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Taliban ban sale of frozen
chickens in Ghazni
GHAZNI CITY (PAN): The Taliban have banned frozen chicken sales in
several parts of southern Ghazni province on the grounds that the method
of slaughter is un-Islamic.
Abdul Fatah, a vendor of frozen chickens, said that consumers no longer
bought poultry products in some districts. "Shopkeepers and butchers who
had been buying from us were told by the fighters to stop because the
method of slaughter is un-Islamic."
The frozen chickens are imported from the United States, Brazil, China and
India. The Taliban say butchers in those countries do not follow Islamic
slaughtering practices.
The ban was imposed about 10 days ago in the Qarabagh district. Abdul
Fatah said the market has since been bad for his chickens in Qarabagh as
well as several other districts.
Another seller said on condition of anonymity that around eight people
bought frozen chickens from him but, after the Taliban warning, they
began to buy live chickens to slaughter themselves.
"Two armed motorcyclists approached me at home on Tuesday evening and
asked me to visit a village. When I got there, some other chicken sellers
were also there," he said.
He said the insurgents had told them in a local mosque that eating or
making money from frozen chickens was forbidden. He said frozen chickens
were affordable for most people.
They cost 110 afs apiece, whereas live chickens cost 150 afs. He saw a
further hike in prices of chickens.
A Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said he was unaware of the ban
on the sale of frozen chickens. He believed the decision might have been
made locally.
A Ghazni-based Taliban leader, Habibullah, said that in addition to being
slaughtered according to un-Islamic practices, the frozen chickens were
dipped in boiled water and then cleaned. "When those chickens are boiled,
waste comes out of their stomachs and that method itself is unjust."
Most local officials said they were unaware of the ban. But one provincial
council member, Amanullah Kamrani, confirmed it. Experts and religious
leaders called the ban a political move, saying the fatwa had come from
neighboring Pakistan.
A professor of Islamic Culture at Ghazni University, Munir, said: "The fatwa
came from religious scholars in Pakistan. They do not want Afghanistan to
increase trade with India."
chickens in Ghazni
GHAZNI CITY (PAN): The Taliban have banned frozen chicken sales in
several parts of southern Ghazni province on the grounds that the method
of slaughter is un-Islamic.
Abdul Fatah, a vendor of frozen chickens, said that consumers no longer
bought poultry products in some districts. "Shopkeepers and butchers who
had been buying from us were told by the fighters to stop because the
method of slaughter is un-Islamic."
The frozen chickens are imported from the United States, Brazil, China and
India. The Taliban say butchers in those countries do not follow Islamic
slaughtering practices.
The ban was imposed about 10 days ago in the Qarabagh district. Abdul
Fatah said the market has since been bad for his chickens in Qarabagh as
well as several other districts.
Another seller said on condition of anonymity that around eight people
bought frozen chickens from him but, after the Taliban warning, they
began to buy live chickens to slaughter themselves.
"Two armed motorcyclists approached me at home on Tuesday evening and
asked me to visit a village. When I got there, some other chicken sellers
were also there," he said.
He said the insurgents had told them in a local mosque that eating or
making money from frozen chickens was forbidden. He said frozen chickens
were affordable for most people.
They cost 110 afs apiece, whereas live chickens cost 150 afs. He saw a
further hike in prices of chickens.
A Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said he was unaware of the ban
on the sale of frozen chickens. He believed the decision might have been
made locally.
A Ghazni-based Taliban leader, Habibullah, said that in addition to being
slaughtered according to un-Islamic practices, the frozen chickens were
dipped in boiled water and then cleaned. "When those chickens are boiled,
waste comes out of their stomachs and that method itself is unjust."
Most local officials said they were unaware of the ban. But one provincial
council member, Amanullah Kamrani, confirmed it. Experts and religious
leaders called the ban a political move, saying the fatwa had come from
neighboring Pakistan.
A professor of Islamic Culture at Ghazni University, Munir, said: "The fatwa
came from religious scholars in Pakistan. They do not want Afghanistan to
increase trade with India."
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