#halal slaughter

EU conference encourages Jews, Muslims to defend kosher and halal slaughter

Special conference hosted in Brussels invites European Jews and Muslims to push back against regional bans on kosher and halal slaughter bans. But some say the event was ‘too little, too late.’ By World Israel News Staff The European Union hosted a first-of-its kind event last week, aimed at encouraging European Jews and Muslims to challenge local and regional restrictions on traditional forms of…

Europe: “Big Business” Colludes with Islamism

When there is a profit to be made, capitalism has no political spirit and can collude with any ideology — from democracies to totalitarian tyrannies. This view was most recently set forth by the French anthropologist Florence Bergeaud-Blackler in her book, “Le marché halal ou l’invention d’une tradition” (“The Halal Market or the Invention of a Tradition”). Bergeaud-Blackler claims in her book…

Marine Le Pen’s Muslim Slaughter Ban Targets Kosher Meat, Too

While campaigning at a meat market near Paris, Marine Le Pen, the right-wing candidate in the ongoing French presidential elections, announced that, if elected, she would ban ritual slaughtering of animals. This announcement caused even more concern about the presidential candidate, whose anti-Muslim platform will also harm Jews. “Slaughter without stunning, I’m sorry, it should have special…

I have been poking around and I haven't been able to find anyone claiming that women can't slaughter animals.  I've seen it a few times and it seems to be a common belief on the internet but it's not coming up in search results and I’ve searched English forums too and not found it.  The whole first page of a Google search for “can a woman slaughter an animal in islam” (I tried some other search terms too but these were the most relevant) confirms that women can slaughter animals.  Every article is in agreement.  Even freaking Islam Q&A says it's fine!  Where are these people getting this?  I think it's probably a cultural belief.  I'll try to ask next time I see someone doing it and hope I don't ruffle their feathers too much.

The evidence that a woman can slaughter animals is very good and very clear.  The ayah that says what is halal to eat does not specify the gender of the person doing the slaughtering.  There is a saheeh Bukhari hadith where a slave woman slaughters an animal and people ask the Prophet about it and the Prophet tells them to eat it, without asking for any further information.  And Ibn Taymiyyah says it's permissible even if the woman is menstruating.

Here's the Islam Q&A opinion.

training of employees in gentle calm cattle handling

modifying the restrainer per the specifications in this article

eliminating distractions which make animals balk

and careful attention to the exact cutting method”