The prescribedIslamicmethod of ritualslaughter of animals to produce halalmeat, consisting of a swift, deep incision with a sharp knife on the throat, cutting the jugular veins and carotid arteries of both sides but leaving the spinal cord intact.
Origin
From Arabic ذَبِيحَة ("slaughtered animal").
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