YAMU is starting to add halal icons to food reviews and we'll slowly go through our archives and improve our search. This is to make the site more friendly for Muslims, for whom halal is required, and it should make no difference to non-Muslims, for whom halal food is just fine. These are individual choices responded to by businesses and we firmly reject racist and ignorant views that halal food or Muslims in general are somehow not welcome in Colombo or Sri Lanka.
Halal simply means that food, especially regarding animals, is prepared in accordance with Islamic law. This means that it doesn't involve pork or alcohol and that animals are slaughtered in a certain way (among other things). In Sri Lanka this process is certified by the ACJU, which is quite open and has published
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an explanation here.
Halal certification is a choice, one that businesses make to serve Muslim customers better. There is a cost for the administration and auditing, but that is borne by the business, not the consumer.
We think this is important to stress, halal is essential for Muslims and harmless for non-Muslims. Halal certification happens all over the world - from Canada to India. Sri Lanka has naturally evolved a system of halal certification over years, it's not some foreign thing that just happened. We have been co-existing and eating together for hundreds of years, and it makes for a great food culture which we all enjoy.
We're adding halal information for our reviews because it's important for our Muslim friends to know. It is also important for non-Muslims to understand that halal places are good for anyone. Halal is not a conspiracy and Muslims are not unwelcome strangers in Colombo or Sri Lanka. We fully support our Muslim friends and are happy to break bread together anytime. The halal icon will hopefully help you decide where to go.
Note that we've only started adding the icons on new reviews. We (I) have to go through old posts and add the information, which we'll do over the next few weeks. We're adding other info as well, like whether you need to wear shoes, if there's a view, etc.
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Raiza
Best thing I read today :) thanks guys
aaakv
hi guys!,
Much kudos.
The tiny icon will be sincerely appreciated by the muslim folks who maintain a halal diet.
At the same time, I appreciate you guys taking this, arguably bold stance. A small gesture that's doing a lot to restore faith.
thank you!
Akki
Thank you Yamu!!…nothing else…just thank you. Much love.
Reez
Thank you! Not a Muslim but fully support this. We cannot let the extremists from any religion take us down the path of intolerance again.
Aisha
Thaaaaaaank you Yamu :D
MUCH appreciated, especially at this time :)
As the guy who's commented above said, "A small gesture that's doing a lot to restore faith". It's not a small gesture though, but yes, it's doing a hena lot to restore faith in humanity ^_^
Here's hoping you guys get plenty of watalappam and porridge when Eids come along!
apegama
I guess you need to specify that no one forced you !! Just Kidding. Anyways this initiative is good and promising since there are disturbing acts against halaal.
Also add a Icon for Vegetarian for those who are vegetarians !! :)
Arquib
Yamu is taking a lot of effort to promote cross-community understanding and co-existance in Sri Lanka.
The effort new icons are very much appreciated, and it helps get a quick idea about the restaurant before actually reading a review. More icon suggestion would be to have one which identifies the type of place like Street-Kade, fast-food outlet or full-fledged restaurant and if it has AC or no-AC.
Again, Thank You!
jaufer
Thank you. Great to see some common sense prevails.
Paul
Good move!
PattaPal
We need icons for Organic, Fresh and Fat Free and what the heck Lean Meat too!! In the end it all boils down to one's dining experience and one's faith in the establishment in making whatever statement they do with regards to their food, none of which an icon can guarantee.
So how about reliability and honesty icon for the last part, without which even Halal icons are suspect
Sabi
Kudos!
asitha
Hala is indeed harmless for non Muslims. Sadly they same cannot be said for the animals. The method of animal slaughter required for Halal causes severe suffering to animals. This suffering has been well documented by a number of international organisations including the RSPCA. As a result I try to avoid halal certified meat whenever I can.
"There is a cost for the administration and auditing, but that is borne by the business, not the consumer"
This statement is factually correct. However, businesses may chose to pass the cost to the consumer.
