Leftist city council members are eagerly helping Hamas-linked CAIR attain this goal. Yet “there are other students in the New York City public schools who have religious dietary requirements. That would be Jewish observant children. The New York City public schools don’t offer kosher lunches and to date, no Jewish groups have marched themselves into the New York City council chambers demanding that there be a kosher food option.” That’s interesting. Why the difference? Could it be that one group has an agenda that the other doesn’t — an agenda that is aggressive and ultimately supremacist? Naaah, that couldn’t be it!
“Muslims Want Halal Food in NYC Schools – Kosher Not Option,” by Lori Lowenthal Marcus for the Jewish Press, March 27:
Proposed legislation was introduced into New York City Council to require that the city’s public schools provide Islamic-compliant food – halal – as an option in the cafeterias. The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) joined forces with council member Rafael L. Espinal, Jr. (Brooklyn) to support Resolution 54 at a press conference on the steps of New York City Hall on Wednesday, March 26.
Fourteen other city councilmembers co-sponsored Espinal’s Resolution.
The Resolution goes into explicit detail about what Islamic-observant students are permitted to eat and what they must avoid eating, as well as stating who made those determinations. To wit:
Whereas, The practice of Islam is determined by the Islamic teachings as guided by the holy book Quran and the Hadith, and sayings of the Prophet Mohammad, which includes observing dietary laws; and Whereas, Islamic dietary laws delineate foods that are halal, meaning lawful or permitted, and those that are haram, meaning not permitted; and Whereas, Haram foods include pork and its by-products, meat and poultry not slaughtered according to the Islamic dietary law, alcohol and foods prepared with and containing alcohol, foods containing blood and blood by-products, and foods containing whey prepared with non-microbial enzyme, rennet, animal shortening, monoglycerides and diglycerides from an animal source, sodium stearoyl lactylate, and L-cysteine.
The proposed Resolution concedes that there is no accurate way to determine how many New York City schoolchildren are Muslim, and of those who are Muslim, how many observe strict halal guidelines. The best estimate they have is that approximately 12 percent of the school system’s children are Muslim.
Undeterred by the lack of hard information, the legislators pointed to the Detroit public school system where 35 percent of the students are estimated to be Muslim. In Detroit, the school district began a halal pilot program in 2001 which has expanded to 35 schools in the district.
In addition to pointing to Detroit as a school district where such a program was implemented, the legislators turned to another argument to bolster their demands.
This angle is the one best characterized as “you don’t want school kids going hungry do you?” You see, unless a halal option is offered, the unknown number of New York City’s schoolchildren who can only eat halal food will suffer eating either the vegetarian option that is already offered in the school system, or they will have to bring their own food from home. If the food is brought from home, it probably won’t still be hot by lunch time.
To shore up this argument, the director of operations for CAIR’s New York district, Sadyia Khalique, spoke at Wednesday’s press conference about the hardship she suffered growing up in the New York City school system without a halal food option.
“Growing up in New York City, I, along with many Muslim students, had to struggle during lunch with not having a proper halal meal for the day. The percentage of Muslim children in public schools is growing, and too many children are denied the nutritional benefits lunch would provide because of religious dietary restrictions. As a community, we have to make sure our children receive the best education in environments in which their religious beliefs and practices are respected. No child should leave a lunchroom or enter a classroom hungry.”
Of course, there are other students in the New York City public schools who have religious dietary requirements. That would be Jewish observant children. The New York City public schools don’t offer kosher lunches and to date, no Jewish groups have marched themselves into the New York City council chambers demanding that there be a kosher food option.
The proposed legislation, which was introduced into city council on Wednesday, March 26, was referred to the Education Committee. No hearing date has yet been set.
The concluding clauses of the proposed legislation calls for action. Rather than suggesting that a survey be done about the numbers of students who might benefit from such a program, or a feasibility study on how the needs of the students could be met or even, what the costs involved in such a program might be, the city council members cut straight to the demand:
Whereas, New York City’s public schools should be required to offer lunch options that meet Islamic dietary laws, thereby ensuring that Muslim students are meeting religious standards and are not virtually excluded from the school lunch system; now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Council of the City of New York calls upon the New York City Department of Education to provide a halal lunch menu option to students at New York City public schools. (emphasis added)
No word yet from the American Civil Liberties Union or any of the other organizations that typically do a quick burn whenever anything that smells like government accommodating religious requirements is announced.
CAIR’S New York office had more news about its recent legislative activities.
Its press release explained that CAIR-NY had already lobbied the New York state legislature to urge the passage of S6834. That proposed law would amend New York state education law to require any city in the state with over one million residents to offer halal food options in public schools during lunch.
bewick says
If this goes through then you will quickly follow Britain where, in many schools, ONLY halal food is offered but no-one is told. Just as my local supermarkets fail to tell me that most meat (not pork products obviously) which they sell are halal.
vickie says
I would encourage everyone to join a religious forum and start pointing out the craziness and evils of Islam.
