A father-of-two who plastered stickers which said 'Halal is barbaric and funds terrorism ' on supermarket chicken has insisted he is an animal rights activist and not racist . Liam Edwards , 29 , walked into a Sainsbury 's store in Salford , Greater Manchester , with the # BanHalal stickers and stuck them on numerous packets of meat in the chilled goods aisle . He was stopped by security and , after police were called , officers searched his home and found cannabis and a letter addressed from the Beer and Bacon Company of Great Britain which made reference to an 'anti-Jihadi frog ' . Scroll down for video . Liam Edwards , 29 ( pictured outside court , right ) , walked into a Sainsbury 's store in Salford , Greater Manchester , and plastered the # BanHalal stickers on numerous packets of meat in the chilled goods aisle . The sticker which Edwards plastered on the supermarket chicken said : 'Halal is barbaric and funds terrorism . ' However , he has insisted he is an animal rights activist and that the incident was not racially-aggravated . Manchester Magistrates ' Court heard how there was also reference that he had browsed patriotsagainstIslam.co.uk on his home computer . Edwards , of Salford , admitted criminal damage in relation to the supermarket incident on February 18 and possession of cannabis . However , he denied that he was 'racially motivated ' when he carried out the attack on the supermarket chicken and will face trial in July over the charge . It emerged that £16.50 worth of chicken had to be destroyed as a result of his actions . At the court hearing today , it was said that he was simply drawing attention to the 'inhumane ' halal methods of animal slaughter , which involves slitting the animal 's throat to allow the blood to drain out . Holly Holden , prosecuting , said : 'The defendant has gone to the supermarket and placed stickers on packets of chicken saying 'halal is barbaric and funds terrorism ' . The chicken had to be destroyed because the stickers could not be removed . 'He says he wished to draw attention to the inhumane halal methods of animal slaughter and that was his motivation rather than racial prejudice . 'The point about animal cruelty could be expressed in a different way without the suggestion that halal and terrorism are linked . ' Edwards ( pictured outside Manchester Magistrates ' Court today ) admitted criminal damage in relation to the supermarket incident but denied that he was 'racially motivated ' . He also admitted possession of cannabis . Edwards plastered the stickers on meat , signs in the chilled goods aisle and even on supermarket trollies . Manchester Magistrates ' Court was told that Edwards was simply drawing attention to the 'inhumane ' halal methods of animal slaughter , which involves slitting the animal 's throat to allow the blood to drain out . Mike Cahill , defending , said Edwards was protesting against halal slaughter and the reference to terrorism in the stickers referred neither to race nor religion . He said : 'He uses the word terrorism but that ca n't denote race or indeed religion . ' Bailing him until a further hearing on July 23 , District Judge James Hatton added : 'You have pleaded guilty to some matters but not guilty to the racially-aggravated criminal damage . There will have to be a trial . ' Judge Hatton told Edwards that the conditions of his bail including not going near the Sainsbury 's supermarket in Salford . Halal involves cutting through arteries in the neck . HALAL . Halal slaughtering involves cutting through the large arteries in the neck with one swipe of a blade , while a Muslim butcher recites a religious verse . All blood is then drained away since the consumption of blood is forbidden under Islamic law . Under Islamic law , an animal must be slaughtered by having its throat cut while it is conscious . NON-HALAL . In comparison , the non-halal method involves taking animals to an abattoir where they are stunned before being killed . It means the animal is unconscious when it is killed and has an instantaneous death , as opposed to enduring what animal rights activists claim is drawn-out pain and suffering . Once the animal has been killed at the abattoir , it is removed and taken to be hung and butchered . Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article .
Liam Edwards , 29 , plastered # BanHalal stickers on chicken in Sainsbury 's . Round red and white stickers said : 'Halal is barbaric and funds terrorism ' Police later found cannabis at his home and letter referencing 'anti-Jihadi ' Edwards admitted criminal damage over chicken and possession of drug . But denies that he was 'racially motivated ' when he put stickers on meat . Father will now face trial for racially-aggravated criminal damage in July .