I do not condone the actions taken by extremist sinhalese groups. At the end of the day as you rightly said halal is a choice. This initiative will help Muslims to maintain a halal diet and at the same time concerned citizens who are against animal cruelty will be able to avoid halal meat.
asithakane
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Hala is indeed harmless for non Muslims. Sadly they same cannot be said for the animals. The method of animal slaughter required for Halal causes severe suffering to animals. This suffering has been well documented by a number of international organisations including the RSPCA. As a result I try to avoid halal certified meat whenever I can.
"There is a cost for the administration and auditing, but that is borne by the business, not the consumer"
This statement is factually correct. However, businesses may chose to pass the cost to the consumer.
I do not condone the actions taken by extremist sinhalese groups. At the end of the day as you rightly said halal is a choice. This initiative will help Muslims to maintain a halal diet and at the same time concerned citizens who are against animal cruelty will be able to avoid halal meat.
sbarrkum
Preceding all this in Jan last year (2012) there was a campaign (Facebook, SMS Blogs) to get Muslims to Boycott Perera and Sons one of the largest Restaurant and Catering chains in Sri Lanka.
<a href=http://aadhilnet.blogspot.com/2012/01/why-perera-sons-doesnt-let-acju-inside.html>http://aadhilnet.blogspot.com/2012/01/why-perera-sons-doesnt-let-acju-inside.html</a>
<a href=http://aadhilnet.blogspot.com/2012/01/perera-sons-and-sms-about-fats-of-pigs.html>http://aadhilnet.blogspot.com/2012/01/perera-sons-and-sms-about-fats-of-pigs.html</a>
MKP
I agree with asitha. Halal involves a brutal way of killing animals. But this all protests are nonsense. If non-muslims just stop buying halal and the market will adjust. If it's profitable for bizs to keep the halal label they will do that, if not they will get rid of it.
Raiza
Asitha: Hi - would just like to respond to your statement that the Halal method of slaughter causes severe suffering to animals by directing you to this link http://www.mustaqim.co.uk/halal.htm . I believe you would find it to the contrary. Cheers
Balance?
Why are we promoting halal places? This just makes it easier for halal-fanatics to persecute outlets that don't serve halal, have you seen how much flack bread talk is taking on facebook, despite opening an outlet without pork? If muslims can give non-halal outlets so much grief why are we all upset when someone else simply gives them a dose of their own medicine?
sampath
common sense… nice
MufaHussain
Just to know, is this HALAAL icon you place here in your website is as according to certificate awarded by ACJU-HD or as you think halal? in that case, have BananaLeaf given HALAAL from ACJU?
TGNP
Halal is just a association that give's a certificate for the method that the companies use to make there products and foods (IT IS JUST A BUSINESS OF ISSUING CERTIFICATE)
shivaje
just having a halal certificate in the food is nothing who can say the restaurants food is clean or not is there a certificate for that it all nonsense just like the halal .
shivaje
just having a halal certificate in the food is nothing who can say the restaurants food is clean or not is there a certificate for that it all nonsense just like the halal .
Lutronman
"There is a cost for the administration and auditing, but that is borne by the business, not the consumer." - now this is misleading, the cost will be ultimately passed on to the consumer by way of overhead cost etc. I have no qualms about that, but no way you can say the cost is not borne by the consumer!
kjk
Lutroman--
Quick Econ 101;
An example …
current profits - Rs 100
halal certificate costs Rs 1
New sales with halal certificate - Rs 110
------------------------------------------------------------
i.e. company makes an additional Rs 9
So the one rupee in question is not passed on to the consumer, it is gobbled up
by the additional sales made by the company.
If it increases the cost the company won't do it. They will only do it to if it makes economic sense!
(Assuming free market)
You're far better off arguing with the government to reduce the VAT or the like
if you want prices to come down!.
If anything the company will achieve economies of scale, hence lower
cost per unit, and theres a good possibility there would even reduce prices further
to become more competitive/increase sales.
halith
Good move!
