What is the ruling on eating meat (other than pork) from Thai and Chinese restaurants in Sweden, knowing that the workers are not People of the Book, and does this meat take the ruling of the food of the People of the Book, or is it forbidden because the restaurants and workers are not People of the Book?

The permissibility of meat depends on the slaughterer and the slaughtered animal, not on the restaurant's location or its staff. If it is not confirmed or highly probable that the slaughterer is Muslim or a person of the Book, then one must consider the predominant inhabitants of the country. If they are people of the Book and they slaughter, then it is permissible to eat. However, if there is doubt, or if those whose slaughter is permissible are not the majority, or if the Islamic slaughtering method is not observed, then it is not permissible to eat. This is because the default ruling for meats is prohibition, in accordance with the principle: "The default ruling for intimate relations, meats, lives, and the properties of the protected is their prohibition until permissibility is established." This is supported by the agreed-upon Hadith of Adi, and the statement of Ibn Al-Qayyim that "the default ruling for slaughtered animals is prohibition."