Halal meat is meat from animals that have been killed according to Muslim law.
...a halal butcher's shop
halal in British English
or hallal (hɑːˈlɑːl)
noun
1.
meat from animals that have been killed according to Muslim law
adjective
2.
of or relating to such meat
a halal butcher
verbWord forms: -als, -alling or -alled(transitive)
3.
to kill (animals) in this way
Word origin
from Arabic: lawful
halal in American English
(hɑˈlɑl)
adjective
characterized by adherence to the dietary practices required by Islamic law
Word origin
Ar
Examples of 'halal' in a sentence
halal
Up to 80 per cent of halal meat is from stunned animals.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Up to 80 per cent of halal meat is from stunned animals.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Her mother helped support them by opening a halal butchers.
The Sun (2010)
English butchers have been replaced by halal butchers.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Why are all schools and public services having to use halal meat?
The Sun (2015)
And so is compulsory halal meat served to those who object.
The Sun (2014)
It is where all the mosques and halal shops are.
The Sun (2010)
Our probe comes after we told last week how stores and restaurants serve halal meat without telling the public.
The Sun (2014)
Nor their determination to beat a hasty retreat downstairs for a cup of tea and a halal meat pie.
The Sun (2010)
With the country in crisis, he spent days talking about halal meat.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
My family were allowed to have their mosque, their halal shops.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
A school that served only halal meat in lunches has been forced to change its menu after protests from parents.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
A halal butcher 's shop escaped unscathed.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Proposals to use taxpayers' money to help a halal abattoir to expand and to kill thousands more animals without first stunning them have been condemned by vets.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Animal welfare and secular campaigners have no objection to halal meat as long as the animals have been stunned before killing, as usually happens in Britain.