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Ahmad Karaouni operates Nature's Bounty, a USDA-certified halal slaughterhouse in Vacaville, California, where he offers grass-fed and grass-finished animals that remain free of hormones and antibiotics. Karaouni's commitment to sustainable slaughter places him in conversation w…

This thesis project focuses on the concept of halal (the category of permissible things according to Islam) as a concept important to understanding contemporary Islam. It is constructed around two questions: first, what is the concept of halal as used in the halal industry and h…