I recently wrote an article asking the question if Muslims would eat the food of the Jews and the Christians. I have no problem, personally, with eating the meat of the Jews, as their strict guidelines are within the realm of the shari’ah -at least it seems to me. However, the christians are a different story. Several factors pertain to their slaughtering that once did not: a) they shock animals to death and do not slaughter properly – at the kneck b) if they do slaughter at the kneck they do not mention Allah’s name – whether that be God, Dios, Dio (Italian), Deus (portugeus), Jumala, tentei (Japanese), Gud (Swedish), dieux (french), Mungu (swahili), etc. However, the question arises: ‘What if the christian slaughters in Jesus’s name? Is the food then Halaal?’
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