Courtesy of Polskie Radio S.A Three of Poland’s animal rights groups have filed complaints at a prosecutor’s office after the country’s Chief Mufti allegedly broke the law by slaughtering a lamb without prior stunning. Chief Mufti Tomasz Miskiewicz has admitted to ...
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British farmers missing revenue from the Muslim Festival of Eid
By Nicholas Robinson, Meat Trade Journal British farmers could be losing out on a major revenue boost from the Muslim celebration of Qurbani next week. A halal operator has told MeatInfo.co.uk that much of the lamb consumed as part of the celebration, ...
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By Mufti Taqi Usmani – Courtesy of Albalagh The Urdu and persian word Qurbani (Sacrificial slaughter) is derived from the Arabic word Qurban. Lexically, it means an act performed to seek Allah’s pleasure. Originally, the word Qurban included all acts ...
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In Islam sacrifice, commonly known as Qurbani, means slaughter of a permissible animal in the name of Allah on the 10th, 11th or 12th of the Islamic month of Zil Hijjah. Religious Significance It is Sunnah (a symbolic obligation) practised ...
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