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'''Kutha meat''' or '''Kuttha meat''' is the meat of an animal obtained through slow bleeding or religious sacrifice of animals. Abstaining from Kutha meat is one of the requirements for a Sikh to be an initiated ] or ] according to the ] (Sikh code of conduct).<ref>{{cite book|author=Opinderjit Kaur Takhar|title=Sikh Identity: An Exploration of Groups Among Sikhs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UaeoDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT39 |year=2016 |publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-351-90010-2|pages=38–39}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=Karen Pechilis|author2=Selva J. Raj|title=South Asian Religions: Tradition and Today|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kaubzRxh-U0C&pg=PA242 |year=2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-44851-2|page=242|quote=The Sikh Rahit Maryada forbids hair cutting, adultery, the use of intoxicants, and the eating of kutha meat, or meat of an animal or fowl slaughtered slowly.}}</ref>

Both the ] and the ] communities view slow methods of killing animals negatively and forbid adherents from consuming such meat. In Sikhism, there are three reasons for objection to Kutha meat: first being the belief that sacrificing an animal in the name of God is mere ritualism (something to be avoided); second being the belief that killing an animal with a slow bleeding method is inhumane, as it increases the suffering of the animal and is considered a sin as compared to the ], where the animal is killed in one stroke so as to avoid suffering; and finally as an opposition to the right of ruling Muslims to impose its practices on non-Muslims.<ref>{{cite book|last=Singha|first=Dr. H.S.|title=Sikhism: A Complete Introduction |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nRodBu9seiIC&pg=PA3|access-date=25 November 2010|edition=Paperback|series=Sikh Studies|volume= Book 7|date=30 May 2009|publisher=Hemkunt Press|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-7010-245-8|page=81|chapter=7 Sikh Traditions and Customs}}</ref>

==Description==

Kutha meat is any meat produced by slow bleeding or religious sacrifice of animals.<ref name="PechilisRaj2013">{{cite book|author=Pashaura Singh|editor=Karen Pechilis|editor2=Selva Raj|title=South Asian Religions: Tradition and Today |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kaubzRxh-U0C&pg=PA242 |year=2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-44851-2|page=242}}, Quote: "The Sikh Rahit Maryada forbids hair cutting, adultery, the use of intoxicants, and the eating of Kutha meat, that is Muslim halal meat, obtained through the slow bleeding or religious sacrifice of animals".</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Jamie S. Scott|title=The Religions of Canadians|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GbZJ2ZszYw8C&pg=PA320|year=2012|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-1-4426-0516-9|pages=320 }}</ref> Kutha meat doesn't include just ] or ] meat but also meat of an animal that is slaughtered by Hindus through ].<ref>{{cite news|author=Aditya Menon|title=Why Hindutva Outfits Are Calling for a Boycott of Halal Products|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/boycott-halal-products-hindutva-muslims-jhatka-meat|access-date=23 October 2021|work=The Quint|date=14 May 2020}}</ref> For a ] (baptised Sikh), eating Kutha meat is considered sinful.<ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite web|url=http://www.sgpc.net/rehat_maryada/section_six.html |title=Sikh Reht Maryada Section Six |author=Dharam Parchar Committee |date=July 1997 |publisher=Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandak Committee, Amritsar |pages=Article XXIV p |version=(in English and ]) |access-date=22 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020202081302/http://www.sgpc.net/rehat_maryada/section_six.html |archive-date= 2 February 2002 |url-status=dead }}</ref> These four sins are part of the Sikh Code of Conduct ('']'').<ref name="ReferenceB"/> These four transgressions (taboo practices) must be avoided:
# Dishonouring the hair
# Eating the meat of an animal slaughtered using Muslim '']'' or Jewish '']'' practices<ref>{{cite book|last1=Scott|first1=Jamie|title=The Religions of Canadians|date=2012|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-1-4426-0516-9|page=320}}</ref>
# Cohabiting with a person other than one's spouse
# Using tobacco

===Jhatka meat===
According to Singha, ''Kutha'' meat is forbidden in Sikhism as one of the ''kurahits'', although there is no clarity on encouraging or discouraging meat consumption in general. The rejection of ''Kutha'' meat was initiated by Sikh Gurus:<ref name=singha81/>

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According to the ancient Aryan Hindu tradition, only such meat as is obtained from an animal which is killed with one stroke of the weapon causing instantaneous death is fit for human consumption. However, with the coming of Islam into India and the Muslim political hegemony, it became a state policy not to permit slaughter of animals for food, in any other manner, except as laid down in the Quran – the kosher meat prepared by slowly severing the main blood artery of the throat of the animal while reciting verses from the Quran. It is done to make slaughter a sacrifice to God and to expiate the sins of the slaughter. Guru Gobind Singh took a rather serious view of this aspect of the whole matter. He, therefore, while permitting flesh to be taken as food repudiated the whole theory of this expiatory sacrifice and the right of ruling Muslims to impose it on the non-Muslims. Accordingly, he made ''jhatka'' meat obligatory for those Sikhs who may be interested in taking meat as a part of their food.|HS Singha|Sikhism, A Complete Introduction<ref name=singha81>{{cite book|author=Dr. H.S. Singha|title=Sikh Studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nRodBu9seiIC&pg=PA81|year=2005|publisher=Hemkunt Press|isbn=978-81-7010-245-8|pages=81–82}}</ref>}}

While ''jhatka'' meat is acceptable in Sikhism, not all sources of meat are generally acceptable. Sikhs normally avoid eating beef out of consideration for the feelings of Hindus<ref name="skrait">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hRfkTq1ykSIC&pg=PA62 | title=Sikh Women in England: Their Religious and Cultural Beliefs and Social Practices | publisher=Trentham Books | last=Rait | first=S.K. | year=2005 | pages=62 | isbn=9781858563534}}</ref> and also because the cow, the buffalo and the ox are an integral part of rural ] livelihoods.<ref>{{cite book|author=Arvind-Pal Singh Mandair|title=Sikhism: A Guide for the Perplexed |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vdhLAQAAQBAJ|year=2013|publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=978-1-4411-0231-7|pages=171–172}}</ref> Similarly, they avoid eating pork when they are in the company of Muslims. However, there is no religious prohibition about eating beef and pork.<ref name=skrait/>

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==External links==
* , Paramjit S. Judge and Manjit Kaur (2010)
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