They use a recoverable stun (if one IS used) as opposed to a captive bolt stun.. Aside from all the other issues involved (bear with me) and just focusing on animal welfare for a sec, I think unless you're a hardcore vegan and have literally NO dealing with anything animal derived (milk, honey, silk clothes, leather shoes and car seats/sofas, angora, feathers, cashmere, god knows what else!) then really nobody can say they advovate animal welfare and care about the animals. I do think for a lot of people it's the other issues too, such as the tax and VAT exemptions that come with Halal accreditation through some charity loophole, profits indirectly going to Zatak which in turn funds terrorism and just the simple issue of the meat not being labelled as Halal. It's infiltrated the mainstream without anyone being told, and has taken away a simple basic right of freedom of choice purely to serve a minority (less than 5%). It's just pushed upon you, and for hardcore Christians it's actually against THEIR religion to eat meat which has been sacrificed/killed in the name of a false idol (in this case, Allah).
If people are all in favour of halal meat which is a Sharia Law, then in turn you're also agreeing with the Sharia law for crime and offence and having limbs amputated. Where does it end?! Anyway, rant over
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I don't agree with the bit about meat eaters but I see you've sort of retracted that in a later comment so I won't go into that lol. I think the bit in bold was a daft thing to say though. Even people who practice the religion and actively support halal meat don't have to agree with every aspect of Sharia law. That's like saying that all Christians are homophobic or all Christians think that women on their periods are dirty etc. I don't think you could find a single religion that doesn't have some sort of out of date teaching that not everyone these days will necessarily agree with. Times change. You can be religious and still have your own opinion on things within the religion. You can also support aspects of it without being religious.
Exactly! People follow the material dimension of religion, which includes diet, not just because it's the will of God, or whatever, but for so many other reasons. For one thing it is a sense of identity to keep with historic religious traditions, and following the practical aspects of a religion keeps followers focused and connected to their religious goal and focused on morals etc., amongst so many other reasons. So no, because someone eats halal does not mean they agree with all sharia punishments. Like Noddlebear said, it's like suggesting all Christians are homophobic, or, similarly to your comment about sharia, that all Christians believe in the dumb historical punishments set out in the bible, just because they accept the bible's general teachings. Anyway, sharia law is NOT how our media portrays it. There are a few punishments retained from when it was written but actually if you look at them they are much less harsh and exaggerated than how extremists/the media voices them nowadays. Anyway, sharia law isn't pure religion it is politicised religion and therefore not all Muslims accept it as necessary/right by any means.
And Allah is the same god as the Christian god, so hardly a false idol. And the meat isn't really sacrificed, it's just killed in a respectful manner that honours the gift of the food. It's not an offering.