After a semi extensive research (couple of years ago, so details might be outdated) I gathered the following information:
- Muslim meal on most airlines that are not based in a Muslim county doesn’t satisfy the definition of some Muslim schools requirements, specifically the requirement of meat to be slaughtered and not shot in the head then slaughtered (sometimes called Halal or Zabeeha). It is simply a meal that does not contain pork.
- I used to advice my clients who request Muslim meal, and follow that school to either order Kosher (Kosher rules are more strict when it comes to slaughtering, Muslims eat it too) or simply go with sea food.
- Some clients gave me some negative feedback about Kosher meal on Air Canada in terms of the quality of the meal.
- If you are following the school that permits eating from meat that is shot then slaughtered, then you need to be careful when departing from countries where the meat is not necessarily slaughtered at all or is slaughtered by non-Christian or non-Jew (e.g. China, Japan etc)
- Singapore Air pays extra attention to Muslim and Hindu meals, according to the information I gathered Muslim meal actually comes from a Halal source.