qurbani in palestine

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  1. Wadood

    Wadood Veteran

    this article does not represent Pakistan.
     
  2. snaqshi

    snaqshi Active Member

    بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

    I have recently spoken with a few relatives in Pakistan, the price of sheep and cattle has gone through the roof due to 2 main reasons:
    (1) Qurbani time - price goes up 1 month before qurbani at the cattle markets every year
    (2) due to localized flooding in kashmir and punjab they have experienced a "double whammy".

    I portion (hissa) is about £60 full cow around £420


    I do not want to cause any fitna, but an issue related to this i would like clarification on if any knowledge brother or sister would help out i would really appreciate it, my question is this:

    "I have heard from ulema that when it comes to giving qurbaani that it is imperative that the animal is healthy (100% fit and healthy) and that blood of the animal must be split, slaughter in the correct an humane way and the meat distributed in 3 parts (yourself, family close relatives then your naughbours etc), I have seen many TV stations in the mast week advertising qurbani's at very cheep rates and also Mudarsahs advertising for qurbaani's, how does that work from a fiqh perspective?
     
  3. sherkhan

    sherkhan Veteran

    An article on Qurbani ('costlier than a car') in Pakistan and another on India-imported animals. Again, demand and supply skew the price.
     
  4. Wadood

    Wadood Veteran

    I have been in contact with friends in Bayt Sahour and Bayt Lahm, who are well middle class Christian Palestinians of Greek Orthodox background and they have been telling me about bread prices. Everything is very expensive in Palestine. It is crazy. Not just Gaza. Israel is expensive too, and so are Jordan and Lebanon. Syria wasn't cheap either.

    The Gulf countries ( Saudi for example) and Egypt are far cheaper than the levant, where a bag of Zaatar can cost like 5 dananeer and a set of 4 plastic mini containers can cost 6 dananeer!! Outrageous. Its like they don't know about pricing. Living in Jordan is very expensive. Beirut, don't even ask. Meat is a speciality.

    The only meat that was reasonable in price was down in Aqaba, where a shawarma cost 1 dinar, probably due to cheap Saudi meat bought by the Bedouins from across the border.

    Food in the UK is relatively cheaper
     
  5. sherkhan

    sherkhan Veteran

    Only lifeline of supply is/was probably through smuggling tunnel routes from Egypt (I understand even cattle is smuggled or used to be smuggled through tunnels). You can call that an indirect Israeli tax. That could explain the high cost in Palestine.
     
  6. Aqdas

    Aqdas Staff Member

    so it's not to do with Israeli taxes?
     
  7. sherkhan

    sherkhan Veteran

    Simple demand-supply forces at work. India has the largest cattle herd population in the world. Some degree of vegetarianism and aversion to beef makes the meat/qurbani so cheap (probably cheaper than that in even some african countries). I can imagine Palestine not having a sizeable cattle supply in domestic market.

    This recent article shows how India is turning into the largest beef exporter in the world.
     
  8. Aqdas

    Aqdas Staff Member

    it's qurbani/sacrifice/uD'Hiyah season and I looked at a few prices. india is very cheap relatively (circa £35) but I was amazed at Palestine which was £250 approx. for only one share.

    is this how much our brothers is Palestine have to pay if they want meat?!
     
    Last edited: Sep 18, 2014

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