Inside The Growing Organic Halal Movement – The Daily Beast

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Inside The Growing Organic Halal Movement – The Daily Beast.

Hussein Rashid, a professor at Hofstra University and an Islamic scholar, said these debates have been raging within the Muslim community, who are fragmented on what should be eaten. Other issues include whether stunning an animal before death is halal and the age-old debate on whether it’s okay to eat meat slaughtered by Jews and Christians.

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