“Moughni said the manager claims that Bazzi requested a Hot-n-Ready pepperoni pizza and that he requested a halal sticker be placed on the box. That’s a claim he denies.”
That sounds as if Bazzi was trying to set up Little Caesars with a false label for which he himself was responsible. He denies it, of course, and the truth may never come out, but in any case the $100 million is plain extortion. Bazzi and Moughni are signaling that any slight against Muslims, even if accidental as this may have been if it happened at all, will be ruthlessly capitalized upon to drain money from the Infidel. Little Caesars probably just wants this to go away, and will shower millions upon Moughni and Bazzi in order to make that happen, which will encourage others to try the same thing.
“Muslim man sues Little Caesars over ‘halal’ pepperoni,” by Candice Williams, Detroit News, May 26, 2017 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
A Muslim man is suing Little Caesars Pizza for $100 million after he said he was given and accidentally ate a pizza containing pork pepperoni, despite ordering halal pepperoni.
Islamic law prohibits Muslims from eating pork.
The class action lawsuit filed in Wayne County Circuit Court on Thursday claims the restaurant violated Michigan State Law 750.297f, which it referred to as the “Wayne County Halal and Kosher Anti-Fraud and Truth-in-labeling ordinance.”
“They have no regard for people’s religious beliefs,” said attorney Majed Moughni, representing plaintiff Mohamad Bazzi. “This is a violation of the Muslim faith. You can’t be handing out pork, mislabeling it as halal and get away with it. This isn’t how America operates. A billion dollar corporation can’t get away with it.”
Named as defendants in the suit are Little Caesars Pizza, Little Caesar Enterprises Inc., a manager named Denise and two unnamed employees.
Bazzi, 32, claims that in two separate incidents — in March and May — he received pizzas with pork pepperoni when he had ordered halal pepperoni.
Jill Proctor, a Little Caesars spokeswoman, said the company believes the claim is without merit.
“Little Caesars cherishes our customers from all religions and cultures, and the communities we serve are very important to us,” Proctor said in a statement. “While we can’t comment on pending litigation, we take this claim very seriously.”
In the lawsuit, Bazzi said that on March 20 he went to the Little Caesars at 7315 Schaefer which has a sign in the window advertising that halal pepperoni was served at the location.
He alleges that he ordered a large pizza with halal pepperoni and received a box that was labeled as such. Bazzi said that he and his wife began eating the pizza and realized that they were eating pork pepperoni.
Bazzi and his wife became sick to their stomach, said his attorney, Majed Moughni.
“His wife is a Catholic convert (to Islam) who had eaten pork all her life,” Moughni said. “She knows the taste of pork. He was very angry, upset.”
Moughni said his client wondered how many others had unknowingly eaten pork pepperoni from the restaurant. Three days later, Bazzi filed a police report with the Dearborn Police Department, according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit notes Bazzi went back to the restaurant on Wednesday to order another pizza and specifically asked for halal pepperoni. The lawsuit alleges that Bazzi received a pork pepperoni.
At the advice of his attorney, Bazzi returned to the restaurant to question the workers and to record the conversation. Moughni said the manager claims that Bazzi requested a Hot-n-Ready pepperoni pizza and that he requested a halal sticker be placed on the box. That’s a claim he denies….
“These people were unknowingly assaulted,” he said. “None of these employees seem to care.”
John W. says
Did you hear the one about the Baptist suing Baskin Robbins because….oh wait, that was a Buddhist suing Wendy’s because….oh wait…wrong again. I’ll get back to you.
mortimer says
Islam is systemically predatory by design.
WPM says
Let me see he order a pizza in March became sick from the pizza then order another one in May from the same place, the same kind of pizza ?Does that make any sense ,no matter what topping or pie, if me and my wife got sick on a pizza from any parlor why would we order the same exact pie from the same place? Then he filed a police report?? It is a health matter not assault by pizza.
somehistory says
Yeah, it was a set-up. This is what they are all about.
john spielman says
they should have gone withe the hawaiian pizza – ham and cheese go so well together with pineapple!
Musalmaanmasala says
True that!!!
le mouron rouge says
mortimer says
May 27, 2017 at 10:49 am
Islam is systemically predatory by design.
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Good point.
Interesting, the similarity between Islamic tactics ans that of the Left/Progressives and the Global Elite.
Attack, discredit, annihilate – rule by fear and intimidation.
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” -Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Andy says
Make sure MY PIZZA has LOTS OF HAM AND BACON on it!!! YUM< YUM-YUMMY!!!
gravenimage says
All true–Muslims have brought countless suits like this.
