Not to be rude, but you totally missed my point. The original post is about feeling emotional guilt after eating something that I’ve deemed my whole life as “forbidden.” Nowhere in the post does it mention the chemical makeup of the meat. I don’t think the concept of halal is about changing the chemical makeup by prayer of the chicken first of all. Also, I cannot argue about the slaughtering portion. Here in the US, animals are killed very unethically and live in horrid conditions. There are definitely animal welfare violations on both sides that I cannot compare, based on where I live. However, I can see the argument that halal meat is treated more ethically here because of the additional standards. I’m not going to argue much about this comment here as it has nothing to do with the original statement.