Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/26/83; site ihuxb.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!floyd!whuxlb!pyuxll!eisx!npoiv!npois!hogpc!houxm!ihnp4!ihuxb!reza From: reza@ihuxb.UUCP Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: The meaning of (U) ("U" in a circle) Message-ID: <278@ihuxb.UUCP> Date: Mon, 18-Jul-83 13:55:05 EDT Article-I.D.: vi is right about the relationship between Muslim and Jewish die Posted: Mon Jul 18 13:55:05 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 19-Jul-83 08:56:27 EDT References: <96@hogpd.UUCP> Organization: BTL Naperville, Il. Lines: 18 Avi is right about the relationship between Muslim and Jewish dietary laws. Actually Jewish and Muslim jurisprudence are very similar. BUT! I believe that a Muslim would have problems buying his meat from a kosher butcher. In Islam you slaughter an animal by slashing the main artery of the neck, then you have to wait until the blood is completely discharged before you can cut the meat ( it may be cruel but it is supposedly better for you.) Now, would kosher meat satisfy this? I do not think so. There are also problems with other rules added to the procedure by people; such as saying the name of God first, giving water to the animal, making the animal face Mecca, etc. H. Reza Taheri ...!ihnp4!ihuxb!reza (312)-979-1040 P.S. If you consider all the religious, cultural, lingual, and even racial similarities between the Muslim Arabs and Jewish Israelis, ... But then that's another story.