Srilankan
WELL… RACISTS ARE FOR A REASON… YOU ARE BUSINESS PEOPLE NO VALUE FOR COUNTRY,CULTURE AND RELIGION… SCREAM WHILE U CAN :P NO WONDER U MIGHT BE SELLING YOUR SISTERS AND MOTHERS FOR BUSINESS…BROTHERS ALSO… BYE…TC
kjk
quick clarification, New sales with halal certificate* , should read
as -New profits with halal certificate.
Jerry
also promote the Vegetarian Icon please
Wasaam
Super duper move!
Sachcha
do you have authority to add this icon? what is the certificate you got? how you gonna prove restaurants are really approved by ACJU-HD?
Krish
Please give up HALAL… This is a Sinhala Buddhist country
Krish
WELL… RACISTS ARE FOR A REASON… YOU ARE BUSINESS PEOPLE NO VALUE FOR COUNTRY,CULTURE AND RELIGION… SCREAM WHILE U CAN :P NO WONDER U MIGHT BE SELLING YOUR SISTERS AND MOTHERS FOR BUSINESS…BROTHERS ALSO… BYE…TC
fathima
great to see some common sense!! welldone…and thank you! :)
Amber
great move guys…we know that most of the educated people in the Sinhalese community r against the ongoing racism in the country. great to see u've got the right idea about halal foods. hats off YAMU!
abdullah
good job! :)
Agantrecisam
Taking about animal slaughtering
is another topic but here your step is appreciated about Halal
guest
what about adding a vegetarian ICON as well….
Shehan
All this racist criticism about halal from so called Sinhalese Buddhists is mass bigotry. All you devoted Buddhists that go around crapping out bullshit out of your mouths should take look at your plates. If you people so concerned you wouldn't have to care about paying extra since of Halal your religion doesn't permit you to eat meat in the first place second of all if you dont like Muslims having their Halal food since its a Buddhist country well then remember your teachings about being tolerant.
Im a Buddhist on paper but i choose not be affiliated with any religion, Im Vegetarian so i really don't give damn about any of this Halal meat crap.
But i see how Halal is gonna get me pissed off in the near future, simply i do not intend to pay extra on my purchases since its Halal certification best example biscuits.
Solution - Since there's such a demand for halal stuff, all the companies should start producing a Halal range products everybody's happy :)
USMANSULAIMAN
I like this too!!!
According to our religion.we neeD. HaaLaa!!!!
we wan"t share this with NoN Mulim BrotherS>……………….
One Nation.We Wan"t To Gether…………………….Wish.YOuR All Da BesT>>>>>>>>>>>>>
asithakane
@ Raiza
" In 1978, a study incorporating EEG (electroencephalograph) with electrodes surgically implanted on the skull of 17 sheep and 15 calves, and conducted by Wilhelm Schulze et al. at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Germany concluded that "the slaughter in the form of a ritual cut is, if carried out properly, painless in sheep and calves according to EEG recordings and the missing defensive actions" (of the animals) and that "For sheep, there were in part severe reactions both in bloodletting cut and the pain stimuli" when captive bolt stunning (CBS) was used.[25][26] This study is cited by the German Constitutional Court in its permitting of dhabiha slaughtering.[27] However, recent studies have countered the Schulze study which is dated and relied on older EEG measurement techniques. Dr. Schulze himself also warned in his report that the stunning technique may not have functioned properly."
Source - Andy Coghlan (13 October 2009). "Animals feel the pain of religious slaughter (New Scientist)
nuwan
Thanks for taking the time to do this!
asithakane
Unfortunately in sri lanka its next to impossible to avoid hala food. For example, if im not mistaken all kfc and mcdonald outlets are halal certified. Not to mention the fact that most of my favourite eating houses are muslim rahima, burger king etc.
Life would be much simpler if all religions just disappeared in to thin air. Couple of centuries ago religions might have made sense, but in the current climate they are nothing but a pesky hindrance.
kamal
do this halal thing, try to promote it .but see it wont take long to disappear this shit for good. what is this yamu anyway. who eat this shit…
shanika
I'm a self-imposed herbivore… I want an icon too!
Maharoof
this is good move, the people who don't want halal food can easily recognize the shops …. Great !!!!!
