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UK soldiers fed halal meat in military canteens without their knowledge — although just 650 soldiers are Muslim

Jun 13, 2014 12:38 pm By Robert Spencer

British soldiersLet’s see: Britain admits jihad hate preachers, while banning from the country those who oppose them. Britain secretly feeds its soldiers halal meat. It refuses to allow an honest public discussion of jihad terror and Islamic supremacism. It gave government funding to the proven liars of TellMamaUK who purported to document incidents of “Islamophobia.” Its Prime Minister declares his aspiration to make London the global capital of Islamic finance. Why doesn’t David Cameron just officially convert to Islam and impose Sharia now? It will save everyone a lot of time and trouble.

“British soldiers are ‘secretly’ being fed HALAL food as MoD admits it doesn’t label meat in its UK or overseas bases – even though just 650 soldiers are Muslim,” by Kieran Corcoran and Lucy Crossley, Daily Mail, June 12, 2014:

Soldiers are being fed halal meat in military canteens without their knowledge as the Ministry of Defence admits it does not label meat bound for bases in the UK or overseas.

Canteen meals are not labelled as being halal, kosher or otherwise, and military personnel would only be told if they had asked in advance for a specific meal, according to MoD policy.

In recent months, consumer, animal rights groups and the British Veterinary Association have all condemned the unmarked sale of halal food.

The method sees animals’ throats cut while they are still alive – in some cases without even being stunned first.

Religious leaders claim the method kills the animals immediately, but some researchers have suggested that birds may still be conscious and be able to feel pain.

In a response to a Freedom of Information Act request the MoD said it does use Halal and Kosher meat in meals, but that the percentage of which meat is used and its cost was not held by the ministry, and was a matter for contractors.

RITUAL SLAUGHTER: HOW HALAL MEAT SCANDALS CAME TO LIGHT

Fears over the correct labelling of Halal meat came to light last month when it was revealed several leading chains were serving the meat to unsuspecting customers.

Subway was one leading chain which had decided to swap meat for Halal products in some stores, while Pizza Express was exposed for failing to inform consumers that some food they were purchasing contained Halal.

It was also revealed that leading supermarkets are selling New Zealand lamb killed in accordance with halal ritual without providing labels.

And a number of top British universities, including Oxford, also admitted serving halal meat to students.

In Arabic the word Halal means ‘permitted’ or ‘lawful’ and defines anything that is allowed or lawful according to the Koran.

It is often used to indicate food – particularly meat – that has been prepared in accordance with Muslim principles and techniques.

In Britain, killing an animal without prior stunning is illegal, but the law gives special exemption to Muslim and Jewish meat producers on the grounds of religion.

In the UK there are thought to be around 12 abattoirs dedicated to unstunned slaughter, while hundreds practise stunned halal slaughter.

The MoD said all food procured for personnel had to comply with MoD food quality standards, which meet those set by all UK and EU production standards, including the Animal Welfare Act.

Current Government guidelines say there is no requirement to state whether a dish contains hala or kosher meat.

Ration packs eaten by forces personnel on operations or training exercises are provided in several variants – general purpose, vegetarian, Sikh/Hindu, halal and kosher – which are labelled and given only to those who have pre-requested them.

There are currently around 650 Muslims in the British armed forces, which comprise around 200,000 people, making up less than one percent.

Across the UK as a whole around 4.8 percent of people are Muslim.

‘Halal ration packs are clearly labelled and supplied only on request to troops,’ an MoD spokesman told MailOnline.

‘Our policy is in line with current UK legislation and Government guidelines and while there is no requirement for menus to state that a dish may or may not contain halal produce, service personnel with special dietary requirements are fully informed as to which dishes are suitable for them to eat.’

Conservative MP Philip Hollobone said the MoD should inform service personnel about the meat being served.

‘I absolutely think they [the MoD] should label the meat they are serving to their servicemen and women. We all want to know what we are eating,’ he told the Telegraph.

‘Religious groups want to know and a lot of people have objections to ritual slaughter. I think it’s only fair that they know if they have been stunned.’

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  1. cheekturner says

    Jun 13, 2014 at 3:05 pm

    There is definitely something in the New Testament where one of the Church leaders wrote to and I believe visited the town concerned and informed the Church there to ” abstain from foods sacrificed to idols and fornication “. Allah is the Islamic idol (false god) so all halal food (being sacrificed to Allah) is prohibited accordingly to Christians.
    Be aware that not only the food suppliers mentioned in the article, but most supermarkets purchase and sell halal meats and foodstuff without labelling it as such, therefore making their customers who wish to avoid food sacrificed to idols purchase and eat the same without any knowledge of it’s profanity.

    • cheekturner says

      Jun 13, 2014 at 3:15 pm

      With regard to the MOD and all the other dhimmi leaders of our once great nation, as long as they appease the Muslime minority and protect the petro-dollar the rest of us can go to hell, we don’t count and only their own greed and stupidity is ever taken into consideration. Nigel Farage stated that he was fed up with his teen-age children coming home from school having learnt about every religion under the sun except Christianity, and a result of this fact can be seen in the Islimic takeover of a number of schools in the Birmingham area, Bradford and without doubt many many other areas (such as Tower Hamlets in East London) where Muslimes are concentrated.
      It is time we Brits stood together and challenged our elites and the Islamic community as a whole. If you want Sharia and Halal etc. then go home to your desert dwelling.