“Shock horror in UK: Muslim parents find pork in cheese and onion rolls bought at supermarket”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2016/03/shock-horror-in-uk-muslim-parents-find-pork-in-cheese-and-onion-rolls-bought-at-supermarket
“Vermont: Restaurant ad for bacon removed after Muslim claimed it offended her”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2014/08/vermont-restaurant-ad-for-bacon-removed-after-muslim-claimed-it-offended-her
There are scores more stories like these.
Other groups do not do this.
No Fear says
A buddhist went into a burger shop and said “Make me one with everything”
MasQueNada says
😀 😀 😀
cashu says
An oldie but still a goldie…
Don Foss says
CAIR must be involved, or will be. Clock Boy, Hijab Cop, Gym Ladies, Swimming Muslimas, Denny Cook, Prayer time Factory Workers, etc, etc, etc. Use our legal system to impose their upon us. CAIR playbook.
Robin Martz says
This is OUTRAGEOUS actually! In one way it is funny, but seriously, I hope to God they get a decent lawyer who won’t allow this kind of B*****IT to continue!
Frank Anderson says
Robin, unless the client has the resolve and the money to spend on the defense, and is willing to take the heat from the Muslim community, the lawyer will have little to do with the progress and outcome of the case. Both Little Caesars and the franchisee made the decision to locate in a community known 1400 years for making false claims.
I’m not sure how to prevent future false claims except closing the store, at a cost of a million or more dollars (cost of franchise, building, equipment, construction, supplies, training. . .). Posting that non-halal food is being served is probably just as much a violation of civil rights law as “whites only” signs. I wonder if selling the store to a Muslim at a discounted price, as the Nazis forced Jews to sell their businesses to “Aryans” might get them out of a total loss.
Even then the case must be dealt with, either by paying the same money as they estimate it would cost to fight (win or lose) or fighting to a finish. We have a Little Caesars in our community which I thoroughly enjoy. I would be sad to lose it.
pr says
I live in Dearborn. No way was this done on purpose. Either this guy went in over and over until they messed it up, or he did request s halal sticker on the box as stated in the article. Either way, I can’t imagine what law would have been broken unless the store did it with knowingly and on purpose. Also, why would this guy be eating at a place that has non-halal food if he’s so worried about eating non-halal food. Can’t wait to see how this plays out.
Frank Anderson says
pr, the tort claim would be assault. The contract claim would be breach of warranty for fitness for a particular purpose IF the seller KNEW the buyer could not eat one of the ingredients. The defense is that the pizza is “fit for the ordinary purposes for which it is intended” in addition to “assumption of risk” (the pizza ingredients are widely published and well known to all before entering the store). I regularly enjoy Little Caesar’s Pizza and find them extremely pleasant and satisfying.
I’m fairly certain that Michigan has adopted, probably with minor changes, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Rule 11 could give rise to some really serious sanctions against the plaintiff AND the lawyer. DR 7-102(A) of the Code of Professional Responsibility, which has been restated, but not overruled or replaced by the Rules of Professional Conduct could place the lawyer in stress with the Michigan and Federal Bars. If the suit were filed in Alabama, there would be a Litigation Accountability response that could force the plaintiff’s lawyer, in addition to sanctions, to pay ALL of the costs, expenses and legal fees of the defense. Not sure whether Michigan has a similar statute or rule.
Please consult a currently licensed and active attorney for better advice. I am retired, but still studying and learning. Never know when it might come in handy. I understand and heartily agree with your displeasure at this abuse of the legal system.
Creole Gumbo says
The issues you raise are American Law. This took place in Dearbornistan where the judge will most likely use Sharia Law.
Frank Anderson says
Creole, you are absolutely correct. Unless the franchisee and chain appeal to the state supreme court and possibly the US Supreme court, they could well be the victims of “home cooking” with a corrupt and incompetent judge. However a judge that rules too far outside the law of the state and nation may find himself in trouble and be removed from the bench, as he should be. “Home cooking” is not limited to any location. It is a result of the general “good-ole boy” methods used in selecting judges. One can only hope that the defendants will not roll over, play dead and pay the blackmail this case represents.
Donald R Laster Jr says
Any attempt to use Shar’iah law is a unconstitutional act. Shar’iah law, like all foreign law, is prohibited by Article 6 of the US Constitution. And since Islam is a theocracy any attempt to impose foreign law could be treated as an act of sedition and possibly treason since all Islamics are supposed to impose Islam and Shar’iah law on the world. Which meets the definition of waging war against the US and adhering to the enemy.
cashu says
From your lips to God’s ear. But good luck trying to present logic to a brain-dead, liberal society and media which, for some reason, are willing to get ‘foaming-at-the-mouth’ outraged and become instantly violent in defense of those gtfckrs who would blithely murder them when it becomes convenient. Stalin had them pegged: USEFUL IDIOTS. There is no understanding the liberal mind if you actually have a brain and do use it.
