Saturday, October 13, 2007

Self-service goat slaughterhouse gains Muslim customers

Very interesting. A midwest farmer hosts Muslims killing their own goats.
FROM MIAMICOUNTRYLIFE.COM:
Self-service goat slaughterhouse gains Muslim customers
By TIM EVANS
The Indianapolis Star
HAZELWOOD, Ind. - The sun is just beginning to peek over the horizon, but a crowd has already gathered at Tom Prince's farm.
It's an international group; a half-dozen languages echo in Prince's metal-sided barn as a man kneels over a bleating goat and says a brief Muslim prayer, then cuts the animal's throat with a swift slash using a long, sharp knife.
It's hard to imagine a more unlikely scene - in Indiana or just about anywhere else in the U.S. - than the early morning gatherings that take place here.
Since 1999, Prince has operated a self-service slaughterhouse 20 miles west of Indianapolis, specializing in providing goat meat to the area's growing international community.
His card reads ‘‘You Buy - You Kill - You Dress - You Take Home,'' and business is booming.
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