According to Muslim dietary restrictions, Muslims are allowed to eat only certain types of foods that are popularly known as ‘halal’ or lawful. ‘Haraam’ or unlawful food is not permitted to any Muslim unless under drastic conditions. Prophet Muhammad and the Quran have defined guidelines for Muslims on what to eat what not to eat.
In the past few years, the sale of halal meat in UK has seen an unprecedented growth. This is due to the great taste offered by Halal butchers. In general, there is not much difference between the halal meat and the normal meat. The main difference lies is the set of rules applied while preparing halal meat.
The Halal word is originated from Arabic and means ‘lawful’ or ‘legal’. Many times you heard about dietary restrictions imposed by Islamic law. So, Halal meat is allowed to be eaten by Muslims. The foods that are not allowed under Islamic law are pork or pork products, blood, animals that were already dead before being slaughtered, carcass of dead animals, and all meat over which Allah’s name was not pronounced before the slaughtering even birds of prey.
One important thing to note is that there are guidelines on how to slaughter the animals and the law dealing with this is known as Dhabihah. According to this law, animals must be slaughtered with a rapid and deep section on the neck, thus cutting the jugular veins and carotid arteries of both sides. In this way, there will be lesser blood shed before the actual death of the animal. Other ways such as electrocuting the animal is not allowed under this law.
There are n numbers of halal meat suppliers in UK that process Halal meat as per the directions defined under Quran. One can even buy halal meat and other related products online.
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