Many allow atheists so don’t let that stop you. Any one can join as a non-muslim asking questions. Muslims are so convinced that Islam is perfect so they think you might want to join their cult. Then start asking questions, many questions. They hate questions pointing out the ridiculous and evil nature of Islam, [why does Mohammad allow sex with a child?, why did Mohammad say it is ok to beat your wife?] besides it is great fun to see the infighting when they disagree on an answer.
Over the years I have been able to see a shift in thinking of Christians on the different forums I have been on from thinking allah is God to allah is some kind of evil entity.
Here are some –
http://turntoislam.com/community/forums/muslim-christian-dialogue.66/
http://www.christianforums.com/f76/
http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/
http://debatingchristianity.com/forum/index.php
I have been banned on a few. If you get banned consider it an honor! When a non-muslim gets too close to a truth they want hidden you get banned. Some I have left because of threats, real scary stuff.
I have always wondered when you register wouldn’t it be easy for the forum owner to find you and if Muslim and they want to shut you up….?
This site has been an awesome help in my battles!! From Robert Spencer to the many posters a big thank you!
Hope you join me!
ralph3796 says
Once upon a time there was this child raping, murderous, thieving, POS who went into a cave for 45 days. There he met a Jewish Angel named Gabriel who passed on to the child rapist the unholy Qur’an written in Arabic which the child rapist could not read because he was an illiterate child rapist. He went forth and murdered many people, stealing their stuff, and raping and enslaving their women and children. He made a deal with the Meccan polytheists, promising not to do to them which he hath done to everyone else that he had come upon. Well, He lied. He attacked them, killed them, stole their stuff, raped and enslaved their women and children, and claimed their temple which contained their kabba and 365 idols, one for each day of the year, as his own. Of the polytheists’ idols was one named Allah, the moon god. The child rapist chose Allah as his god and removed all the other gods. Wonder why all Islamic States’ flags have a crescent moon on them? Today, muslims claim that their holiest of holy places, which was built over 2000 years before the child rapist’s birth, was build by two Jewish brothers in expectation of the coming of the child rapist and his religion of Satan, known today as Islam. The child rapist’s name was Muhammad. The angel he met in the cave who he thought was the Jewish Angel, Gabriel, was, in fact, a Jinn, which is sort of an Angel of Satan. Islam: serving over 1.4 billion idiots and counting.
Steffen Larsen says
The percentage of Muslims in schools and other institutions seems to be around 20% – recent examples in English and Danish schools tell us this – when halal food is not only introduced as an alternative, but haram food such as pork is abolished.
ralph3796 says
You satan lover; your false prophet Muhammad and his invented allah(moon god) is nothing more than Satan.
gravenimage says
Ralph, Steffen Larsen is *not* Muslim—he is along-time poster and staunch Anti-Jihadist here.
He is European, and is pointing out how the process of Islamization works—*not* approving of it.
Brian Hoff says
In the UK and other european nation have 40% plus muslim student in school.
tpellow says
Meanwhile in Britain, the unelected Muslim,
and Minister for Faith, Baroness WARSI, promotes Sharia law:-
“Baroness Warsi’s sharia priorities”
http://archbishop-cranmer.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/baroness-warsis-sharia-priorities.html
mortimer says
Halal foods pay for jihad for the suppression of Hindus, Jews, Christians and atheists.
Brian C. Hoff says
Where is your proof of this.
Bradamante says
Are you saying that halal food producers and supervisors do *not* pay their required zakat? Of course they do. Therefore, buying halal food funnels money into the hands of jihadists.
Brian Hoff says
That is still not proof. There was no evident that the Holy Land Foundion gave any money to Hanna or any terrorist group at all.
gravenimage says
That’s *what Zakat is*—and “Brian C. Hoff” (“DefenderofIslam”) knows this.
Although often mistranslated as “charity” in the hopeful West, the main purpose of Zakat is to ‘further the cause of Islam’, and that more often takes the form of funding violent Jihad than of funding actual charities.
There’s a reason why most *actual* charities in the Muslim world—clinics, schools, and orphanages—are funded by charitable Infidels.
St. Michael Defend Us says
I had no idea that halal food had been introduced into the Detroit public schools, and so early a date. Does anyone know what is happening in Detroit? I wouldn’t look to Detroit as a sterling example of success on much of anything. Detroit is probably pandering to the black muslims, who otherwise will send their kids to their own black muslim schools. (They should just let them go- don’t slam the door behind you!)
What about Hamtramck public schools? Hamtramck has a very high muslim percentage.
