OUTRAGE! As Sainsbury's and Asda refuse to stock Christian Easter eggs!
 

But they will sell halal ones


http://ukheadlines.info/outrage-as-s...ell-halal-ones

Spoiler: pretty much all Easter eggs are halal

Asda and Sainsbury's know where it's at, we're paying for chocolate not fanfiction.

Christians need to stop ruining easter for everybody else tbh

Yeah I'd like to know exactly where in the Bible Jesus and his disciples sit down to enjoy a nice traditional Easter egg

Is it April fools day again?... :/

what on earth are you talking about, I don't ruin Easter for anyone, if my message of be kind, be nice, be loving ruins your Easter then so be it.

Oh right.

But Muslim's wouldnt celebrate Easter?

I'd say neither do the majority of people who buy easter eggs, if we're talking about the religious side of it.

I get that but Muslims usually move away from everything to do with other religious holidays and eggs fall under that

"Muslims need to integrate themselves more into our society!"
"Okay then, we'll buy Easter eggs"
"No, not like that"

:think:

Who said Muslims need to integrate themselves in this thread? Musta missed it

Did I say that anyone had said that in this thread?

no, but I don't understand why you had to bring it up in this thread?

And I don't understand what relevance the fact that supermarkets stock halal Easter eggs has to do with this story, but there we go!

Rabbits and eggs are ancient Pagan symbols of new life in the spring but the tradition was nicked off the Christians and used as the resurrection of Christ.

I'd buy a Pagan egg but I'm not going to support a Christian Easter.

I don't understand why they can't stock Halal eggs and Christian themed eggs. It is things like this that causes bad feeling amongst different cultures. How are we ever meant to be able to get along side by side with brothers and sisters of other cultures while acts such as this tries to cause animosity. I doubt many muslim people would be offended if Christian Easter eggs are stocked. We have a halal meat counter in our local supermarket and that doesn't bother me, I understand it's muslim faith to eat halal, so both is stocked, halal and non halal. Fair wouldn't you say?

They probably chose to sell the ones kids want to eat tbf What kid is going to ask for a Bible Easter Egg :laugh:

I wasn't actually expecting this debate to start but Sainsbury's stated that they work off a supply and demand policy and not enough people bought the Christian eggs last year.

Asda hasn't commented.

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The fact some chocolate eggs are edible to Muslims has zero relevance to them not stocking a religious Christian one. People acting like they've chosen to stock eggs with Qurans inside instead :facepalm:

Exactly, that's perfectly logical, kids want Mars or Malteaser eggs not Jesus ones :laugh:

but some did so why can't they stock those too? They don't have to buy shed loads but at least let the people who still believe feel that they are just as important as those that don't. There are still some good Christian people around.

........worse thing is producers getting away with hollow eggs

.......consumers deserve solid choc............'n loads of it

Mark L

Don't be silly, I don't think Qurans are inside the eggs for goodness sakes :facepalm: My point is why not stock both.

Someone already posted the reason is because the sales aren't good enough.

From my (not extensive, I'll admit) knowledge, halal Easter eggs are just regular Easter eggs minus a few preservatives and possibly gelatin, so I don't see a huge difference between a non-Muslim buying a halal Easter egg - which, again, is just a regularly-branded egg with a small sticker on the back, it's not as if they're made by the Muslim Chocolate Company or something - and, say, a non-vegetarian buying a vegetarian product. Sure, there's a religious aspect to it, but at the end of the day it's a minor dietary requirement and that's it.

The Christian Easter egg thing is another matter entirely, as they've been specifically branded to appeal to Christians for no necessity other than wanting kids to know the Easter story. And if they're not selling enough, then why stock them? There are plenty of other ways of teaching kids about Easter...

But plenty cater for a minority in this country wanting halal meat which goes against our policies in cruelty to animals, so let's face it that excuse is a load of old tosh.

If people are that bothered about their kids learning about Christianity they'd go out and buy them a bible for Easter not rely on a chocolate egg. I don't normally get all SJW in these type of debates but this is a case of blaming Muslims for something that isn't there fault if ever I've seen it.

Again, since most Easter eggs are halal, I'd be willing to wager that the majority of people who buy them either have no idea or don't care

Exactly, it isn't a like for like comparison

Kosher meat too?

Really confuses me how people get so up in arms over bloody chocolate eggs and what it says on the packaging. There are more important things in life to worry about.

You know it's nothing to do with eggs really

It literally is though but Christians / old people / racists are all determined to find a deeper meaning and conspiracy about it for some reason

no one is blaming muslims for anything omg, I'm blaming the supermarkets for taking Christian Easter Eggs out of the supermarkets. Easter is about the Christian religion, if they don't want 'Easter' eggs anymore then don't make it a public holiday and just be done with it. What is the matter with everyone why are so many people hell bent on ridiculing Christian people for their beliefs yet don't ridicule any other cultural beliefs. I am a good, Christian person with a good heart who just wishes everyone could get along but as long as people are making it just one sided that is never going to work. It upsets me that the world is trying to make me feel bad for being a Christian. As I said earlier, they could stock both, I am sure a batch of Christian easter eggs would get taken off the shelves. Doesn't have to be shed loads, just give us a choice. Diversity is supposed to be also about choice, by taking christian eggs off the shelves they have taken my choice away.

NM's made a large leap of logic here, the Christian Egg isn't stocked because it won't sell well, why waste shelf space on a religious Easter Egg which most people won't care for when you can go for a branded Easter Egg which is more likely to fly off the shelves? You don't want leftover stock that you can't shift and eventually will have to throw away.

'Halal' chocolate (lol) is basically the same thing as vegetarian chocolate so are they also to blame? Because there's as much evidence to suggest that they are responsible for the Christian Easter Egg being rejected by shops as Muslims are.

Eggs have been associated with the Christian festival of Easter for god knows how long, which celebrates the death and resurrection of Christ
The egg has long been a symbol of 'fertility', 'rebirth' and 'the beginning'.

Theres no need to take it personally. The 'Christian eggs' were barely profitable, and the supermarkets decided to stock up on the popular brands, that happened to be halal.
It has nothing to do with Christians, it has nothing to do with Muslims. They are a business that want to make a larger profit off the public holidays, and it is as simple as that.