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Halal in Norway

The police are investigating named persons after illegal slaughtering of chickens in Østfold county. Tenthousands of halal-chickens are sold illegaly in Norway every year, the Food Administration claims.

The butcher thanks Allah and cuts the carotid arteries. The animal then bleeds to death or chokes due to severe damage to the neck This should happen facing Mecca. This is the only way a muslim can slaughter an animal. Meat sold in muslim shops and kebabstands in Norway come from animals slaughtered this way, but animal welfare organisations have so far not protested against the sale of Halal or this method of slaughter - which by european standards surely can be described as unnecessarily brutal. Muhammed copied the jewish kosher-custom and gave it the arabic name halal. Norwegian slaughterhouses also use the halal-method of slaughtering.

It was the sale of fresh chickens from a car in Grønland in Oslo that set the Food Administration on the trail ofthe illegal slaughtering. The chicken salesman did not have cooling devices in his van. The carcasses were taken directly out of trash bags, and a parking lot was converted to a meat market.