31 Dec 2006
Animal sacrifices maim 1,400 in Turkey

Animal sacrifice, eh? If you've read this blog for any length of time at all, you should be well aware that I harbor only the worst of suspicions about the Muslim religion (although I count individual Muslims as friends) but in this case they're getting a bum rap. These animals (sheep and goats, mostly) are not "sacrificed" in the sense that modern Americans envision animal sacrifice, they're being slaughtered for meat using the religiously prescribed method called halal. I wonder if this writer would consider kosher slaughtering of animals a "sacrifice"? Probably not ....

In point of fact, halal, kosher and even heathen methods of animal "sacrifice" are more humane than modern commercial slaughterhouse techniques. They basically involve making sure that the animal doe not suffer needlessly, and in praying before the slaughter.

I guess that's the definition of "sacrifice" in modern America: praying over the animal before you take it's life to feed your kith and kin. If you pray over it after you've killed it, it's called "Thanksgiving"...

AP - Over a thousand Turks spent the first day of the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha in emergency wards on Sunday after stabbing themselves or suffering other injuries while sacrificing startled animals.

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23:25 /Asatru | 2 comments | permanent link