Halal meat :Slaughtering the Halal way

Quatar: Slaughtering the Halal way
THE Shar’ee term of Halal slaughtering is Dhakat. Dhakat in Arabic
comes from the root idea of making something become good in smell
and taste, and making it complete. Dhakat thus means:
“to slaughter an animal in such a way as to make to smell and taste good,
because slaughtering releases the blood, enabling the meat to dry faster.”
(Al Qurtubi V6/P52). As an Islamic technical term, it means releasing
the blood of animals by means of a sharp object from a specific place
in a specific manner, doing it for the sake of Allah Alone,
and mentioning His Name over the animal...
Source: Gulf Times – Qatar’s top-selling English daily newspaper - Islam