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Here we go again: More crazy from the fundies

Published on Right Wing Watch (http://www.rightwingwatch.org)

Religious Right Brings Back the Halal Meat Panic


By Brian

Created Jan 28 2011 - 8:18am

Last October a group of Anti-Muslim activists led by Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer protested [1] Campbell’s for making Halal soups in Canada, calling on followers to boycott the company. Halal foods are made according to Islamic dietary laws, much like Kosher foods are made according to Jewish dietary laws. Geller accused [2] Campbell’s of doing the “bidding” of the Muslim Brotherhood and said that “Warhol is spinning in his grave.”

WorldNetDaily believes it’s time for another right-wing panic [3] over “creeping Sharia law” in supermarkets and restaurants, and Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association is happy to help. Fischer warns against eating the food of “the demon God-Allah” and lends his support to a messianic Jewish leader’s campaign [4] against all foods Halal:


Are you eating food sacrificed to idols?
American pastor sounds alarm on supermarkets, restaurants

When you bite into a delicious pizza, succulent sandwich or luscious lamb chops, are you possibly eating food that has been sacrificed to idols? An outspoken American pastor says yes, and he's sounding the alarm for Christians to be aware of the Islamic influence he calls "backdoor Shariah" now nibbling its way across the fruited plain.

At issue, says Mark Biltz of El Shaddai Ministries in Bonney Lake, Wash., is eating food that's "halal," in other words "lawful" or "permitted" for the Muslim diet.
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"This is coming to a store near you. This is all over," says Biltz, who is especially concerned about restaurants serving halal meats.

"At a restaurant, you're not going to know [if the food is halal] unless you ask," he said. "I think we need to be aware of these things because they don't want Christians to know because they just want to sell it and get it out there. ... A lot of people don't want you to know it's going all over the world. Christians are upset as they're finding out about this because Christians are saying, 'How come you didn't tell me?

Pastor Biltz is not the only one raising concerns.: Bryan Fischer, director of issue analysis for government and public policy at the American Family Association, said Americans need to look at what's been taking place in Britain when it comes to the expansion of Islamic food standards.

"Folks in hospitals, schools, and pubs across the U.K. have been eating food that has first been blessed in the name of the demon-God Allah but know nothing about it," Fischer wrote in a column last fall.

"So Christians in the U.K. have been eating meat over which Islamic rituals have been pronounced, and most of the lamb sold there has had an Islamic prayer said over it at the point of slaughter. ... The prayer? 'Bismillah Allah-hu-Akbar,' which means 'In the name of Allah, who is the greatest.' Some chicken butchers in the U.K. slaughter chickens using an automatic circular saw while a tape recorder intones the Islamic prayer. I kid you not."
Oh, well, I'm so glad you perfectly f&*^ng SERIOUS about something this batshit crazy..... *facepalm*

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[identity profile] virginia-fell.livejournal.com 2011-01-28 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, wow.

[identity profile] doctoreon.livejournal.com 2011-01-28 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
The demon-God part is cracking me up. You're talking about your own God, sir!

[identity profile] cyranothe2nd.livejournal.com 2011-01-29 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
Jesus, not this shit again...

[identity profile] fancyfancypants.livejournal.com 2011-01-29 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not really sure whether to laugh or cry.

Eh both sound good.

Be careful what you eat! You might turn spontaneously Muslim! Just like rubbing elbows with homosexuals makes you gay!

[identity profile] celtickittenmew.livejournal.com 2011-01-29 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I believe that they would have a very hard time rounding up every blessed cow, chicken, pig, lamb, goat, bi-product, fruit, veggie, grain, nut, junk food, juice, coffee, tea, and bottle of water in the country in order to Christianize or "protect" it from the evils of other religions' dietary restrictions. Still...sheesh. Maybe Pagans should start claiming Twinkies. What do you think? **giggle**

huh?

[identity profile] cernowain.livejournal.com 2011-01-30 04:07 pm (UTC)(link)
What's freaking hilarious is that if the good pastor read his New Testament, he'd find that the Apostle Paul personally believed that the eating of meat sacrificed in other temples was not wrong (I Cor 8). Paul said it was only wrong for those "weak" in their faith. Ha!

[identity profile] hope-guides-me.livejournal.com 2011-01-31 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
This... boggles the mind.

If I were to say a Christian prayer over a chicken as I kill it then take that chicken and bake it and feed it to you...

WHAT DOES IT MATTER? It's not like you're going to be infected with that Christian prayer because you ate it?

If other religions believe that food has to be processed a certain way before they can eat it, let them believe that... and for freak's sake, let someone process the food that way so that they have food that they can eat. It doesn't affect you unless you believe what they believe. It's just food.

We pray over our food before we eat. We do it whether we are dining with fellow Christians or not. I really don't see the issue. I wouldn't put up a stink if I was dining with someone from another religion and they did the same.

Isn't that BASICALLY the same thing?

IDK. I think I'm far too annoyed over something this stupid.

LOVE ONE ANOTHER, PEOPLE! It's not that difficult.
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