Rev g says
If Sharia is acceptable, can we then demand trial by combat as our right?
utis says
Isn’t the concept of “frivolous lawsuit” taught in judge school anymore? The courts complain about unbearable case loads yet let this kind of bare-face extortion right through the gate. Little Caesar’s lawyers should at least counter-sue the Pazzi’s (I know) lawyer for barretry.
The main goals of this suit, if won, will be to show the clout of islam in America, and to feed world jihad’s coffers. Nice to know that Michigan has a law protecting halal. So much slips through our legislative system without notice, until a case like this shows up.
mortimer says
UTIS, this is JIHAD … this is the jihad of the pen. IT IS A TERRORIST ATTACK meant to cause economic sabotage.
gravenimage says
True, Mortimer–this *is* a form of Jihad.
Frank Anderson says
Utis, in order for the judge to rule, the defense must file a motion, a request to the court for an order. The judge normally does not read or consider a complaint until a motion is filed requesting a ruling. Then, let’s see where the judge went to law school and who contributed to the campaign that made him/her/it a judge.
Please read about “motion to strike”, “motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim for which relief can be granted”, “motion for a more definite statement” and “motion for sanctions”, along with a lot of other possible defense requests for relief. What you see on television has little or nothing to do with what really happens in and outside courtrooms. What you see in courtrooms is really the “tip of the iceberg” to what goes on outside.
utis says
Frank,
Thanks for the advice (hope you’re not a lawyer!) It’s just that these inflated reward cases were annoying enough before, but knowing a lot of that money could go to pressure cookers, ball bearings, etc., just burns me up. If I got a big reward from the insults to my person and my values that I’ve received over the decades, I’d be richer than Soros.
While this case is dragging on, I hope it gets out to the public, so they can see what sharia values and muslim butt-hurt can do to our lives and economy. Again, thanks.
Frank Anderson says
Utis, I went to law school 40 years ago because I hated lawyers. I graduated, passed 2 bar exams on the first try each and have held those licenses for now more or less 37 years. I am retired. I was right-the vast majority of lawyers are despicable. I have had the great pleasure approximately 7 times of forcing or enabling lawyers to take the witness stand and testify against their clients. Anyone who has read a number of my posts should have no trouble figuring that I have some education, knowledge and experience in law beyond watching in courtrooms and on television.
Believe me when I write that I have seen corruption of the legal system. It is corrupt. Most lawyers will argue any case for a fee. One lawyer who now sits on the Supreme Court of Mississippi said to me on a recorded conversation, “It’s not illegal until the judge says so!” Another lawyer wrote and published an article saying that the option of a lawyer to report crime or fraud of a client exists regardless of the severity of the crime or fraud, while he was prosecuting me for reporting the theft of more than $200 million in present value. I WON. The front of honor and ethics is a sham, with few doing anything to make it real or universal. See, e.g. Wieder v. Skala, 80 N.Y.2d 628, 593 N.Y.S.2d 281 (Ct.App.N.Y. 1992).
Can you imagine the consternation and confusion on a lawyer’s face when he is ordered to the witness stand, knowing full well that the truth is already known and provable? If he lies he knows it will be exposed immediately. If he tells the truth his client loses the case and the lawyer loses the client and perhaps his fee. Imagine my pleasure in putting those liars in that box.
Creole Gumbo says
One problem is that Dearbornistan, as the moniker implies, is a Muslim enclave and it is highly probable that the judge will rule in favor of the plaintiff and use Sharia Law.
Mo says
“Little Caesars probably just wants this to go away, and will shower millions upon Moughni and Bazzi in order to make that happen, which will encourage others to try the same thing.”
Exactly what I was thinking. Lawfare is always an effective tactic. Companies don’t have the time or the
money to deal with this sort of thing. Plus, no one wants bad publicity. (Especially if it looks like they are being mean to someone within the Left’s heirarchy of victim classes.)
gravenimage says
Yes–it is common for companies to settle even the most frivolous of lawsuits. This is suicidal here given how it would embolden litigious Mohammedans.
Vyx says
Assaulted? By pepperoni? Really?
If there is a halal option, shame on Little Caesars. They are pandering to Muslims.
And if the store was asked to put a halal sticker on something that was not halal, and did so, that shows his stupidity. He was being set up.
If they didn’t have “halal” pepperoni as a choice, they would not be doing business with Muslims and not have to worry about these kinds of lawsuits.
Kay says
Yeah, pizza parlor workers are frequently high school kids. If he did it, it was stupid but not malevolent. He’d probably have thought he was letting the customer be right and had no way of understanding the complexities.
gravenimage says
Exactly.
Pong says
A dimmi is treated as a dimmi. I wish Caesar Pizza will lose a lot of money, so others will learn that beinng a dimmi (halal license and advertising halal food) not only makes one look friendly to islam, but also invites treatment according to islam.
