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| Mums condemn school's halal meat decision |
| 2008-01-05 |
| Mums have criticised an Oxford school for serving halal meat in children's lunches without their knowledge. Parents of pupils at Rose Hill Primary School, in The Oval, were angered by a letter they received from headmistress Sue Mortimer. It informed them the halal meat, which involves slaughtering animals in a special way for consumption by Muslims, had been used in all school meals as part of the school's inclusion policy. The letter said the reason for the decision was that since halal meat was not forbidden by any religion or culture, its use would allow everyone to choose a meat dish for lunch. But parents had not been consulted and said they were upset by news the school had become the first primary in the county to ask caterers for all meat dishes to be halal, for a trial period. Lyndsy Johnson, whose five-year-old son Dane Lovattattends the school, said: "I am angry that the headmistress seems to think she can do anything she wants without informing parents. "Our kids do not know what they are eating now. We have got rights as well as everybody else." Miss Johnson, from Radford Close, said she was planning, along with another mum, to stand outside the school gates to collect signatures for a petition. Mum-of-three Sharon Haynes, 35, from Radford Close, said: "Why should we let our kids eat halal meat?" Mum Maria O'Callaghan, from Jerseycorr Road, said: "I don't agree with the way the animals are killed for halal meat." Mrs Mortimer was unavailable for comment. However, Raghib Ali, one of the founders of the Oxford Islam and Muslim Awareness Project, said: "The meat looks the same and tastes the same. It's just a different way the animals are reared and killed. It's not cruel - it's better for the animal." However, Dr Taj Hargey chairman of the Muslim Educational Centre of Oxford, believed the school was at fault for not telling parents about the change. An Oxfordshire County Council spokesman said three other schools in Oxford offered halal chicken up to once a week, and two more schools had requested halal meat, but had not started serving it.Another school was consulting parents over whether to offer a fully halal menu, the county council said. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #14 How stupid. Nobody would have objected if they had simply made halal seletions available. But instead she wants the long time residents to change their habits for the new-comers. These types of dhimmis create a backlash against immigrants, rather than helping them to integrate. The question I'd be asking is how much more are the taxpayer's paying for the halal meats, which she claims looks and tastes the same. Quite a bit more, I'm sure. |
| Posted by: Whomong Guelph4611 2008-01-05 17:49 |
| #13 Add to above - with a rasher of bacon in their laps... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2008-01-05 17:27 |
| #12 They don't like the animals shocked during slaughter That's the main reason I prefer to see all hajis fried in the electric chair for jihadi activities... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2008-01-05 17:26 |
| #11 I wonder if headmistress Sue Mortimer is draped in a proper burkka so as not to offend her muzzies students? Or is it the lefty creed of 'one set of rules for thee and another set of rules for me'? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-01-05 17:04 |
| #10 ask Daniel Pearl how much he appreciated the "not cruel" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-01-05 16:12 |
| #9 It's just a different way the animals are reared and killed. It's not cruel - it's better for the animal." I have been on a halal kill floor. I'm no Dr Doolittle, but the animals didn't seem to be enjoying the process. |
| Posted by: Capsu78 2008-01-05 15:23 |
| #8 I( like freedom from religion/freedom of religion. It's not the schools place to be catering to religion. If the moon cult doesn't like it to bad. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2008-01-05 15:09 |
| #7 Found this on of all things a PETA site. I'm not familiar with the specific "rules" of Islam regarding Halal meat, but theoretically, it's impossible to drain all the blood from an animal or cut of meat, regardless of the mode of death. Also the meat can't have hormons but basically they don't like the animals shocked during the slaughter. But back to the Oxford topic. If some chicken shite pulled something like this at my kid's school I'd get them fired. Why should my kids have the restrictions of a murderous cult's diet forced upon them!? By the way how many planes do they have to fly into the herd to make sure the cattle are murdered for allah? |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2008-01-05 14:08 |
| #6 Castanet thing??? LOL! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-01-05 14:02 |
| #5 I prefer to not use IED's to slaughter my chickens. |
| Posted by: www 2008-01-05 13:12 |
| #4 Demand the removal of idiot Mortimer now. |
| Posted by: Woozle Elmeter 2907 2008-01-05 09:03 |
| #3 Just another stupid and savage practice that wobbleheaded liberal elites like to call "quaint" cultural differences to which we should all bow. Screw 'em... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2008-01-05 08:50 |
| #2 Most commercial chicken processors can't slow down their production line for the traditional Muslim slaughter. Solution is simple... they play a tape of the Muslim prayer in the background as the chickens are dispatched in the normal way. They then label the chicken as 'halal'. Many observant Muslims will only buy 'halal' products that they are certain were slaughtered using the traditional (and slow) method. |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-01-05 08:21 |
| #1 I personally want the pig to go down screaming after the steam dip. It's my way. Also is there anything better than watching blue-crabs boiled alive? I love the castanet thing they do. |
| Posted by: Thomas Woof 2008-01-05 08:14 |