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In order to meet Halal requirements, a suitable animal must have its throat cut with a knife and all of its blood drained, while the slaughterman invokes the Muslim [[prayer]] "Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim" (an [[Arabic]] phrase for "By the name of God, The Most Compassionate, The Most Merciful").
 
In order to meet Halal requirements, a suitable animal must have its throat cut with a knife and all of its blood drained, while the slaughterman invokes the Muslim [[prayer]] "Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim" (an [[Arabic]] phrase for "By the name of God, The Most Compassionate, The Most Merciful").
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Muslims claim that the Halal method is the quickest method to put an animal out of its misery; however many people have questioned whether shackling a conscious mammal (or hanging it) and then cutting the throat (not always with a sharp knife), is indeed a painless way of killing an animal.
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Since this is a religious practice, the [[American Veterinary Medical Association]] (AVMA) cannot oppose this practice. 
      
==Halal rules==
 
==Halal rules==
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