to www.halalmc.org
May Allah make us eat Halal and refrain from eating Haram and may He guide all those Muslims who have done this for the benefit of a few pennies, amen.
7 June 2009 - 2:03pm
Dear brother;
Al Salamu allaikum
I have searched the internet for the way the slaughter houses, here in the UK, kill animals (namely cattle) and they do it like this:
1- they use bolt guns to stun the animal (rendering it unconscious) to keep the heart beating in order to drain the blood.
2- they hang the animal upside down to drain the blood completely using the gravity effect.
The only thing that they don't do is that they don't face the animal towards Mecca (which is not mentioned in the Quran); on the contrary, in the quran Surra 5 (Al Ma'edah) verse 5:
[5:5] Today, all good food is made lawful for you. The food of the people of the scripture is lawful for you. Also, you may marry the chaste women among the believers, as well as the chaste women among the followers of previous scripture, provided you pay them their due dowries. You shall maintain chastity, not committing adultery, nor taking secret lovers. Anyone who rejects faith, all his work will be in vain, and in the Hereafter he will be with the losers.
اليوم أحل لكم الطيبات وطعام الذين أوتوا الكتاب حل لكم وطعامكم حل لهم والمحصنات من المؤمنات والمحصنات من الذين أوتوا الكتاب من قبلكم إذا آتيتموهن أجورهن محصنين غير مسافحين ولا متخذي أخدان ومن يكفر بالإيمان فقد حبط عمله وهو في الآخرة من الخاسرين
And as you know, the people of scripture are the Christians and the Jewish people .
So can you please tell me why is it not halal to eat that meat.
Al Salamu allaikum