99% van geleerden UNANIEM tegen bedwelmen van dieren voor de
slacht
The Unanimous Agreed View of
Muslim Scholars of UK ConcerningHalal & Stunning ️
In the largest independent
survey of Muslim Scholars
conducted in the UK concerning
Halal and Halal standards,
Alhamdulilah 99% Unanimously
expressed preference for
non-stunned &
100% Unanimously agreed the needfor the continuation of
religious exemption in the UK
which allows Muslims and Jews topractice the religious beliefs
(Prophetic method of Slaughter/
Zabiha) and
without the use of any type of
STUNNING.
In June 2009, an independent
online survey was commissioned
by HMC (Halal Monitoring Committee) through Ajax Consultants to understand the
scholarly opinions on Halal in
the UK.
Responses were received from 282Ulamas and Muftis from over 25
towns and cities covering,
London, Birmingham, Newcastle,
Glasgow, Leicester, Manchester, Blackburn,Reading, Preston,
Dewsbury and many more cities
across the UK.
The survey asked several
questions covering issues on theacceptance of
mechanical slaughtering,stunningof animal prior to slaughter,
recitation of tasmiyah, and
views on the current exemptions in UK and European law.
The Summary of the findings are outlined below:
* 95% of the Ulama do not accept "mechanical slaughter" as an
accepted method of Halal
slaughter in Islam (2.1% want to understand the issue further)
* 99.7% stated that Bismillah
(Tasmiyah) should be prayed
individually by person slaughtering (not taped or person
standing on the side)
* 90% rejected electrical
stunning of chickens
* 85% rejected electrical
stunning of larger animals
(9% welcomed further research)
* 99% expressed preference for
non-stunned
* 100% saw the need for the continuation of religious exemption in the UK which allows Muslims
and Jews to practice their
religious beliefs (Prophetic method ofSlaughter/Zabiha) and without the use of any type of
Stunning.
The survey included responses
from 32 Muftis, 201 Ulama and 49Imams
HMC Chairman Shaykh Yunus
Dudhwala commented: “This surve is the largest of its kind
conducted in the UK and
sets clear guidelines of
acceptability and
standards for Halal in this
country.
It further endorses the standardof Halal that HMC has followed
since its inception in 2003”.