Question
When I had posed the above question to SANHA, their response was that they do not know if the slaughtering areas of the plants they certify are facing the Qiblah or not. SANHA further claimed that ignoring the Qiblah factor at the time of slaughtering does not render the birds haraam. Please comment.
Answer
SANHA is guilty of a brazen lie for contending that “they do not know if the slaughter at the plants is in the direction of the Qiblah”. SANHA shamelessly hoodwinks the unwary with this silly answer. How can’t they know when they supposedly have many Ulama on their organizations; when they have issued halaal certificates to the plants; when they are supposed to go on regular inspections; when they are supposed to have permanent Muslim supervisors on the floors of the plants; when they have dozens of Muslim slaughterers doing the killing; when they have taken dozens of other Ulama on pre-arranged sham ‘inspections’, and when there is such an intense controversy raging on this specific issue for years? They are perpetrating absolute dishonesty by feigning ignorance.
And, if they are unaware, can’t they establish this fact? And, how can they issue a halaal certificate when they are fully aware that the kuffaar plants will not observe the Qiblah requisite. Furthermore, how is it possible to fulfil the Qiblah requirement, when all the millions of chickens slaughtered weekly hang upside down with their electrocuted heads facing down towards the earth? They hang vertically after being cru
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