I never patronize an establishment, advertising halal or having halal license. It is becoming more and more difficult in Australia, but some companies dropping their halal licensing and some, who keep it, are not doing well. Due to the nature of my work, I cannot refuse my cervices to a moslem, but I charge them 50% more. We all have to think how in our small world we can make them feel unwelcome.
billybob says
“Bazzi filed a police report with the Dearborn Police Department”
Dearborn Police are enforcing Sharia now? I wouldn’t be surprised.
cashu says
Michigan is fast becoming the mulim no-go area of the U.S. Dearborn is completely dominated by muslims today. The state of Michigan will follow soon. And then they will be on to other liberal-dominated states in the union. Soon, we will all have to face the prospect of jihad to the same degree as the U.K. and other liberal-dominated countries of Europe.
Apparently you haven’t seen this video from Dearborn, Michigan…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnJBW49afzg
Vyx says
Dearborn is NOT all of Michigan.
it is a VERY small part of the state (population is less than 100,000) and Muslims are 29% of the city.
Please don’t think that all of Michigan.It’s not. There are technically more muslims in CA, NY, IL, NJ and IN than in Michigan.
gravenimage says
True, Vyx–Deerborn is just the most *concentrated* population of Mohammedans in the United States, and has the largest Mosque in North America.
But thankfully most of Michigan–where my father was born–is *nothing* like this.
Westman says
They sure love to throw things. Maybe Little Caesars could sponsor a pizza-throwing contest at the next Dearborn festival.
Did they learn the art of throwing things at Infidels from watching videos of Israelis under attack? Why is violence the only Muslim solution to any irritation? When born-agains picketed the Mormon conferences they were ignored or engaged in dialogue. There were no Mormons throwing things or engaging in vulgar swearing to intimidate or injure.
Why do American Muslims tolerate vulgarness and violence in their ranks?
cashu says
Answer to the first query: There is NO love in islam – not ANY – only hatred. And if there are no kaffirs to hate, they will hate each other. And if there are no other muslims around to hate, they will hate themselves. Read the definition of islam in ‘The Haj” by Leon Uris. I’ve never seen a more succinct description of the evil, murderous cult anywhere else…
Answer to the second query: Most Americans – nay, westerners of any stripe – are too ignorant of islam to put much weight on islamic demonstration of hate. And, since most people can only learn from personal experience, there are going to be a lot of very shocked and disappointed non-muslims in a few years… unless, of course, they can somehow edumacate themselves in a fevered rush. They don’t have much time before the axe (or sword, in this case) falls. When I think about the sheer stupidity of the liberal mindset in the west, I’m reminded of the lyrics to the once-popular song, The Snake.
cashu says
Oops… sorry… somehow I missed the word ‘Muslims” after ‘Americans’ in that final sentence. But my answer still stands for non-muslims…
gravenimage says
And Cashu, thanks for reposting that appalling video.
cashu says
Every liberal idiot should have that video burned into their retina. We have little time to turn this muslim slow disaster around, and we should not tolerate very much stupid kum-ba-yah from the left. Multiculturalism is the death of any nation that tries it when the immigrant refuses to assimilate. Like communism, MC has never worked for any nation EXCEPT America, as long as we remained a democratic republic who’s free commerce system was predicated on greed-driven capitalism – the only economic system that is completely fair for every citizen, and the only one that encourages, demands personal initiative. It’s the reason America led the world in every aspect of wealth until 1913, when the income tax was initiated …and, since islam will NEVER assimilate in any country it invades, it should be banned in America, and every one of the vicious cultists deported…
mortimer says
Once more Muslims are persecuting the Macedonians who suffered 5 hundred years of rape, pillaging, ethnic cleansing, murder, insults and injustice by the Ottoman Muslim rulers. God defend Macedonia and Macedonians.
no_one says
The country of Macedonia is artificial, created by commies. It has been part of Bulgaria before the turks and Bulgarians suffered too. You are ill informed.
mortimer says
I am superbly and meticulously informed. And you are a bigoted supremacist.
Transmaster says
Yes that is the Greek argument they don’t like anyone horning in on a franchise place name. What does the horning in of a geographical name have to do with Islamic violence.
Kay says
I ordered pepperoni pizza last night and got mushroom instead. It never occurred to me to sue.
But I have gotten sick eating at a restaurant before– and there’s no way I would be back at that restaurant a few months later!
“Knows the taste of pork.” What rot!! That’s the point of pepperoni:,it has so much spice in it that you can’t tell where it came from.
Annak says
Exactly, and try to sue as a vegetarian or Jew! Thing is, they never do.
The pork thing is a farce and used to sue everywhere while they laugh at us.
