Article: Out of roasting pan into fire over slaughter of 'halaal' chickens.(News)

BYLINE: FOUZIA VAN DER FORT

A row is brewing |over whether chicken with halaal certification is suitable for consumption by Muslims.

On one side is the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC), which hosted a press conference last week to state that all chickens slaughtered at MJC-certified farms were halaal and suitable for Muslims to eat.

On the other, is a Gauteng group of intellectuals, Scholars of Truth, who are adamant there remains "severe doubt" about the manner in which chickens are slaughtered at abattoirs.

"There is no doubt Muslims should stop eating (the chicken), yet the MJC has gone ahead in telling the people it is halaal," said ...

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