Adam
Clearly some people seem to have an ultra inflated superiority complex! Did halal food ever kill anyone? Did it harm you in any way? So called Sri Lankans who say that 'This is a Sinhala Buddhist country' did you ever stop to think that Buddhism itself is foreign to Sri Lanka? Clearly Sri Lanka is no longer a 'Multi religious country' in some people's minds. These type of racists would gladly wipe the green and orange stripe off the national flag if allowed, and wallow in the utter ignorance of being 'Sinhalese' and 'Buddhists', forgetting the very principles of Buddhism in doing so. And yes, you may eat all the meat you want and drink yourself senseless on poya days like the good 'Buddhist' you are!
Also Asitha, whoever you are, when quoting sources make sure your content is relevant to the issue discussed. Your citation is regarding animal slaughter, not necessarily halal slaughter. Are you advocating against it? If not your argument is highly irrelevant here. And FYI did you know that plants too feel pain according to your theory? http://www.viewzone.com/plants.html
Regarding the economic issue of 'bearing the cost of the halal certification' none of you suckers gave a damn about it when you were at KFC or McDonalds last did you? Did you even know about halal at the time? Why such a ruckus about it now?
Do you all stop to think that all this is a highly unnecessary hoo-ha? How many of you were actually bothered about this issue before these BBS idiots stirred it up? Don't you have friends who are from different races and religions? Use your brains before blindly flowing with the tide.
YAMU, bold step in these controversial times! Kudos! And sorry your comment section turned out to be a debate of Sri Lankan racists.
BIG_DADDY
a very stupid move by the YAMU shouldn't have brought this up (its a very complicated topic) it was a very nice site to visit up till this point .This post have become a issue for your fans :(
BIG_DADDY
and why do you think YAMU went halal friendly ??? think of the business aspect of this move …this is what every merchant in Sri Lanka is doing they go halal to attract more business . Its all about the $$$$$$$$$$$
Zainul
Hatz Off 2 u Reez
Sinahaya
Great now we can avoid halaal places :) Thank You!
Kaka
killing the business by their own… he he
Zw
Whats this screem about halal? If you dont want to eat halal,why perchers? Go buy non halal meat. These rasist monks has to realiase i the first place to ban alcohol,BTW Bhikkhu's shouldnt be wearing leather slippers cos it come from cowhide too. Does this make sence? Monks should be preaching good.instead these monks behave like thugs.
dimple
Good Move Yamu. I hate to see our country get dragged to another stupid war for something which had been always there. If prabhakaran was still alive these people might not drag this to light. Of course these guys just can`t accept to see a happy Sri lanka
BIG_DADDY
The All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama (ACJU) stated that it has never engaged in any promotion or compulsion of the Halal certificate and claimed that it was only meant to provide Muslims with easy access to permitted products.
In a statement issued to the media, the ACJU stated that its Halal Division had been carried out in a very transparent manner with access to any state institution for verification.
It explained that several Sri Lankan and multinational companies had obtained the services of the ACJU on a “totally voluntary basis at a very nominal fee” which covers administrative costs.
The statement pointed out that the Halal certificate does not only benefit the Muslim community but also the whole country by way of the role it plays in the export and tourism industry while it highlighted the fact if the ACJU had only provided Muslim organizations with the certificate it would be deemed unfair.
The ACJU further expressed its regret at the unnecessary and unwarranted suspicions that have caused tensions among the communities who have co-existed peacefully throughout history.
A delegation of the Muslim community including the President of ACJU Mufti M.I.M. Rizwe met with Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa during which the Defence Secretary had reiterated the rights of every citizen to peacefully coexist irrespective of their race, religion, caste, creed of language.
The ACJU also requested the manufacturers who have already obtained the certificate to restrict the certification to the products offered for sale to the Muslim community only while the ACJU will also make its representations to the cabinet appointed subcommittee which has been appointed to look into the subject.
The ACJU further expressed its regret at the unnecessary and unwarranted suspicions that have caused tensions among the communities who have co-existed peacefully throughout history.
