Nightowl
Thank you .
I think it's the case that halal/kosher meat production has always been known of and it was accepted that those of the Jewish/Muslim faith had a religious reason for halal/kosher slaughtered food production. I think there was a perception that whilst there was an agreement in the law for halal/kosher slaughtered food it was being sold to those who required halal/kosher food at specialistspecialist/local food outlets giving the buyer confidence their food was halal/kosher to comply with their religious belief.
It is now the case halal/kosher food is not the domain of only those who require halal/kosher food as it is now so widely available in the main stream food chain in our supermarkets, schools, NHS etc. Natural progression, yes, a problem, yes to some.
Why? Because if the right of those who require halal/kosher food is respected then it must be the case that those who don't have that requirement should be respected equally and know how the food they eat/buy has been produced too.
It is easy to please everybody by simply having food labelling informing us whether food is halal/kosher produced or not, it is showing respect to all purchasers nobody is being given priority or disrespected. We have labelling for organic food, country of origin but not for the method of production and a lot of people think stunning an animal and conforming with that law is important to know.
The video of the Bowood slaughter house makes a pure mockery of the concept of halal/kosher production. It will disgust everybody irrespective of their religious faith. The whole system needs debating but food labelling is a good way to start.
It is not anti Muslim it simply is a fact that this issue is Muslim related so it is impossible to not make a connection. It is impossible to debate/change the law if racism is used to shut the debate down, as happened in parliament.