To expect my daughter to have access to non halal meat

[Bushmillsbabe]

My daughters school now has only halal meat available for their school lunches.

I personally do not wish my child to have halal meat, I think its more cruel than other slaughter methods, however this thread is not intended to debate which is worse/better.

She is dairy and gluten intolerant, and her safe options tended to be things like roast chicken, the vegetarian options usually contain dairy. The pork sausages contain gluten so she would have the chicken sausages, she also eats burgers and meatballs but these are now also halal.

So if I don't give her halal meat, she is left with jacket potato with beans every day, which she does eat, but doesn't want to have every day.

I fully respect that Muslim parents wish their child to have halal meat, but am I wrong in thinking my dietary preferences for my daughter should also be respected and she should have access to non halal meat?

That's a bit of a stretch!

That's a very long winded answer to a simple question. When I suspect the real answer is that you don't know what other people want and I very much doubt that any of this is based on what you call common sense.
Thanks for answering anyway.

A Jewish person a Muslim person could all pick a veggie option. It’s a choice to eat meat full stop. So not wanting halal being a choice and thus doesn’t matter doesn’t wash.

and yes I’m aware Jewish is kosher before I’m jumped on. We don’t serve only kosher though either.

Absolutely.

PP is buying into right wing rhetoric without checking her own facts.

This is the second anti-halal thread I have seen on here today. Not buying into the anti-cruelty angle. It is Islamophobia. Own it.

The vast majority of halal meat in this country is stunned before slaughter. The only difference is a tape recording of a prayer being played. And if you have a problem with that, ask yourself why. What actual difference does it make to the meat that there was some background noise?

This, with bells on.

Because it’s actually against other religions.

So why are re prioritising one religion over another when neither is the overriding religion of the country.

Totally agree.

This. It's semantics. I eat meat, I'm relaxed about halal meat. Have you seen the conditions in which chickens are reared?

But this isn't about you.

How is it against other religions? If you don't believe in the god in question, having their prayers read makes no difference whatsoever.

Yep makes you wonder what the agenda is doesn't it.

Is this aimed at muslim children? You think they should just eat haram meat?

My dc school has had halal meat for the last 10 years or so ? It’s not an issue for me personally as I think if you’re going to eat meat that animal is going to have been killed either way and it’s not exactly gentle euthanasia for non halal meat isn’t ?

Sikhs are not allowed to eat food that’s been prayed over. So yes it does matter.

I agree completely. I have literally never seen an anti-halal poster explain why their supermarket chicken or whatever is more ethically bred, farmed or killed than a halal cow. And I'm neither Muslim nor a meat-eater, I just recognise hypocrisy when I see i.

If you’re worrying about how animals are killed then just be vegetarian?

Just sharing my own perspective and experience.

I think the point was whether it had done the animals any harm?

This !

It does make a difference if you want to live in a secular society. I am against introducing religion in slaughterhouses and anywhere really.

And I’ll perfectly happily order a curry from the local Indian with halal meat btw but it’s my
choice. See the word choice again. It’s being removed from parents/children in school where they only serve halal however.

Totally unreasonable. If you read the investigative book into our food industry Not On The Label you'll realise that consider non-halal methods as 'humane' is just fooling yourself. It also fascinates me that I never see the same complaints about kosher methods.
You're either against slaughtering animals for food or you're not.

The dominant cultural group is the same as it has been for centuries. We are not a minority. This is a racist dog whistle.