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[[File:Halal logo.svg|thumb|right|The word ''halal''. It is used as a visual marker for Muslims in restaurants, shops and on products.|263x263px]]{{Short description|Islamic term for "permissible" things}}
[[File:Halal logo.svg|thumb|right|The word ''halal''. It is used as a visual marker for Muslims in restaurants, shops and on products.|263x263px]]{{Short description|Islamic term for "permissible" things}}
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[[File:Jordan 2021 P355 Amman Butcher's shop.jpg|thumb|200px|A butcher shop in [[Amman]], Jordan]]
[[File:Jordan 2021 P355 Amman Butcher's shop.jpg|thumb|200px|A butcher shop in [[Amman]], Jordan]]
[[File:Eidpakistan.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Eid al-Adha]]'s meat distribution in Pakistan]]
[[File:Eidpakistan.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Eid al-Adha]]'s meat distribution in Pakistan]]
[[Stunning]] of the animal is only permitted if it is necessary to calm down a violent animal.<ref name="Department of Halal Certification E" /> British supermarkets report the use of stunning before slaughter for halal meats. The 2011 [[UK Food Standards Agency]] figures suggest that 84% of cattle, 81% of sheep and 88% of chickens slaughtered for halal meat were stunned before they died.  [[Tesco]] says "the only difference between the halal meat it sells and other meat is that [the animal] was blessed as [it] was killed."
[[Stunning]] of the animal is only permitted if it is necessary to calm down a violent animal. British supermarkets report the use of stunning before slaughter for halal meats. The 2011 [[UK Food Standards Agency]] figures suggest that 84% of cattle, 81% of sheep and 88% of chickens slaughtered for halal meat were stunned before they died.  [[Tesco]] says "the only difference between the halal meat it sells and other meat is that [the animal] was blessed as [it] was killed."


Concerns about animal suffering from slaughter without prior stunning has resulted in the ban of slaughter of unstunned animals in [[Denmark]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Belgium]], [[Netherlands]], [[Norway]], [[Sweden]] and [[Switzerland]].
Concerns about animal suffering from slaughter without prior stunning has resulted in the ban of slaughter of unstunned animals in [[Denmark]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Belgium]], [[Netherlands]], [[Norway]], [[Sweden]] and [[Switzerland]].
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[[Category:Ritual purity in Islam]]
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