A delegation of the Muslim community including the President of ACJU Mufti M.I.M. Rizwe met with Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa during which the Defence Secretary had reiterated the rights of every citizen to peacefully coexist irrespective of their race, religion, caste, creed of language.
The ACJU also requested the manufacturers who have already obtained the certificate to restrict the certification to the products offered for sale to the Muslim community only while the ACJU will also make its representations to the cabinet appointed subcommittee which has been appointed to look into the subject.
nuwan
HALAL NO NEED FOR SINHALESE AND TAMILS………. BEFORE THE NEW YEAR SHOULD REJECT HALAL
kumara
Well, how about adding 100% Vegetarian Icon as well.
FarhanahCol
Water also need HALAL as per ACJU, Paint brush also need to be HALAL as per ACJU, but they forgot we breath pig exhaled air that directly goes into our inner side and what a stupid way to steal money from business. ACJU will immidiately start selling of HALAL oxigen for Muslims and start make profit out of false teaching. We are feel really sorry about what this ACJU done to SL muslim community being conering and make them as a jokers. This is not Kuranic-HALAL! this is ACJU-Business-HALAL!
Derik
THE MAIN REASON WHY I REJECT HALAL MEAT IS …. Dhabihah: method of slaughter
Ḏabīḥah (ذَبِيْحَة) is the prescribed method of slaughtering all meat sources excluding fish and other sea-life per Islamic law. This method of slaughtering animals consists of using a well sharpened knife to make a swift, deep incision that cuts the front of the throat, the carotid artery, wind pipe and jugular veins. The head of an animal that is slaughtered using halal methods is aligned with the Qiblah. In addition to the direction, permitted animals should be slaughtered upon utterance of the Islamic prayer "in the name of God".
PLEASE REFER THE VIDEO : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQOKQ__3vQw
Animal welfare concerns
Animal rights groups have objected to Halal, saying that it is a form of animal torture.[22] The animal is positioned in order to have its blood completely drained (if size permits) and left to exsanguinate.
The ritual method of slaughter as practiced in Islam and Judaism has been described as inhumane by some animal welfare organizations in the U.K. and the U.S. who have stated that it "causes severe suffering to animals.".
In 1978, a study incorporating EEG (electroencephalograph) with electrodes surgically implanted on the skull of 17 sheep and 15 calves, and conducted by Wilhelm Schulze et al. at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Germany concluded that "the slaughter in the form of a ritual cut is, if carried out properly, painless in sheep and calves according to EEG recordings and the missing defensive actions" (of the animals) and that "For sheep, there were in part severe reactions both in bloodletting cut and the pain stimuli" when captive bolt stunning (CBS) was used.[25][26] This study is cited by the German Constitutional Court in its permitting of dhabiha slaughtering.[27] However, recent studies have countered the Schulze study which is dated and relied on older EEG measurement techniques. Dr. Schulze himself also warned in his report that the stunning technique may not have functioned properly.
In 2003, the Farm Animal Welfare Council (FAWC), an independent advisory group, concluded that the way halal and kosher meat is produced causes severe suffering to animals. FAWC argued that cattle required up to two minutes to bleed to death when such means are employed. The Chairperson of FAWC at the time, Judy MacArthur Clark, added, "this is a major incision into the animal and to say that it doesn't suffer is quite ridiculous."
Halal and kosher butchers deny that their method of killing animals is cruel and expressed anger over the FAWC recommendation.[24] Majid Katme of the Muslim Council of Britain also disagreed, stating that "it's a sudden and quick haemorrhage. A quick loss of blood pressure and the brain is instantaneously starved of blood and there is no time to start feeling any pain."[24]
In April 2008, the Food and Farming minister in the UK, Lord Rooker, stated that halal and kosher meat should be labeled when it is put on sale, so that members of the public can decide whether or not they want to buy food from animals that have been bled to death. He was quoted as saying, "I object to the method of slaughter … my choice as a customer is that I would want to buy meat that has been looked after, and slaughtered in the most humane way possible." The RSPCA supported Lord Rooker's views."[29]
For the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Humane Society International, "the animals that are slaughtered according to kosher and halal should be securely restrained, particularly the head and neck, before cutting the throat" as "movements (during slaughter) results in a poor cut, bad bleeding, slow loss of consciousness, if at all, and pain."[30]
In Europe, the DIALREL project addressed religious slaughter issues by gathering and disseminating information and by encouraging dialogue between the spiritual and scientific communities.[31] Funding for DIALREL was provided by The European Commission, and it began functioning in November 2006. DIALREL produced many fact sheets and ultimately published a final report in 2010, "Report on good and adverse practices - Animal welfare concerns in relation to slaughter practices from the viewpoint of veterinary sciences."
