[Coach]

Zelda,
I don't see what the fuss is about. Muslims say "In the name of Allah The Most Beneficient The Most Merciful" before commencing anything, including slaughter. This doesn't mean make the meat a "sacrifice" per se. Muslims are also allowed to eat meat slaughtered "by people of the Book", Christians and Jews.

Muslims in the west abstain from eating meat from non-halaal butchers because the westerners are mostly agnostics and very few consider themselves Christians. Surveys done in France (and many other European nations) show that more than a half of the population don't believe there is a God.