[Josy]

Originally Posted by Z

I really don't get the big deal - the UK's Muslim population has exploded over the last century, it's a compromise of accommodating your customer base and just generally being more tolerant to do something like this, I don't really see how it's a bad thing. There's no difference in taste or quality, it's just to do with the way the animal is slaughtered - nobody thinks about where the toppings on their pizza came from before they started eating it: if they did, they probably wouldn't have meat on a pizza. That's probably why it's been kept quiet. People don't really know what halal means, and if they bothered to find out, they'd inevitably start thinking about animal slaughter and probably not want to eat it - which would be the case if they thought about how animals were slaughtered anyway.

Originally Posted by armand.kay

I love how people never cared about how their meat was killed but once they see 'halal' all hell breaks loose.

Originally Posted by Jessica‪

Why is this even in the news? The animal is going to die either way, if they slaughter then the halal way then more people will be able to eat it than if they don't. It seems like a fair business move, if people cared so strongly about not eating halal then they would ask before ordering their food.

For most people it's not the meat or the way the animal that's slaughtered that's a 'big deal' it's the principle of them not being told..as consumers paying their money for a product they are entitled to know exactly what that product is.

And Jessica why would they need to ask about the meat whilst ordering food? they are paying for a product and that product should be properly labelled.

Salman - I know it's not exactly the same but some people disagree with the way the animal is slaughtered with Halal meat, does it make them less important because that's a preference and not a religious opinion?