Our local butcher has to remind Muslims when they are buying pork and to no avail, they often tell him they ‘ like it’.
Robert Crawford says
But eating pork is the worst thing they can do!
Note: that means it’s worse than lying, killing, owning slaves…
WPM says
They can lie ,they can own slaves ,have up to 4 wives, have woman of the right hand ,kill a Kaffer ,but eating port will get there slave master god angry!
gravenimage says
Exactly, Robert. Muslim “values”…
gravenimage says
True, Kay–I’ve had both regular pepperoni (in my pre-veggie days) and veggetarian pepperoni, and it is not always possible to tell the difference–especially with the rather generic ingredients they use at a place like Little Caesar’s (no insult meant to them; just an observation).
By the way, pepperoni is not just pork–traditionally it is a blend of pork and beef. So the idea that anyone eating this would immediately identify it as pork is quite questionable.
Jaladhi says
Send this guy to jail for at least 10 years for the false claims. Anything is possible with these lying morons. They are never to be trusted! Their aim is to harass and extract jizya from infidels and they will go any length to achieve it.
Benedict says
How to instill rage in a Muslim: https://youtu.be/AjnrbVxcRXw
WPM says
That was some show at KFC ,shows how Islam makes you mental ill , how could you trust that raving lunatic with handing food? I am glad someone film it and you posted it here Benedict.
cashu says
Another good reason never to eat at a KFC – beyond the fact that KFC is a Pepsico wholely-owned trademark. Pepsico, which owns myriad fast-food product companies-including Frito-Lay, is CEO’d by a very liberal Indian-born woman who purportedly detests Trump and all conservatives. She is very successful in taking Pepsico to new heights of profitability, but Tom Waits could – and did – still put a major hurt on the old girl…
gravenimage says
I remember the first story I read about some Muslim going apesh*t over non-Halal food, over ten years ago here.
This was a female Muslim politician in the Philippines. Someone had served her pork at a Chinese restaurant and she violently lost it, screaming and pulling a knife on the server.
Of course, she claimed that this was done deliberately–but anyone who has ever eaten in Chinese restaurants knows that pork is a common ingredient in most Chinese cuisines.
I thought this was completely nuts at the time–and so it was. But I did not realize how common this sort of thing is.
Hey–I was able to find the story. Here it is, from 2006:
“Muslim lawmaker rages after being served pork”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2006/11/muslim-lawmaker-rages-after-being-served-pork
Tom says
i find America fucked up if it comes to claims. such big amounts of money for something “small”.
lady spills coffee on her own hand sues Macdonald for coffee to hot gets a lot of money.
man falls because of a stone sticking out on the street and falls ,no big injuries , sues the states gets big money….etc.
wrongly convicted 20 years you get not much compared to the silly stuff above.
100 million is just to stupid for words.
TL says
Did you learn to read and write in a government school?
Tom says
TL could i be someone not living in the USA. and english is not my first language .
gravenimage says
Tom, I understood what you meant.
cashu says
Heh, heh… It wan’t Stella Liebeck’s hand that she spilled the hot coffee on. It was an infinately more intimate and sensitive location. Beyond that little quibble, I totally agree with your premise…
Krazy Kafir says
This should be a lesson for all infidel business in America and other western countries to state openly on their menus and establishments the NO halal food is served. That way they can’t be set up for lawfare
suits.
Manual Paleologos says
That reminds me of a Chinese restaurant that I frequent. They have a sign on the door, “ALL our food contains peanuts and MSG.” That way they don’t have to be careful in that respect.
simpleton1 says
” ‘NO halal food is served’….can’t be set up for lawfare suits. ”
Yes you are right,
Some social justice warriors then would called that sign ‘waayscist’ to discriminate against muslims.
If the can not get the law to work, still a cost to stymie that, then a call of shame and protests. enhanced by a call of boycotts divestment and sanctions.
So the ordinary thinking public will have to rally, and support despite being called a ‘backlash’.
We must hold the line, and inform others of the atrocious facts about Mohammad. and what muslims follow.
Free speech, cartoons, mockery, jokes, reasons and facts etc. to expose more than what goes on the top of pizzas, and what the recipe of koran, hadith, sunnah and sira does inside the ovens of mosques.
It is good that many commentators are learning about islam, and would be sharing that knowledge far and wide.
Thank you to RS for informing many of islam and at a great cost to himself, holding the line.
cashu says
Halal = satan approved and recommended. Keep the hell-fires raging by buying Halal…
jewdog says
Any pizza place which offers a halal menu is only opening a can of worms, and I’m not aware that worms are an acceptable topping.
