When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Over 70% of the sheep slaughtered in England and Wales are now killed according to halal ...

When my father arrived in the UK in the late 1950s to work in the east London docks, part of the early wave of Bangladeshi men who came after the Second World War, there was no halal meat available, ...

I offer no disrespect to religions, but all too often officialdom bends the knee to these levantine customs in our abattoirs, ...

MPs will hold a major debate today on banning halal and kosher slaughter of animals, after thousands of Britons signed a petition demanding better animal welfare. The debate will be held in ...

If you're not part of the Islamic faith, you may not be aware of what halal meat really means, even if you've seen it plenty of times before. To be clear, halal meat isn't a trend or a premium label; ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Meat market Calls for a ban on halal slaughter have become prominent in recent years in the UK. Nigel Farage has opposed such a ...

ONLY one thing unites East Lancashire Muslims, butchers and clerics about the Halal slaughter row – the need to label all meat clearly with how the animal was killed. Local butchers Geoff Riley from ...

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The Muslim community in the UK has launched a campaign against active attempts to halt halal animal slaughter in the country. Mosques, Islamic centres and imams from all over the UK have called on ...