Pupils must not be forced to eat halal Church tells schools

From The Daily Mail:

By Jonathan Petre
Last updated at 10:02 PM on 12th February 2011

The Church of England has told its schools to ensure they are serving non-halal food after concerns that a number are only providing meat slaughtered according to Islamic law.

The official guidance was issued after Church members complained that the use of halal meat was effectively ‘spreading sharia law’ across Britain.

The Church’s financial arm has also come under pressure to withdraw its investments – worth millions of pounds – in supermarkets that do not clearly label halal food.
Halal meat: The Church of England is unhappy that not all supermarkets clearly label meat slaughtered under Islamic lawHalal meat: The Church of England is unhappy that not all supermarkets clearly label meat slaughtered under Islamic law

The moves follow disclosures by The Mail on Sunday last year that halal products were widespread in schools, hospitals, pubs and sporting venues but members of the public were not informed.

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More than 10,000 Christians, many of whom have reservations about eating meat from animals that are bled to death while an Islamic prayer is recited, have signed a petition calling for proper labelling.

Animal rights campaigners have also expressed anger because animals are often not stunned before their throats are cut with a sharp knife.
Concern: A organisation established by Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has called for clearer labelling of halal meatConcern: A organisation established by Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has called for clearer labelling of halal meat

Alison Ruoff, a long-standing member of the Church’s ‘parliament’, the General Synod, said: ‘The Church is only just waking up to this. We have been pathetic and mealy-mouthed but we should be really concerned about this.

‘There is a lot of fear about upsetting Muslims but as a Christian you have to stand up for Christian values. Because we are unwittingly eating halal meat, we are spreading the practice of sharia law.’

An influential official body representing both Muslim and Christian leaders also said non-Muslims should not be compelled to eat halal meat.

The Christian Muslim Forum, set up by Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams four years ago, said there were concerns about ‘some public authorities which provide only halal products in schools and other institutions’.

It said in a statement: ‘We urge all food outlets, catering organisations and public authorities to label halal food properly, for the benefit of both non-Muslim and Muslim consumers.’

John Pritchard, the Bishop of Oxford and chair of the Board of Education, which runs more than 4,000 Church schools, told the General Synod in London last week that guidance had been sent across the country. The guidance said if halal meat was served in schools it should not be the only option and suppliers should be changed.
Halal meat outrage
Mrs Ruoff has challenged the Church Commissioners, who manage the Church’s £4 billion assets, to sell its shares in supermarkets that did not clearly label halal food.

The Rev Patrick Sookhdeo, an Anglican cleric who runs the international Barnabas Fund charity for Christians facing persecution, said some extremist Muslims viewed the growing  use of halal food as part of their efforts to ‘impose’ sharia law on the West.
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5 Replies to “Pupils must not be forced to eat halal Church tells schools”

  1. Things are starting to move, more and more people are waking up and forcing their Churches to make a stand. Expect more of this in the future.

  2. There has been an explosion of halal food carts all over new york in the last few years. It is probably just business but the proliferation is beyond anything anyone has seen before and a lot of people have voiced puzzlement over the phenomenon.

    It has been reported in the press that they engage in agressive and sleazy tactics to steal the spots of non halal carts and put them out of business.

    A restraunteur complained to me once that it was increadibly hard for his resturant to get official status as kosher yet all a halal cart has to do is is put up a sign.

    I wonder how many westerners would want to eat that food if they knew they were eating an animal sacrafice?

    And I wonder how many middle east muslims would eat halal if they knew muhammad started it in order to make Jews happy?

  3. The Moslems will do everything they can to take over the west, and will then make second class citizens of the westerners.

  4. Again and again, I’m forced to state the obvious: Halal equals sharia law.

    Nothing else could be clearer to Muslims living in the west.

    Nothing could be less obvious to those libtards who are so PC that they can’t see when their ethics and values are being undermined due to multiculturalism and accepting that which should not be accepted.

    May the west prevail.