Manual Paleologos says
They’re in Dearbornistan, one of the most moslem places in the US. They’re apparently selling halal food because many of their customers are moslems. I can’t blame them for that, but they need to know what they’re doing. The comment above, about dumb high school students, is probably right on the mark.
cashu says
muslims will buy and eat anything with a Halal label on it. Kinda the same way Jews will buy and eat anything with a Kosher label on it. I worked for a year in a Kosher slaughter house as a federal inspector. My worst problem was trying to condemn abscessed beef livers that were lumpy with both acute and hard cheesy abscesses. The Jewish workers would go to great lengths to hide those livers for management simply because the bile ducts and the position of the gall bladder were correct according to Kosher law. The abcesses were inconsequential in their eyes, and condemning those livers was a direct loss to the owner of the abattoir.
DFD says
They tried that here in Britain, with a sandwich fro Morrisons’ supermarket, didn’t work.
I wonder, Dearborne Michigan, is that anywhere near Luton or Bradfordiabad, sorry, Bradford, UK?
gravenimage says
Yes–that bogus story was covered here:
“‘Unforgivable’: UK Muslim bites pork roll incorrectly labeled as cheese”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2016/04/unforgivable-uk-muslim-bites-pork-roll-incorrectly-labeled-as-cheese
Frederick says
Well, the man does have a somewhat legitimate complaint. The issue falls under truth in labeling. Michigan Law 750.297f requires anyone who advertises food as ‘Halal’ be truthful and actually provide such food. The law also requires that if Little Caesars is going to sell food labeled Halal they CANNOT sell any non-Halal food on the premises! Possession of nonhalal food, in any place of business advertising the sale of halal food only, is presumptive evidence that the person in possession exposes the nonhalal meat and food for sale with intent to defraud.
So Little Caesars was not following the State Law when it put up its sign and began selling both in one store front. You can only do one or the other, which makes some sense (same thing applies to Kosher food). However, enforcement is done by the Department of Agriculture Department. Violations are considered misdemeanors with a fine of $500. There is no provision to pay anything else.
Note; there is no Michigan law as the ‘Wayne County Halal and Kosher Anti-Fraud and Truth-in-labeling ordinance’.
A Lee says
The truth in labeling ordinance a Wayne County municipal ordinance. The newspaper incorrectly reported it as a Michigan state statute. Journalists don’t seem to be known for accuracy these days.
If the Little Caesars storefront violated state law, they deserve to pay the fine (to the State, not the customer), but I don’t think this is worthy of a $100 million class-action lawsuit. At most, Little Caesars owes the couple a refund for the cost of the pizza. The man ordered another pizza from them after he and his wife got sick in March? I question his motives.
Maybe they’re trying to drive non-Muslim owned businesses out of the community so they can have the place to themselves. If I was a business owner, I’d never want to open up a place in Dearborn.
Frank Anderson says
I think you are right about starting a business in that location. The problem is that someone has spent as much as a million dollars or more for a franchise, building and equipment for that location that probably cannot be moved. Like riot damage, which is almost certainly NOT covered by insurance, the business loss from closing a location may be deductible for taxes; but that still leaves more or less 60 percent of the loss to come out of the pocket of the franchisee.
cashu says
“Journalists don’t seem to be known for accuracy these days.”
Boy, WHAT an understatement. People are not infallible. Poeple will make mistakes, even though they are conscientious to the ‘nth degree. A simple, heartfelt apology is the only thing required to make it square. Anything more is ludicrous.
However, methinks a simple apology – heartfelt or not – would cause the degenerate’s head to explode and his hand to suddenly be grasping a machete or an uzi, e.g. – it’s just the way those knuckle-dragging seventh-century throw-backs are – worldwide. You ought to instinctively know that, you damned kaffir, you. (sarc)
Mickey says
I think it’s about time to remove Michigan from the United States. It seems to me that it’s nothing but a little Muslim country anyhow. American citizens have no rights in that place. Thanks to the influx an invasion of these people, our society is turning into a third world. Little Caesars needs to stop serving that kind of meat and they won’t have that problem will they? I wouldn’t cater to these people it is not a law that you have to have certain meat on your food. If it is then I remove my company from that state and move somewhere else. These people come here and expect us to change our culture and our Traditions to suit their barbaric ways. Fed Up! The Jewish population assimilated and Blended in with America, but these people are never going to assimilate or be loyal to this country.
gravenimage says
This is mostly in the greater Detroit area–specifically Dearborn and Hamtramck. Most of Michigan is not like this.
cashu says
Agreed. But then, there is the upper peninsula. Yoopers. ‘Nuff said…
cashu says
I couldn’t agree more, Mickey. There is NO possibility that a muslim will even consider assimilating. Ain’t a-gonna happen, Jack. So why do Americans – real Americans – give a rip about what they think. If we had the cojones most Americans are convinced we have by birthright, we would immediately remove every one of them from this country – unless they are willing to sign their name to an oath to denounce islam forever, and embrace the AMERICAN Constitution agreeing to abide by U.S. law entirely and exclusively. If they aren’t willing to publicly take those irrevocable steps, they are the snake in the manger that will be our undoing as a Christian nation and they MUST be removed.