      • Cicero says

        Jun 13, 2014 at 3:32 pm

        let me commiserate with you “cheek turner”. unfortunately Muslims are settled quite happily in the UK and have no intention of returning anywhere. they have claimed the U k for the Islamic Caliphate . and where in the world have you ever seen Muslims retreat from lands they have overrun,conquered and occupied? oh apart from Spain (my apologies to the Spanish ).

        • eib says

          Jun 14, 2014 at 11:17 am

          But remember that the Spaniards had to fight them consistently over 700 years. Are the British capable of such persistence? Can they build and maintain their cultural integrity in the presence of conflict?
          And above all, can they see the sacrifice of life and limb as central to its preservation?
          I don’t know if the British will ever grow a spine.

      • Cicero says

        Jun 13, 2014 at 3:32 pm

        let me commiserate with you “cheek turner”. unfortunately Muslims are settled quite happily in the UK and have no intention of returning anywhere. they have claimed the U k for the Islamic Caliphate . and where in the world have you ever seen Muslims retreat from lands they have overrun,conquered and occupied? oh apart from Spain (my apologies to the Spanish ).

        • Charli Main says

          Jun 13, 2014 at 4:43 pm

          I get the point you are making Cicero.
          I suspect, that not many people are aware of the fact, that if the British government of the day, had not attacked the Russian army in the Crimea, the Russians would have driven the Turkish Muslim filth completely out of Europe and liberated the Holy City of Constantinople.
          Even in the 1850´s the British Government was kissing Muslim arse, just as it continues to do today in the “interest of trade and Muslim money”.

  2. Fr. Basil says

    Jun 13, 2014 at 3:30 pm

    I doesn’t matter to me from where the food comes.

    When I bless it, it becomes Orthodox Christian food.

    When I eat it, it turns into Orthodox Christian me!

    • St. Michael Defend Us says

      Jun 14, 2014 at 11:02 am

      But, I hate being played for a chump and a fool and having to go along with this being forced on us.

    • eib says

      Jun 14, 2014 at 11:14 am

      Important point.
      You believe in the holiness of God such that your call upon the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit purges away Halal.
      My chief complaint about Halal slaughter is that it amounts to practice for Jihad. The throat of the animal truly does represent that of the infidel, as shown in history and even in current news.
      I seem to remember a story of a Swedish Christian six-year-old girl, who was severely injured but survived after a Muslim (no doubt, very righteous) stuck a knife in her neck and shouted “Allahu Akhbar!”
      Also, administering an electrical shock to an animal prior to Kosher slaughter does line up with Jewish law.
      Doing so does not line up with the Sharia.
      Never will a Muslim choose the more humane alternative.

    • tamimisledus says

      Jun 16, 2014 at 3:51 am

      You can ignore this. So you don’t care. That is really what you are saying.
      Let us be clear.
      Do you ever care about anything else but your own selfish personal salvation?
      Does it really matter to you what evil goes on in the world so long as you can ease your own conscience?

  3. VK says

    Jun 13, 2014 at 3:50 pm

    What about seafood? Ahhh I forgot. There was no sea in the deserts of Mecca and Medina and so, the mullahs haven’t provided instructions on how to slaughter seafood 🙂

  4. David says

    Jun 13, 2014 at 4:07 pm

    Subway, Pizza Express, many of the universities, the Armed Forces and where else? It is fair to assume that the entire food supply is infected with this meat whom its butchers have barbarically slaughtered after having done so in the name of Allah.
    Of course, infidels whose beliefs are contrary to those of these Muslim invaders must surrender to them, or if we do not then we are Islamophobic and racist against the Muslim race. And even if we do surrender on this point, then we must surrender on so many others or we will still be Islamophobic and racist against the Muslim race. The more Muslims invade our countries, the worse this situation will become. Welcome to the future.

  5. Islamisdeath says

    Jun 13, 2014 at 4:08 pm

    “One last try to post the Bible verse against eating food dedicated to idols.

    14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry. 15 I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say. 16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? 17 For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread. 18 Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar? 19 What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing? 20 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. 21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils.” ( I Co 10: 14-21 )

    • David says

      Jun 13, 2014 at 4:12 pm

      Also, in the New Testament, Acts 15:29, which reads, “That ye abstain from meats offered to idols…”

  6. Jay Boo says

    Jun 13, 2014 at 10:04 pm

    Great!
    650 Muslims just got their tickets to paradise permanently invalidated by eating unapproved food.

  7. Angemon says

    Jun 14, 2014 at 7:03 pm

    What would happen if muslim soldiers had been fed non-halal meat without their knowledge? Keep in mind that, according to islamic orthodoxy, necessity cancels obligation.

  8. George says

    Jun 17, 2014 at 6:55 am

    I think there is another point that is being missed here. Apart from the animal cruelty and special legal exception, in order to be Halal, you need to employ a Muslim priest to perform the sacrifice. This means that a percentage of the cost of the meat is being paid to support and promote the Muslim faith. You may also be aware that all Muslims are already obligated to give a percentage of their income (zakat) to promote Islam.

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