Maryland Farms Cater To Muslim Immigrants For Slaughter of Goats

Today's Washington Post reports on the booming business-- especially before Ramadan and other feasts-- of farmers in Maryland who sells goats to Muslim immigrants who want to slaughter them in accordance with their own Halal traditions. The federal Meat Inspection Act permits this, so long as the customer buys the animal alive and slaughters it without help from the farmer. Many customers buy a goat and instead of slaughtering it on the farm, take it home for slaughter in their bathtub or garage. However some new modern slaughter houses also cater to Muslims wishing to kill their own animals.