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Totally with you on that one. Hence my loosely pointed comment earlier about not wanting to be affiliated with the whole halal/belief thing anymore. There are too many variables depending on your cultural affiliation (where in the muslim world you're from, my background is sunni, so pretty generic or strict again, depending where you're from) but it all starts from the same standing flag.
It doesn't matter how much faith/economic spin you put on it, it's still rotten from the inside out.
Only thing
Chak-
The real sad thing I find is that there is belief that certain animals such as lamb cows and chicken have been placed by the all mighty for our consumption only. So animal welfare is not really a great priority compared to cost. The result is Muslim eat twice as much meat as The average citizen and even The lowest demographic will have no meat free days. The result is above average health problems such as heart disease and diabetes. Culturally meat consumption is view as a sign of affluence to add to the situation. The view that we are animals too and could be potential food for tigers or sharks is lost.
With alot religious people belief in the day of judgment where God will destroy the world, long before global warming or our destruction/ruining the planet. So they feel no need to go green or ethical but only live in self centric view of the world which is bizarre because religion see themselves as vehicles for the able to help the misfortunate.
wildwest
Not all halal is equal...and I would argue all most of those who want to eat halal look for is the official British halal standard label or poster and thats all. For example one Nandos or kfc might be fine and another not.
The strictest form of halal is a slit to throat while it is conscious and verses sung.
In the loosest sense the animal is stunned and then goes down the same avenue as non halal except prayers are played and the blade has verses engraved on it. There is a lot of debate with the Muslim community.
Either way it's barbaric. Same goes for kosher.
I can bet that the chains use the cheapest and least labour intensive form to maximise profits. We just don't know whether the animal is stunned or not, which is problematic for me.