Certain Muslim and Jewish communities expressed frustration with the process of dialogue skewed for non-religious audiences
Ranjan
ACJU is not a recognized organization in local or international. It has not been registered in any government authority neither do have any international muslim body,… I am a quality manager working for a top level tea company, we were required to get the halal certification for the export purposes to UAE, but when we informed them about ACJU, they said its not a valid recognized firm, and we had to get the certification from an international registered (Esma) The Emirates Authority for Standardisation and Metrology firm. one of their agents were saying that ACJU must be kicked off work on unifying standards for halal foods and cosmetics.
asithakane
@Adam My source is very much relevant to the issue discussed. I only pasted a part of the article and it was a study conducted in to the pain animals go through as a result of religious slaughter. The term "religious slaughter" includes various religious methods like halal and kosher. You would know this, had you bothered to properly read the article and check out the source. No I'm not advocating against animal slaughter. However I'm against slaughtering methods like halal which causes extreme suffering to animals. All right, for a moment assume that plants feel pain. So what, as far as I'm aware there aren't any methods that alleviates this "pain" when harvesting plants. When such methods are discovered I'll promote those techniques as well.
"Regarding the economic issue of 'bearing the cost of the halal certification' none of you suckers gave a damn about it when you were at KFC or McDonalds last did you? Did you even know about halal at the time? Why such a ruckus about it now?"
I personally knew about halal even then and yeah I did give a damn. I don't know why this issue came in to play now. Regardless people are aware of the situation now and they damn well have a right to cause a "ruckus" about it now. At the end of the day consumers should have the choice to choose between halal and non halal food. Unfortunately, as far as I'm aware, non of the halal certified companies produces the same item as non halal. Take a brand name like Krest for an example. All their products are halal and they do not carry a non halal product line.
I do have friends from different races and religions. I believe they are entitled to their own beliefs and faiths. Furthermore, I don't consider this country as a 'sinhala buddhist' country and I consider it as a country for people of all races and religions. That being said, I don't stand for halal food being forced down the throats of masses. Everyone should have the right to choose what they eat.
On a different note I do eat all the meat I want and get wasted on poya days. I was born a buddhist and I'm an atheist by choice. So I don't really know anything much about religions and please correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think buddhism expressly forbids consumption of alcohol and meat.
LankanLion
Hello to all fellow Lankans, Since this is a food topic and everyone is going around trying to prove a point, and hats off to all of you for being very patient and diplomatic, I would like to ask if any of you know what you actually eat (irrespective of halal or not). If so have you ever read the ingredients and wondered what that code "E" code stands for. Haven't you extreme vegetarians and extreme selective meat eaters wonder if there's anything hidden in these codes? Well here is a link FYI http://www.food-info.net/uk/qa/qa-fi45.htm and I am assuming this is the reason why Halal certification exists. So please read your ingredients my fellow Lankans before you eat especially if you an extremist.
Alla-hu
See how mercy it is to promote Halal : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_bZzxep87c
Inshallahh
Adhnan
well done YAMU… one of my favourite websites….
