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The Hebrew term hallal (a) (a masculine noun which means “space” or “vacuum,” which the suffix [a] makes feminine) described the space of the absence of woman’s subjectivizing psychic space and the way language ignores her specificity.
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And in the US there are kosher restaurants and hallal restaurants – their certifications are given based on certain criteria.
Matthew Yglesias » War on Christmas Just Got More Fierce 2009
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And when that time comes - I may share the sport, and hallal* (* Ritual throat-cutting.) these Hindoo and foreign swine, with my lads?
Fiancée 2010
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Having to work through the dynamics of hallal killed meat, checking the other ingredients, sending the dog downstairs for the evening and so on was a great preparation for next semester.
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There were 20 people in line at the truck and 3 at the hallal cart across the street, if thats the trouble maker.
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A 2006 Washington Post article reports Baghdad Family Court Judge Salim al-Moussawi labeled divorce “the most despicable ‘hallal,’” meaning the worst thing permissible under Islam.
Tug of War: Iraq���s Divorce Rate Up Since Invasion Began 2008
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But, maybe being fed hallal meals to the point of being overweight, air-conditioned cells and given prayer rugs and Korans unsullied by contact with Infidel hands is the new definition of "torture" now?
You can't demonstrate here. This is the Supreme Court. Ann Althouse 2008
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It is reasonable to criticize Moslems for demanding that all public institutions accomodate their religious requirements such as providing only hallal meat.
Devil's meat - The proof Lionheart 2007
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* Both shechita (kosher slaughter) and dhabiĥa (hallal slaughter) involve cutting across the neck of the animal with a non-serrated blade in one clean attempt in order to sever the main vessels.
British Fast-Food 'sacrificed' to the devil Lionheart 2007
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A hallal butcher speaks the name of God before each killing.
British Fast-Food 'sacrificed' to the devil Lionheart 2007
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