Okay, I’d like to start a little (or not-so little!) lunchtime debate.

If you saw a petition calling for Halal slaughter/meat to be banned, would you sign it?
If yes, why?

So there are lots of ‘yes’ responses. But what if were to tell you that 85-90% (varies slightly yearly) of Halal meat is stunned prior to slaughter?
Therefore, making the only difference between stunned Halal and conventional slaughter the prayer said over the animal....

There is a widespread assumption and misunderstanding that all Halal is non-stun, when in fact the large majority is.

This is a huge issue. If we were to ban Halal slaughter, we would see British livestock markets collapse instantaneously.

What exactly does the halal method of animal slaughter involve? https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/may/08/what-does-halal-method-animal-slaughter-involve