St. Michael Defend Us says
I answered my own question.
http://www.hamtramck.k12.mi.us/UserFiles/Servers/Server_129989/File/Food%20Service/K-%208%20Lunch%20Jan%202014.pdf
Jay Boo says
Second row from the bottom on the right covering most of face
Zoom in
Appears to have MALE features
NO WONDER THE FBI CAN’T FIND TERRORISTS
joeblough says
What a freak show NY is!
One has to admit though, delivering NY to the Brotherhood and the forces of sharia has been in the works for a long time. It was undoubtedly the driver behind the Anthony Weiner candidacy.
De Blasio is an out and out commie. The islamic supremacists should do just fine with him in place.
Charli Main says
The Hindus DEMAND–
The Sikhs DEMAND–
The Jews DEMAND–
The Buddhists DEMAND—
The Jainists DEMAND—
The Poles DEMAND—
Umm, Ahh, Well, let me see—- I´m sure, given a year or two, I might be able to come up with something !!!!!
kikorikid says
As an American I demand that Muslims recognize the
U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights as the Law of the Land.
That’s a start.
Fr. Basil says
Orthodox and other Eastern Christians keep a strict Lent: not only no meat, but no fish, eggs, or dairy.
The same applies to most Wednesdays and Fridays.
Will provision be made for the religious dietary requirements of these children?
I doubt it.
Mirren10 says
The non-mohammedan parents of children in these schools need to kick up a **huge** stink, and stop this crap in its tracks.
RCCA says
For what it’s worth, the Kosher option is not practical or feasible for observant Jews because Kosher food can not be prepared in the same kitchen as non-Kosher food. Apparently that is not an issue with Halal food, or at least the Muslims are not insisting on that yet.
Islamisdeath says
The city of N Y, a city that has suffered horribly due to muslim mischief, is now being asked to support jihad against them financially! Worse yet chances are good that the addled left who is in control will do it! New York is endorsing cruel, savage slaughter where the animal suffers terribly while having passages from satans book read over it! Just horrifying!
Judi says
Same topic, different country. Wonder why the UK has gone halal, read this:
http://www.nation.com.pk/business/30-Nov-2008/5000-Pak-butchers-to-get-jobs-in-UK
Bill Poser says
There are other religious groups with dietary restrictions than Muslims and Jews. Seventh Day Adventists and Jains are vegetarians, as are many Hindus, Sikhs and Buddhists. I don’t know how many children in the NYC schools observe these restrictions.
devonoagon says
As a Jewish father of a child in a New York City High School, as far as I know, many observant Jewish children who attend the public schools either bring their own lunches to school, or find things like meatless pizza or chicken nuggets and bottled water for lunch. Some schools in Brooklyn and Queens where there are high concentrations of Jewish children attending do have outside vendors that bring in Kosher meals in addition to those served by the schools and the families pay the additional costs. Since this is done voluntarily, there is no need for the city to be involved. Of course, leave it to the Islamists to insist the city to take care of them, and the willing communists on the city counsel and the mayor to appease them. It’s just another move in the slow Islam take over of this city since 9/11.
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Kepha says
When I was a kid, probably half of us in the school brownbagged or lunchboxed for one reason or another. I did it because I didn’t want to wait in line to end up with a 5 minute lunch period in which to eat and get back too class. Some, however, brownbagged because they kept kosher.
Also, from the time I was eight years old, I took it as a matter of pride to make my own sandwich and pack my own fruit and bag of chips or other snack treat–and I got up early enough to do it, even though I had a good and capable mother at home.
Long ago, there was an American cartoonist named Al Capp. He was known in the 1950’s as a man of great “social conscience”, so he got hired by some group to do a caption for a poster showing a bunch of despondent-looking “Yoots” (of the West Side Story variety) sitting around in a garbage-filled alley. Capp wrote, “Clean up your alley, fools”. He started losing credibility with the Left then, a process continuing until he died.
It’s probably considered part of my job when I occasionally tell excuse-laden kids they need to get to bed earlier, get up, and do a few things for themselves before they set out to school to get there on time.
Patricia Jones says
One of our leading Supermarkets – Coles Ltd – in Australia has opted to have all meat Halal – and further – they do not label their meats as being Halal. I found out that this has been going on for some time without it being made public. Other products have Halal certification.
I shop online with Coles – I never buy their meats – and I stipulate that anything I order must NOT have Halal Certification.
The public should read all labels of products they purchase so that they can make an informed choice. They also need to know the a percentage of Halal certified goods purchased goes for overseas ’causes’.
gravenimage says
New York: Hamas-linked CAIR demands halal food in schools — kosher food not an option
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Still less than 1% of the US population, but already ramping up the demands…