In order for meat to be allowed to be eaten,
a number of conditions should be met.
Some of these are absolute requirements, while others are more to be considered as recommendations. First, the animal itself must be allowed to eat.
Of meat that is not allowed to be eaten (haram), pork is the most important and the most strictly enforced. However, the bans also include four-legged animals that eat other four-legged animals (eg tigers, red foxes, wolves), while animals used for transport should preferably not be eaten and called “makrouh” (such as camels and horses) , and animals that lick water (cats, dogs) are also haram. The rules on permissible and forbidden animals largely correspond to the commandments of clean and unclean animals in the Old Testament (Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14 3-21). The actual slaughter must take place by cutting the two main arteries in the throat with a quick cut. The body should be emptied of as much blood as possible as soon as possible. The trachea and esophagus must also be cut. According to Norwegian law, all animals that are slaughtered must be anesthetized before blood draw (Animal Welfare Act §9). Pre-slaughter stunning does not break with halal, as long as the animal is still alive when slaughtered. However, this is somewhat controversial in some, as one is afraid the animal dies from the anesthesia and not from the slaughter. The animal must not see another animal being slaughtered and requirements for cleanliness are set. Blood must be washed away before a new animal is slaughtered in the same place. The animal should be calmed down and it should not be unnecessarily stressed. The butcher knife should be sharp and the butcher should be qualified. The butcher should be Muslim. But the Qur’an also allows the meat of animals slaughtered by the “scribes” ahl ol-kitab, that is, Jews and Christians. The slaughter should take place in the name of God, by the butcher saying “bi-smi llah Allaho Akbar” (In the name of God, God is greatest). The animal should be laid with its head facing Mecca (qibla). This is not an absolute requirement the Halal label verifies that the product has been approved
