You (local politicians) are going to scream 'discrimination' against non-Muslim customers because a burger joint decides to use turkey instead of bacon?
I dont think anybody'd say a thing. you dont have to go more than 10 feet before you're at another fast food joint. Houston actually has a large enough Muslim community where even chain restaurants in certain neighborhoods serve halal food. I certainly wouldnt complain, as Halal works a lot like Kashrut: Because there is a higher standard of quality control you generally get much tastier meats. So in that sense you CAN tell when its a Halal burger because you are getting real beef in your patty rather than a beef-like substance consisting of ground up cow genitalia. and this is a problem how?
Interestingly enough there are similar issues in Israel due to the fact that there are certain populations and communities who will only eat at certified Kosher restaurants. In order to get that certification you have to conform to certain policies in the kitchen, serve kosher certified food products, and of course you can't be open on the sabbath. It gets to be a tricky issue business wise when on principle a restaurant owner wants to stay open on weekends and not be a slave to what they see as an orthodox power base's extortionist demands. But when you make that call you essentially narrow your customer base by excluding a whole group of people who cannot eat there due to the dietary restrictions of their religious beliefs. Seculars, on the other hand, can just as easily eat at a Kosher restaurant as a non-kosher one. Those people without the Kashrut stamp basically cannot do business in orthodox neighborhoods because nobody in those neighborhoods will eat there
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I am a Sydney girl.
... Apparently we will crack one another up.
His words.
;)
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Plural suggested I grab you.
Apparently you are in Sydney. I am a Sydney girl.
He said we will crack one another up.
... LJ is apparently out to get me today.
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Plural suggested the same to me. I'll drop you an email. =]
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