CARRION CHICKENS MUFTI TAQI’S INSPECTION
In his kitaab, Mufti Taqi comments on the Haraam killing system of chickens after he made a personal inspection. The haraam killing system which he describes and condemns is prevalent at all the chicken killing plants in South Africa, which are certified ‘halaal’ by the Carrion Cartel headed by SANHA.
MUFTI TAQI’S FATWA
Going Behind the Scenes: Stunned Chickens
Most slaughter houses adopt the same method presented below. Halaal organizations have been proven guilty on many occasions feeding and failing this Ummah adding to our spiritual lethargic attitude.
In Mufti Taqi Uthmaani’s book, “Legal Rulings on Slaughtered Animals”, on page 92 presents the experience of slaughter houses and their reality regarding stunned chickens:
“This company is located in the city of Ponta Cruza in the state. of Parana in Brazil. It raises chickens in a special farm and slaughters more than 150 tons of chickens in one month. The company packs the meat and exports it to many Arab Countries, such as Mascat, Amman, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. This company exports through the Patropraz company of Brazil. The meat is packed in nylon cases and cartons on which it is written in Arabic, “Slaughtered according to Islâmic law.” (I have enclosed a sample for you to examine).
When the Ministry of Commerce from one of the Islâmic countries requested the importers to provide proof that this exported meat was slaughtered according to Islâmic law along with the imported papers, this company went to the president of the Islamic organization in nearby Curitiba. They spoke to Husayn Al-U’mayri and made an agreement with him that his organization will certify that each container of chickens was slaughtered according to Islamic law. In exchange for this certification, the company would give this organization approximately 10% of the value of the chickens. (You will find closed a label of certification from this Islâmic organization both in Arabic and Portuguese).
On the 14″ of Rajab 1398 A.H., I left Londrina and headed torwards this company, passing by the city of Curitiba in order to pick up Husayn Al-U’mayri, the president of the Islâmic Organization. I went with him to the company’s headquarters in de city of Ponta Cruza. After being welcomed by the supervisors, I requested that they allow me to witness their method of slaughter. I personally observed the following:
In this company, the chickens are hung by their legs upside- down while they are still alive. A machine takes them to a place where a man is standing with a knife. He cuts the jugular vein of every chicken which comes to him, and he tries to take the least amount of time possible so that he can cut the jugular vein of the next chicken. After the chicken is slaughtered, the same machine takes the hanging chickens to an area where there is hot water. The chickens are immersed in this water in order to pluck the feathers, clean the insides, and package the meat into the nylon bags described above.
The issue of contention in this method of slaughter is that most of the time the two jugular veins are not cut because of the speed in which the slaughterer is required to do his job. Similarly, the chickens are also placed in boiling water within a short period of time after the slaughter, and there is a possibility that they might not have died as of yet, causing them to choke to death.
After leaving the slaughterhouse, I held a meeting with the president and the members of this company, and I explained to them which aspects of their method of slaughter were in conflict with Islamic law. I described the method of slaughter in Islâm to them and I made a special request to them to adopt this method because of the great number of chickens which they export to Muslim countries.
Thereafter, the president of the company said to me, “Our company is completely prepared to adjust our method of slaughter so that it can be in accordance to Islâmic law. We can change the instruments used to slaughter and hire a Muslim to carry out the slaughter. However, we will only do this when we are given an advance order for the number of chickens which need to be exported. In light of this, we will be able to adjust the slaughter so that it can be in accordance to Islamic law.”
After we left the office of the company, I explained to the president of the Muslim Organization with wisdom and clarity that he was making a mistake by certifying that the meat was slaughtered in accordance to Islâmic law. I appealed to him to stop doing this and to personally supervise the slaughter or appoint someone to supervise it so that the slaughter could take place according to Islamic law. He promised me that he would do so. Allâh knows best.”