In San Francisco, California, Halal food is not a problem since there are a handful of Halal restaurants, cafes and markets serving the local Muslims and tourists alike.

In what can only be described as a cheap anti-Islam stunt, an American online media has accused Muslims the forced consumption of unlabelled Halal meat to the general American public.

The Qu’ran reminds us animals and birds are ‘communities like you’. So why do so many Muslims break their fast with meat?

Realizing the growing Muslim market in the U.S, some American farmers are opening legal halal-certified slaughterhouses with great success, an indication of Halal’s immense potential.

The lack of a central body in France to oversee the authenticity of halal meat has made some experts doubt that animals have been slaughtered following the correct Islamic procedures.

Food supply demands will skyrocket to as much as 60 percent within the coming month of Ramadan, and Bahraini government has pledged to place more orders for live sheep imports, 40,000 heads more to be exact.

Although there has been a consensus among the Muslim scholars at the Islamic Fiqh Academy that stunning is Halal, some quarters are still convinced that the act of knocking the chicken unconscious prior to slaughter is more painful and unIslamic.

Muslim and Jewish leaders have accused the European Union of “naked discrimination” by ordering the compulsory labeling of all kosher and halal meat.

To be certified Halal, meat for human consumption must come from animals slaughtered and processed in full compliance with the Shariah’s requirements.

Halal and Kosher meat slaughtered without the use of stunning will have to be labelled as such under a new European Union ruling, which could come into force as early as 2013.

There is a high demand for quality Halal food in the Middle East, and Brazil as the world’s largest supplier of Halal meat and poultry intends to capitalise, singling out UAE as its main market focus.

The controversy surrounding the decision by Quick restaurant to switch entirely to Halal meat in their pre-dominantly Muslim majority outlets have created a real tension amongst the people of France. Here’s an analysis by Al Jazeera English regarding the issue.