Peaceful co-existence is a two-way street, but most muslims don’t seem to see it that way. Americans have NO obligation to respect any political / religious entity that refuses to respect us enough to live peacefully with us. As long as they consider themselves to be our superiors – to the point where they feel justified in cheating us, lying to us, murdering us, etc. – we have a national duty to repatriate them to the hell-hole they came from. And those of them who openly advocate death to the kaffir, should experience the same result as soon as possible and without exception.
Frank Anderson says
cashu, it is basic Islamic teaching that a Muslim’s oath to an Infidel is meaningless. Mo promised safe passage to a village of Jews if they put down their weapons and left. As soon as they were exposed they were slaughtered. Mo is the perfect example for all Muslims to follow forever. To be Muslim, one must be all Muslim. Anything less, any reform or change even thought about, is subject to a death sentence under Islamic law. Does “What’s mine is mine; What’s yours is mine!” sound appropriate?
cashu says
I’m with you there, champ. Also with you about lawyers. Only met one in my seventy plus years that I considered somewhat honest, but he turned out to be less than honest when enough money was waved in front of him. Took a few years before he showed his colors, though. We were friendly until then…
Frank Anderson says
Cashu, I am deeply grateful and honored to be able to pass along that I have met and worked with dozens of lawyers that I would literally trust with my life. There are a few mixed in with those who will do anything for a fee. Remember the story about the rich man (I can’t remember?) who asked the rich woman, not his wife, if she would sleep with him for a million dollars? Certainly, How about $100,000? Of course. How about $100? What do you think I am? We have established that; all we are dickering about now is the price! That story has many applications. Any lawyer who will tell you what you need to hear, or what not to do, regardless of fee, is a treasure and the kind of lawyer that displays the ethics that most fake.
cashu says
Well, of course you’re right about the honest advice part. And, for that reason, we are nearly all forced to use the profession at some time in our lifespan. It is nearly impossible to go through life without either instigating litigation in redress for an injustice or to respond to a lawsuit brought by someone who thought one was a little too sharp, shall we say.
However, when I find that someone has lied to me for personal gain, either in filthy lucre or a perceived advantage, I reserve the right to excise him from my little book of personal acquaintances. Nothing says you have to tacitly or implicitly condone dishonesty. Like I said before, I, not being in the profession, and looking at it as an outsider, have only known one member of the bar that I considered above reproach. When that man showed himself to be nothing better than the rest, I dropped him like a hot rock as a friend. I think he realizes why I did so, and, in return, has nothing more to say to me. [thank God] But, he is a very effective litigator and advocate, and if the need arises, I’ll have no trouble retaining him.
If you are fortunate enough to have known ANY lawyers with an integrity that can’t be assailed, I consider you lucky in the extreme… or your standards aren’t high enough… but I would never be rude enough to imply that.
At any rate, I’m enjoying reading your posts, since you seem to have a very tol’able grasp of the muslim disaster and you can express yourself in cogent and colorful terms. Makes for enjoyable reading. Thanks…
Shmued B Dovid says
HALAL FOOD WAS INVENTED BY THAT MURDERING PHSCHO MOHAMMED AS A UNSUCCESFUL ENDEAVOUR TO ATTEMPT TO SELL ISLAM TO THE JEWS OF MEDINA. (ALSO RAMADAN THE SO CALLED FAST). THE JEWS QUITE RIGHTLY TOLD MOHAMMED TO FCUK OFF BUT SOMEHOW THIS HALAL SHIT SEEMS TO HAVE STUCK. HOWEVER AND NOTWITHSTANDING THIS< THEIR CANNOT BE ANYTHING SACRED OR PIOUS ABOUT EATING THE HALAL CRAP. (HALAL AND KOSHER ARE NOT THE SAME AND NOT EVEN SIMILAR). THERE IS NO REASON WHY THE PAGAN FOLLOWERS OF THAT SATANIC MOON GOD SHOULD FEEL SICK OR AGGRIEVED. THEY WILL HOWEVER ALL SUFFER THE 'HELLFIRE' (whatever that is) SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY ARE MUSLIM. THERE IS NO VALID CASE AND ISLAM IS MERELY A MURDEROUS CULT RATHER LIKE THE 'BRANCH DAVIDIANS' of WACO TEXAS.
cashu says
Comparing the Branch Davidians to islam is akin to comparing a little tin pedal car to a ferrari. But I suspect Janet Reno (may she enjoy her eternity in a mouldy hell) would disagree. She was tragically wrong-headed in nearly every decision she ever made in the legal profession (from prosecuting innocent day-care workers and non-custodial parents to frying little kids at the compound to “repatriating’ little Elian Gonzales against all legal logic), but then, she was rabidly, viciously liberal – hence, stupid; brain-dead – and that explains it entirely…
gravenimage says
Yes–the Elian Gonzales case disgusted me and broke my heart–after the boy’s mother gave her life for his freedom, sending him back was so appalling.
rich says
This guy got $700.000 at McDonalds for doing something similar.