Minnix
Love, love, love this move! <3
safeerkhan
hi my dear friends and all srilankan first we thanks our president mahinda rajapaksha he is won history never win in world gorrilla attack but our leader won this war ok we all thanks him other think we have to build now our nation so many investor are coming all over world mostly islam country people are coming our nation they should need halal food other wish they will ignore to visit our peace country so we all want to work to gather other wish just wast win war our country never be come develop our nation because we can not thing how to develop we think always how to fight our srilankan nationalisht so take part all our srilankan for develop our country i am safeerkhan
SayNoToHalal
bulls**t Halal is not Islamic law, it's a sharia law. their so called only god gave them brains to decide by watching and observing any food, there's no strict rules about this in Qur'an, http://australianchristians.com.au/is-halal-certification-funding-terrorism-kirralie-smith-halal-choises/
sha
Halal is NOT A BRUTAL WAY OF KILLING ANIMAL! Scientifically it has proven,
mtnhudha
well done…
Jesmine
Can someone pls share some halal KILLING methods of cows and chickens and goats, so everyone will get a 1st hand look and feel of halal way of killing poor animals. Shame on you people. i wish one day the world would turn upside down and all the animals will get together and kill you stupid morons the same HALAL way. Goood Luck Jokers
Jesmine
I forgot to mentions, pls share images and video's of halal way of killing animals. If anyone thinks halal is cool with the way they kill. Then its ur choice people. God bless cows
Shazmie
If you are HALAL sorry we are rejecting your products.
Join with us:
https://www.facebook.com/SayNoToHalaal
ravichathuranga
IF YAMU GO HALAL SAY NO TO YAMU
kasun
No HALAL pls
take Malaysia for example, HALAL is a big business now in MALAYSIA, yearly need to pay millions of millions to EXTREMIST. That money spend only on spreading ISLAM.
nimal
Remove YAMU website
this is Sri Lanka , take your site to Saudi Arabia
sarajohn
In this buddhist country cnt kill animals bt cn kill humans. Try to build the country 1st then fight for anything.
Jagath
It's better if you sell your mom more than doing this type of websites…>!
Maharoof
Add new banana leaf to haram list
Rifi217
Ohama YAMU………ohama Yamu……:D
සිංහලකොල්ලෙක්
SAY RIP TO YAMU
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sharah
thank you for this gret information
great to see some common sense!! welldone…and thank you! :)
AA
Thank you Yamu ! The best news for the day indeed.
AA
Thank you Yamu ! The best news for the day indeed.
mew_lobo
Great idea to add icons. Can't you make the icons act like tags? i.e. When you click a icon, show all pages with that icon? Example, search for all places which have take away, etc?
safeez
YAMU web site ekata gedara yanna kale hari wage Halal genalla.
justthefact
so i was reading a comment above and it said the Halaal process is brutal. The actual process shouldn't be as such. Kosher and Halaal are suppose to be the least torturous methods to killing animals. But yes it is your choice not to consume meat. i dont want to sound like a religious preacher. but both Kosher and HALAAL follows a system that even trys to avoid psychological harm on the animal. (just for your info nothing more)
Haluwana
It is not up to you to decide that non halal food is just fine for the rest of us. I thoroughly oppose any halal meat item based on the inhumane method used to dispatch the ill fated animal which is to partially slit its throat and not kill it promptly but rather let it bleed out prolonging its agony while certain chants are declared. I do not have a problem consuming animal protein. My body needs it, but we have a responsibility to make sure that it is done in the most painless and prompt manner possible. For examply they electrocute cows in the United States using two electrodes placed at the sides of its head. The whole process lasts only a fraction of a second and the animal is instantly killed.
Tomorrow if the Buddhists and Hindus suggest that you have to sodomize a cow while preaching it the dhamma for ten minutes before you dispatch it, I would oppose that as well.
In conclusion it is every muslims right to practice their religion and to know if the food they eat is halal, similarly it is everyone eleses right to know that the meat they eat has been placed and dealt with in an ethical manner.
Fox Traveller
Exactly
aaishah
The ignorance in some comments are hilarious. Lol, inform yourself before you wreck yourself in public. Its supposed to be a way of killing an animal for consumption purposes while breeding it in the most harmless way possible and you guys are calling it as if they purposely chose this method to kill animals painfully. Get your facts right and then comment. Food is food enjoy it with true lankan spirit regardless!