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Why Halal Meat?

Islam has laws regarding which foods can and cannot be eaten 
and also on the proper method of slaughtering an animal for 
consumption, known as dhabihah

Thabiha or Dhabiha (Arabic: ذبيحة‎), is the prescribed method of 
ritual slaughter of all animals excluding fish and most sea-life 
per Islamic law. Islamic method of slaughtering animal

The Islamic mode of slaughtering an animal requires the 
following conditions to be met:

1. Animal should be slaughtered with sharp knife:
The animal has to be slaughtered with a sharp object (knife) 
and in a fast way so that the pain of slaughter is minimized.

2. Cut wind pipe, throat and vessels of neck:
Zabiha is an Arabic word which means ‘slaughtered’. The 
‘slaughtering’ is to be done by cutting the throat, windpipe and 
the blood vessels in the neck causing the animal’s death 
without cutting the spinal cord.

3. Blood should be drained:
The blood has to be drained completely before the head is 
removed. The purpose is to drain out most of the blood, which 
would serve as a good culture medium for microorganisms. 
The spinal cord must not be cut because the nerve fibers to the 
heart could be damaged during the process causing cardiac 
arrest, stagnating the blood in the blood vessels.

Blood is a good media of germs, bacteria, toxins:  
Therefore the Muslim way of slaughtering is more hygienic as 
most of the blood containing germs, bacteria, toxins are 
eliminated.

Meat remains fresh for a longer time:
Meat slaughtered by Islamic way remains fresh for a 
longer time due to deficiency of blood in the meat as compared 
to other methods of slaughtering.

Animal does not feel pain:
The swift cutting of vessels of the neck disconnects the flow of 
blood to the nerve of the brain responsible for pain. Thus the 
animal does not feel pain. While dying, the animal struggles, 
writhers, shakes and kicks, not due to pain, but due to the 
contraction and relaxation of the muscles deficient in blood and 
due to the flow of blood out of the body.

Allah knows the best!

Grocery & Halal Meat Markets


Al Habashi Halal Meat
9772 Quivera Road
Lenexa, KS 66215
913-322-0011

Ambar Halal Meat Market
2615 Independence Avenue
Kansas City, MO 64124
816-241-6556

Apna Bazar
14545 Metcalf Avenue
Lions Gate Mkt. Place
Overland Park,KS 66223
913-685-9967

Arahaman Halal Market
2200 Lexington Avenue
Kansas City, MO 64124
816-221-5432

Festival Foods
4357 NE Chouteau Trafficway
Kansas City, MO 64117
816-452-6803

Halal Mart
8330 E. Bannister Road
Kansas City, MO 64134
816-765-5197

Halal Meat Market & International Grocery
7805 W. 151st Street
Overland Park, KS 66223
913-636-6138

Hummus Bread & More
4027 N. Oak Trafficway
Kansas City, MO 64116
816-452-2929

India Emporium
10458 Metcalf Avenue
Overland Park, KS 66212
913-642-1161

Jerusalem Bakery
1404 Westport Road
Kansas City, MO 64111
816-931-8575

Makkah Halal Store
3011 Independence Avenue
Kansas City, MO 64124
816-231-1752


Nation Mart
402 S. 8th Street
St. Joseph, MO 64501
816-232-1204


Olive Café
9510 James A Reed Road
Kansas City, MO 64134
816-763-0009

Pak Halal
1159 W. 87th Street
Lenexa, KS 66125
913-599-0700

Patel Foods
7214 W 119th Street
Overland Park, KS  66213
913-696-1950

Safa Halal
2203 Lexington Avenue
Kansas City, MO 64124
816-221-7895

Shahrazad Market
12605 Metcalf Avenue
Overland Park, KS 66209
913-338-2250

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Halal Restaurants
(Beef, Chicken & Lamb)

Couscous Gyro Kebab
6579 N. Oak Trafficway
Gladstone, MO 64118
816-572-6783


Dar Salam Restaurant
1447 Independence Avenue
Kansas City, MO
816-221-1533


Gyro Paradise
1209 N. Belt Highway
St. Joseph, MO 64506
816-279-2990


Habashi House
309 Main Street
Kansas City, MO
816-421-0414


Half Moon Family Restaurant & Market
1602 NE Parvin Road
Kansas City, MO 64116
816-454-7471


Holyland Café
12275 W. 87th Parkway
Lenexa, KS 66125
913-310-9911


Kababesh
10142 W 119th Street
Overland Park, KS 66213
913-696-1101


KC Grill & Kabob
8611 Hauser Street
Lenexa, KS 66215
913-541-1900


Jerusalem Café
431 Westport Road
Kansas City, MO 64111
816-756-2770


Jerusalem Bakery
1404 Westport Road
Kansas City, MO 64111
816-931-8575


Mediterranean Market & Deli
7417B Metcalf Avenue
Overland Park, KS 66204
913-722-7744


New Café Tandoor
3623 Broadway
Kansas City, MO 64111
816-216-6305


Ruchi Indian Cuisine
11168 Antioch Road
Overland Park, KS 66210
913-661-9088


Sahara
320 E. 51st Street
Kansas City, MO 64112
816-756-5444


Towfiq Restaurant
2202 Lexington Avenue
Kansas City, MO 64124
816-221-0866


Olive Café
9510 James A. Reed Road
Kansas City, MO 64134
816-763-0009


Papu’s Café
604 W. 75th Street
Kansas City, MO 64114
816-822-8759


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