Campbell Soups--Halal?

[capner]

I sent in a question to Campbells asking if they used Halal slaughtered meat. This answer came weeks later:
Mr Greg Habenchaknosonskister, we received your message and appreciate the time you took to contact Campbell Soup Company.

Campbell is currently not purchasing Zabiha meat.

Thank you for visiting the Campbell Soup Company website.

Campbell Soup Company Web Team
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I sent in another question about thier using halal killed animals. This came just a few days later:


Mr Greg Habenchaknosonskister, we received your message and appreciate the time you took to contact Campbell Soup Company.

The process of slaughtering a halal animal according to the Islamic method. Campbells is currently not purchasing Zabiha meat, therefore all of our meat products are Haram (forbidden according to Allah and the prophet Muhammad).

Thank you for visiting the Campbell Soup Company website.

Campbell Soup Company Web Team
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What do you suppose the religion of the second person answering is?
Zabiha meat.......what a laugh. That company better not be using Zabiha meat. You might want to look into it yourselves.

[sum]

Hello capner

Zabiha Facts

Definition of Halal

NEW: Fatwa From Islamtoday.net Regarding the Halal Process

Halal is an Arabic word meaning lawful or permitted.

The opposite of Halal is haram, which means unlawful or prohibited.
Halal and haram are universal terms that apply to all facets of life including food.


All foods are considered Halal except the following, which are haram:
· Swine/pork and its by-products
· Animals improperly slaughtered or dead before slaughtering
· Animals killed in the name of anyone other than ALLAH (God)
· Alcohol and intoxicants
· Carnivorous animals, birds of prey and land animals without external ears
· Blood and blood by-products
· Foods contaminated with any of the above products


Definition of Zabiha
The term zabiha comes from the Arabic root zabaha , which means "to kill (by slitting the throat); to slaughter, butcher, to murder, slay; to sacrifice." So, zabiha meat is meat slaughtered by slitting the throat of the animal. In this context, however, it is used to mean meat slaughtered by a Muslim using the properly prescribed method as is indicated in the Sunnat-an-Nabi (life example of the Prophet, upon whom be peace).

The meat that is halal to Muslims is described by Allah in the Qur'an

Forbidden to you (for food) are: dead meat, blood, the flesh of swine, and that on which hath been invoked the name of other than Allah; that which hath been killed by strangling, or by a violent blow, or by a headlong fall, or by being gored to death; that which hath been (partly) eaten by a wild animal; unless ye are able to slaughter it (in due form); that which is sacrificed on stone (altars); (forbidden) also is the division (of meat) by raffling with arrows: that is impiety…" (Qur'an 5:3)

It would appear from the above that electrical stunning of an animal prior to throat slitting should be permitted.

I have a gut feeling that muslims are infiltrating services that are in direct communication with the public in order to give a sanitised Islamic slant on various matters.

sum

[antineoETC]

I have seen plenty of non-Muslims walking out of halal fast food outlets (including halalized brand names like McDonald's) greedily munching on what they have bought therein. As long as there are large number of non-Muslims who do not give a damn about what they are shovelling down their greedy gullets the further halalization of hitherto non-sharia space can only proceed apace.

[JesusChristAboveALL]

Well, who would guess that MacDonalds' is halal? I sometimes eat at "Macca's".

I confess that I often forget about this issue ... but I am thinking more about such matters; I am learning!

Many things irk me about this.

First is the issue related to the New Testament plea of St Paul to Christians to avoid eating meat sacrificed to false gods, if possible. However, St Paul did not utter a complete ban on eating such meat; see 1 Corinthians chapter 8. It is best that we do not do it, but is more a matter of having a good conscience than of actual sacrilege, as far as I can tell.

Secondly, I do not want to pay Islam any more money, if only I could avoid that, but I do pay them, every time I buy fuel, and with every other purchase too, as everything travels via fossil fuel, these days.

Thirdly, it is such an UNNECESSARY thing! All this halal certification is just a money grab and power game. AFAIK, Mohammed told his followers that the food of "The People of the Book" was lawful to them; it is all halal! If it was OK for us, it was OK for Muslims. But do they leave it at that, and accept our food, these days? Oh no. Any chance to rip off the system and make extra trouble is grabbed and milked for all they can get, by the officials who certify "halal". It gains them money and the prestige of being different; of pretending they are better than us.

Hypocrites!