Saturday, June 21, 2008

How to Know Halal is Really Halal


By Monique Parsons

Recent allegations of employee abuse at an Iowa kosher meat plant have shaken the religious meat industry. For the millions who buy ritually-slaughtered meat, the raid fueled questions over where it really comes from. Some Muslims in Chicago aimed to find an answer. They began one of the nation's first sustainably-raised "halal" meat cooperatives, bringing together two groups that don't usually interact — rural midwestern farmers and urban Muslims.

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