Some Hindus eat meat but that seems strange to me being Krishna Conscious myself which is strictly vegetarian and often aligned to Hinduism.In India there are a lot of vegetarian Hindus.You could call it Halal when blessed and prepared in a certain way as would be advised but no doubt I've seen a fair few who like to known as Hindus and Muslims frequenting Kentucky Fried Chicken and McDonalds but Halal is a Muslim term.
Hindus are forbidden to consume 'kutha' or 'zubah' meat, which is basically 'halal' meat. To put it crudely, it is 'haram' for us. Though I am a vegetarian by choice, I believe that the next best thing to veganism is eating the meat of an animal which has been ethically slaughtered.
Hindus believe in the 'jhatka' method of slaughter, by which the animal is killed in one stroke. In 'halal', however, the animal's throat is sliced, and it suffers immense pain and anguish as it bleeds slowly and agonizingly to death. Though the Muslims justify this atrocious killing behind the facade or 'pardah' of religion, the maulavi's prayers can never absolve him of the sin committed.
These animals are God's creatures. We shouldn't be using, abusing and murdering them in the first place. If we must resort to killing them, in order to continue the so-called 'food-chain', we must alleviate and lessen their misery and pain as much as we can.
This is what Hinduism preaches. Through 'jhatka', the animal is dead before it realizes it. 'Halal', however, requires the animal to suffer greatly, and karma soon ensures that the pain we inflict on the animal, is experienced by us, in this life or the next, if we are to borrow from Buddhist philosophy. In other words, the knife is redirected to our throat.
As Schopenhauer has observed, Brahmanism is closer to perfection than other religions which disregard animal rights.
Let's face it. Muslims are fanatical, since Islam indoctrinates them from their infancy, to blindly follow senseless rituals, dogmas and practices. Neither does the religion respect the rights of animals and other living creatures, but also deprives those of women, who it degrades and commodifies.
Though the 'jhatka' method of slaughter originated as a means of resisting Mughal rule in Hindustan (note that I have substituted the word 'India'), 'jhatka' is now our way of life. As Gandhi once insightfully remarked, the greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals re treated. Civilized nations abroad are practicing CAK (controlled-atmosphere-killing) and the stunning of animals, to reduce their suffering during slaughter. Must we, then, sink to the abyss of barbarism and backwardness?
The Muslims eat 'halal' meat since they erroneously believe it to be healthy, since the animals' blood drains out. Similar is the case with Jews and 'kosher', where cows are hung on pulleys and mechanically slaughtered till the floors are carmine stained. These two religions are orthodox and irrational, allied to bigotry, invested in ignorance and hostile to free inquiry.
Hinduism, on the other hand, is not hard and fast, in that it gives us freedom to explore, and yet circumscribes us within the boundaries of prescribed moral norms and ethical codes.
Can we afford to exploit this freedom, flout these norms, and denigrate our culture, which has always placed on its pedestal values like peace and non-violence?
Big eateries in OUR country, are supplying 'halal' food so as not to lose out on their Muslim customers. Why? Because Muslims cannot eat 'jhatka' meat. But this situation is forcing us Hindus to consume 'halal' meat, without the realizing the suffering that has gone into producing the mutton kabab lying on our plate. Should we resign so easily, and let the Muslims in OUR country, force us, the majority, to commit endless sins, and account for them later? Aren't WE supposed to be making the decisions around here, instead of being pushed around? Isn't terrorism, overpopulation and the seizure of our holy site, our Lord's birthplace, enough?
For Muslims, 'halal' meat may be sinfully delicious, but for us Hindus, 'halal' meat is sinful. Period.
What we eat, must appeal to our taste buds as well as our conscience. To put it in a nutshell, we Hindus must join together, to ban and boycott evil Muslim practices like 'halal' slaughter, to retain the ethical purity and moral uprightness of OUR country.
