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Re: A hindu's perspective to "Halal Meat"
> If a Hindu or Sikh kills the animal and offers it to a Muslim as meat, it
> is not considered to be "HALAAAL" but "HARAAAM".
> 4. To me the above came as a "revelation." It smacks of RACISTovertones.
I am intrigued as to why you find this so surprising.
This is no different from the traditional food taboos
observed by Hindus.
For example, traditional brahmins will only eat food
that has been prepared by other brahmins, preferably
of their own subcaste. I am sure other castes have
similar rules. This persists to this day. In Madras,
you can still find papads which have a stamp on the
label declaring, ``Prepared by brahmins.''
Note that this says, ``Prepared *by* brahmins'', meaning
that food prepared by non-brahmins is not acceptable.
Perhaps we should worry about cleaning out the Hindu
closet before we cry foul at Muslims? Hindus have as
many discriminatory tendencies as any other group.
Mani
