On Wednesday 01 Aug 2012 5:12:13 pm Udhay Shankar N wrote: > A 44-year old proud Muslim and proud California geek, he was > the editor-in-chief of the web magazine Altmuslim; started an online > restaurant-rating service called Zabihah that’s like a Halal version of > Yelp;
The US is, as usual, paying money for snake oil. This idea will get nowhere beyond making a few trolls rich on US funds, just as the Taliban and their sponsors grew rich on US taxpayer money. I am willing to bet that there is a Pakistani connection here. I have never seen Indonesians, Saudis or Iranians having to tomtom that they are "Proud Muslims". It is common among Pakistanis whose identity revolves around being Muslim. Zabiha sounds like a biblical girl's name, a doe eyed beauty. But this is what it actually means http://www.isnahalal.ca/info.html > Zabiha > > The process of slaughtering a halal animal according to the Islamic method. The following should be observed: > The name of God (Allah) is to be pronounced as a reminder that we do > not have the right to take the animal’s life except by the permission > of God to meet our need for food. > > A sharp blade and skill in slaughtering is required to minimize pain > and unnecessary suffering for the animal. This is accomplished by a > quick cut to sever the veins and arteries of the neck of the animal, > without cutting the nervous system or spinal cord. The massive > bleeding makes the animal unconscious in seconds. Leaving the spinal > cord intact allowing for convulsions that result from the contraction > of the muscles in response to the lack of oxygen in the brain cells. > This will allow for the maximum drainage of blood, carrying away in > part the waste and micro-organisms, thereby improving the meat's > taste, shelf-life and healthiness. Charming. As painless as decapitation and bleeeding to death could be. If you listen to recordings of telephone conversations of the 26/1 Mumbai terrorists after they hijacked an Indian fishing vessel and cut the captain's throat, the leader was asked by a controller in Karachi what he did to the captain, and he repiles "Zabiha". Zabiha was done to Daniel Pearl as well. shiv
