Director of Fatwa Department at the Islamic Organisations’ Union in France at Echorouk’s Forum: 80 percent of slaughter meat for Muslims is not halal

Halal slaughter in France and other European countries has been turned into a successful business while 80 percent of meat said to be “Halal” is not so in reality, according to the Director of Fatwa Department at the Islamic Organisations’ Union in France on the basis of a scientific proof.

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• French municipalities grant lands to build mosques
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• Muslim community has become a power in France but it has not reached the level of a lobby, Aniss Karkah told Echorouk Wednesday.
• He added that the French law forbids census on the basis of race or religion. “The community counts around 7 million Muslims including 1.2 million Algerians. Some of them have reached leading positions but they do not adopt Islam as an approach.”
• Municipalities in France have been in race to grant lands to associations to build mosques since 2000. “A simple association can be given a piece of land of 1,000 square metres for this purpose in view of the importance of Muslim community there,” Karkah said.
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• Paris Mosque gives up its responsibilities
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• He blamed Paris’ Mosque for being slow in accomplishing its role in serving Islam and Muslims though authorities pay huge sums of money to help Muslims there.
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• According to him, halal slaughter is one of the most critical issues in Muslims’ lives in Europe. He personally consulted how sheep, cows and hens are slaughtered. “We found out that slaughtering methods are not in conformity with those adopted in Muslim countries.”
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• “We issued fatwa to take out scarf when entering schools”
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• Karkah said Muslim women in France were given tow choices: scarf or ignorance after a law banning Islamic headscarves and other religious symbols from French state schools had been promulgated on September 14 2004.
• “Headmasters started insulting any girl wearing the scarf and driving her out. That’s why, Muslim community were embarrassed and complaining.” Because of that, a fatwa was issued to allow Muslim girls taking out their scarves when entering the school and re-put them on when leaving class.
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•  The Director of Fatwa Department stated that he is about to get over with the setting up of the September 14th 2004 Association to work on banning the law on scarves in France.
• “The Association seeks to submit this case to the European High Court.”
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• Religion-practising people in France invade mosques
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• Mosques in France witness thousands of religion-practising people in addition to a growing number of French converts to Islam. “There are 700,000 French-born Muslim so far.”    
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• “Muslims in France have returned to their religion because they felt reject and racism from French who consider them as strangers.”
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• Now, they seek their identity and origins.