Editing Halal (section)

===Interaction with global regulation===
Halal standards and regulations have been considered as an obstacle to international trade while the discrimination towards import products also lacks transparency. Trade disputes related to halal have emerged even among Muslim and Islamic countries, for instance at the regional level within the ASEAN.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Johan |first1=Eva |last2=Schebesta |first2=Hanna |date=2022-03-01 |title=Religious Regulation Meets International Trade Law: Halal Measures, a Trade Obstacle? Evidence from the SPS and TBT Committees |journal=Journal of International Economic Law |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=61–73 |doi=10.1093/jiel/jgac003 |issn=1369-3034|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matrix of actual cases on NTMs/trade barriers |url=https://asean.org/wp-content/uploads/Matrix-of-Actual-Cases-as-of-26-April-21.pdf |website=ASEAN portal}}</ref>

==== European Union ====
On 17 December 2020, the [[Court of Justice of the European Union]] ruled that member countries may ban religious slaughter to promote [[animal welfare]] and could impose non-lethal stunning before the killing of animals. The ruling was in response to a challenge to a 2017 Flemish government prohibition on the killing of animals without prior non-lethal (also called reversible) stunning by Jewish and Muslim associations.<ref name="Politico">{{cite news |last=Nelsen |first=Arthur |date=17 December 2020 |title=EU states can ban kosher and halal ritual slaughter, court rules |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-states-can-ban-kosher-and-halal-ritual-slaughter-court-rules/ |newspaper=Politico}}</ref>

==== India ====
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The Muslim community has been receptive of halal food and certification.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-31 |title='Discrimination based on religion…": Owaisi on Muslim vendor row in Karnataka |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/bengaluru-news/discrimination-based-on-religion-owaisi-on-muslim-vendor-row-in-karnataka-101648730953613.html |access-date=2022-04-04 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-01-25 |title=The Halal certification in the food industry and this meanings |url=https://www.btsa.com/en/halal-certification-food-industry/ |access-date=2022-04-04 |website=BTSA |language=en-US}}</ref> Members of the right-wing [[Hindutva]] groups in India have protested against the sale of Halal food in India. [[Bajrang Dal]], [[Vishva Hindu Parishad]] and other Hindutva groups have run door to door campaigns in the state of [[Karnataka]], asking people not to purchase halal meat. In March 2022 the Hindutva group Bajrang Dal physically attacked a Muslim meat seller, five persons were arrested in the incident. In March 2022, [[C. T. Ravi]], national general secretary for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, referred to halal food as "economic jihad".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Muslim Meat Seller Attacked as Karnataka Hindutva Groups Now Train Focus on 'Halal' Meat |url=https://thewire.in/communalism/karnataka-halal-meat-muslim-hindutva |access-date=2022-04-01 |website=The Wire}}</ref>

====United Kingdom====
{{As of|August 2012}}, an estimated 27 UK [[Tesco]] supermarkets, in addition to most urban [[Asda]] and many [[Morrisons]] supermarkets, had halal meat counters, selling meat approved for consumption by Muslims.<ref name="halalTesco">{{cite news |title=National Halal Centre |url=http://www.nationalhalal.com/viewlocator.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100308212651/http://www.nationalhalal.com/viewlocator.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 March 2010 |work=National Halal Food Group |publisher=National Halal Food Group |date=20 August 2012 |access-date=20 August 2012}}</ref> According to the Food Standards Agency Animal Welfare Update report, published September 2017, 16 percent of animals slaughtered by the halal method were not stunned before slaughter, which violates [[RSPCA]] standards on animal welfare.<ref name="halal RSPCA">{{cite news |title=Religious Slaughter – RSPCA |url=https://www.rspca.org.uk/adviceandwelfare/farm/slaughter/religiousslaughter |publisher=RSPCA |access-date=21 March 2019}}</ref> However, it is legal in the UK due to an exemption in the law granted to Jews and Muslims.<ref>{{cite web |quote=The stunning of livestock before slaughter has been compulsory in the EU since 1979 but most member states, including the UK, grant exemptions to Muslims and Jews. |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/politics/2012/05/halal-hysteria |title=Halal hysteria |work=[[New Statesman]] |date=9 May 2012}}</ref>