Growing trend for halal meat

[SouthernFashionista]

I’m seeing this and it concerns me. I have noticed that Five Guys is now advertising that all its meat is halal and the restaurant in my workplace serves only halal meat. Who is pushing for this and why do the rest of us have no say? For what it’s worth, I am a Black woman, a practising Catholic with many Muslim friends and acquaintances. I don’t believe they are out there demanding halal meat everywhere they go.

I think it’s the lack of reverse tolerance. People are less likely to tolerate a population that do not tolerate them.

I am vegetarian and quite frankly glad. But why should they just serve halal meat? Why can't they just serve normal meat and make the Muslims eat it? Why should non muslims be forced to eat halal meat if it's the only option ?

I used to work for my local police forces catering team. Our chicken was halal and despite serving vast amounts of it over the years, funnily enough I've managed to evade arrest.

😂😂😂

I think its considered a rung above fast food. Bit like the difference between a chicken shack and Nandos.
(NB I havent been in Five Guys but my son used to go with his friends occasionally so it might have lost in translation a bit!)

Most organic meat is killed the same way as non organic. Also you can get organic halal meat.

There are loads of Muslim owned restaurants that serve alcohol. Turkish, Indian (mostly Bangladeshi owned) for example

You’re not tolerant either so why are you worried about others acting like you?

Halal meat is pre-stunned in the UK. The difference is animal welfare is negligable. Its just an excuse for racists to get angry

Because most restaurant kitchens are not set up to cater for both halal and non halal. It requires too much space and equipment.

McDonalds trialled it but couldn’t do it.

So restaurants need to assess their target demographic in each town to see what would be most profitable.

People who don’t want to eat Halal can go to one of the hundreds of 5 Guys that have non-Halal options.

Is this Zeus we are talking about?

I’m sitting here trying to work out which religion sends you to hell because the slaughterer was catching up with their daily decade of the rosary whilst working during Lent.

What a very odd god you worship.

I'm a vegetarian; largely because I could never work in a slaughterhouse. And I shouldn't live in a way that requires other people to do things I would find unbearable.

However, at least, all farm animals killed for food in the UK, MUST be stunned first. But, shockingly, the UK exempts halal and kosher slaughter from this requirement.

Animals will take some time to lose consciousness and die after their throat is cut. They will be very frightened during the process, and in terrible pain.

'Not stunning' is not a religious absolute, Muslim clerics views vary. So the large majority of halal meat in the UK is already produced by stunning the animal first (around 88%). So, why not all?

The UK Government post-Brexit, has had the option to remove the exception for halal and kosher slaughter, required under EU Legislation (2013) addressing Animal Welfare.

If I were Starmer I would remove this religious exemption. Currently he (and Labour) have zero hope of winning the next election. In some ways this must be very freeing.

Our PM's dropped the figurative souffle, and it's not just sunken, but all over the floor. So, I hope the Digital ID Cards proposal and murmurings on banning Cousin Marriage mean he will just now do what he believes is right.

I do hope so!

What's wrong with vegan or vegetarian food production? Halal is cruelty to animals.

Non halal slaughter is not exactly pleasant! There’s not much difference. I eat organic local farm meat only . Non halal supermarket meat transport and slaughter is hideous. But I suspect most are not bothered.

That's true actually. But I don't think they should have too!

I presume by the way you talk about hell and your god being a 'flood the earth' type that you are Christian, and therefore understand that the Jewish god, Christian god and Muslim god are one and the same?

Take that up with Five Guys - an American owned business.

Tell them you think every single food establishment in the UK should sell pork and alcohol no exceptions….

88% of halal meat is stunned.

And if they don't want to support a firm that commits unnecessary cruelty to animals, they boycott 5 Guys. It's the firm, not the individual branch, that makes these decisions.

May the Flying Spaghetti monster strike you down heathen!!!

I worked for 20 years in a school with 100% Muslim pupils and I didn't feel remotely untolerated.

They were quite excited when the World Cup came round and we could watch the football instead of maths and many had England shirts.

They wanted their kids to get qualifications and good jobs/university places/ a nice 3-bed semi in East Ham or Ilford.

My experience doesnt remotely chome with your perception of Muslims in the UK.

You do know Allah is the same God as yours don't you ?

The other 12% isn't. Obviously.

That too.

I just don’t see why people are whining that a company offers Halal in three branches.