What’s in that gyro sandwich?
It’s a common site in many cities. You see it often in street vendors. You see it in roadside trucks offering lunch. You see it in take out restaurants. You see in in delicatessens. You see it, even, in lunch places and restaurants. In all of these establishments you sometimes see banners advertising “Halal” food. Halal food carts. Halal vendors. Halal grocers. Halal restaurants.
Now the word Halal is Arabic for “permissible.” One might assume, therefore, that such a designation refers to cleanliness standards, and as such, might be equivalent to a sort of Arabic “Grade A Beef.” Unfortunately, that’s not all there is to it.
You probably were aware that Muslims are prohibited from eating meat that is not halal, but have you ever wondered what’s in that tasty gyro sandwich prepared by “the Halal guys”?
Unfortunately, there’s a lot more in there than lamb and tzatziki sauce. There’s cruelty. There’s pain. There’s torture. There’s terror. All of which apply to the helpless animals to be slaughtered. And then, after the horrific slaughter of animals, there’s financial support of global jihad, which one could say is the horrific slaughter of humans
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Halal slaughter of animals is ritualistic. According to Sharia law, all animal slaughter is done as a sacrifice to Allah and must be performed in a rigidly prescribed way. The butcher must face Mecca and must recite “Allahu Akbar” and the animal must be beheaded while alive and CONSCIOUS. The spinal cord is cut last so the animal feels horrific pain through out the whole process. To help with the exsanguination the animals are often suspended upside down by a leg to bleed out until death, mercifully comes. This barbarism is usually done in the presence of other animals that can do nothing but quake in fear as they watch (cows are extremely intelligent animals that certainly become aware of their fate, as can be seen in videos of the faces of the next in line). And, then, even worse, the meat is sold to merchants and a portion of profits go to “Muslim Charities” (terrorists), supporting global jihad.
Now the reader might point out that kosher meat is also considered ritualistic “schochet”. The difference, however, between kosher practices and halal practices is that Jewish law prohibits causing pain to animals, so the slaughter can be done only on animals made quickly unconscious and thus unable to feel pain.
Now, I will grant that the brutality I just described is hard to believe, and initially I was skeptical myself. However, much to my surprise, I was able to view video examples of halal slaughter on line. I was AGHAST at what I saw. In fact, the brutality was so horrible, I couldn’t even finish watching it.
As a consequence of seeing the evidence for myself, I have vowed to NEVER, knowingly, eat Halal meat again. And, I fully support (both verbally and financially) laws requiring halal food to be labeled as such. It’s the least I can do.
That halal sandwich will never taste the same.