The Ruling on Eating Meat in European Countries

Question:
A questioner asks: What is the ruling on eating meat in some European countries, such as Britain, given that the person resides there for a long period, which may reach five years, for the purpose of studying? And what is the ruling if that person hears from some trustworthy sources that the slaughter is performed by electric stunning, having seen it with his own eyes? And what is the ruling if the person is unable to eat anything else?

Answer:
What is known is that the students there are residents who have specific slaughterhouses and abattoirs, or they deal with Muslims in Islamic communities that have specific slaughterhouses. So he can ask the Muslims there or the Islamic centers, and they will, if Allah wills, guide him to permissible meat. It is rare for a country there to be without Muslims, either as communities or as Islamic centers. So he asks the Muslims there and acts as they do.