A Lee says
Their lawyer was involved in the McDonald’s lawsuit. I don’t know if that couple was involved in the McDonald’s lawsuit.
Andy says
Here is another moslem attack on a pizza food establishment. They are testing to see if the courts are so stupid, left wing liberal to get away with this utter nonsense.
I did not grow up with such stupidity in my country. I’m just so pissed off with this moslem corruption and our establishment bending over backward to accommodate this. I for one would not give these moslem crooks one penny!
This is just crazy, like those left wing liberal judges from the 9th circuit. We have to band together to stop this idiocy.
Many Americans feel,helpless and are just waiting for the next Sunni attack. You know like San Bernadino. After Obama called Ft Hood massacre a work place violence incident he infuriated millions of people including myself. Good Job that traitor Obama is gone. We all need to support President Trump at every turn and any leader who is anti-globalist.
cashu says
Bravo, Andy. You definitely have your head screwed on “right.” The left are too brain-dead to understand the danger their stupidity puts the rest of us in. Were it not for the fact that we will all suffer equally for the left’s disregard of the facts about islam, I would be cheering for their commupance. But since I and my family are in for the same consequences when they succeed in breaking America, I have very definite opinions about the absolute ignorance and arrogance on the left in America.
John A. Marre says
The left hasn’t yet incorporated Jizya into federal law, so the Muslims are carrying out a little do-it-yourself Jizya. The end result is the same: humiliate Christians and Jews, and take their money while showing them how much they are hated by Muslims.
Hey, it’s Ramadan! Time for a little pizza!
Andy says
WITH DOUBLE SERVING OF BACON ON MY PIZZA!!! Thank you! Cheers!
Theo Langer says
If that goes through I have a new 100 million dollar business model:
– Visit restaurants of big food chains, that just hired new employees for the counter and which are in areas where there are only few Muslims
– Go there during their customer rush hour (if possible near the end of the respective shift)
– Order a meal that usually contains pork
– mumble “halal version”
– wait for a screw up and sue
Caution: Does not work during Ramadan and prayer hours!
OR
I secretly ask a trusted person to get a job there and serve me pork on purpose and split the 100m in two.
What a scam!
somehistory says
First of all, with all of the spices in pepperoni, it’s pretty difficult to tell from the taste if it is beef, pork or combination of meats.
Second, do they have any of the alleged *pork* from the first pizza and have they had it analyzed? No proof to show it was pork if they did not and have no lab reports, only the *word*…and most likely a lie…from the moslums.
And the worst part: “This is a violation of the Muslim faith” shows just how deep they have burrowed into the legal system in MI.
The only people who can “violate…a faith” are those who say they adhere to it, those subject to its code of conduct and teaching.
pnr says
casteless izlamo-inbred cannot make own homemade pizza up to Vedic Veg standard of Srila Prabhupada???
Julia Roberts, America’s sweetheart, back within Dharmic fold. Welcome to Dharm(a).
Julia Roberts is Vedic-‘hindu’. Julia Roberts for next USA President. Let us defeat nefarious adharmic forces i.e. jihadists and their supporters through good Dharmic leaders around the world.
gravenimage says
Michigan: Muslim sues Little Caesars for $100 million over pepperoni pizza
…………………………
Even if they did accidentally get pork–which sounds questionable to begin with, given the weirdness about the Halal sticker–so what?
My husband and I are vegetarians. It doesn’t happen often, but we accidentally wind up with meat in our food every so often–especially if we are making special requests.
We both understand that anything out of the ordinary–requests for meat dishes being made meatless, requests for Kosher or Halal, requests that the food not be salted, etc. etc., are apt to get lost in the shuffle in busy kitchens.
If this happens a lot at any one place, we either politely emphasize our requests–with acknowledgement that this is extra work–or we just go elsewhere.
Of course, it would never occur to us to sue the restaurant.
But this is *very* common from Muslims, and appears to have two purposes–one, it is to shakedown the Infidels and essentially collect Jizya from them; and secondly and even more sinister, it is to impose Shari’ah norms such as establishing Halal (or wearing Hijab or accommodating Muslim prayer breaks or some such) as the default.
Suing for 100 million over a pepperoni pizza is, of course, simply ludicrous. If this travesty ever gets before a judge of jury, I hope they realize this.
le mouron rouge says
As usual, gravenimage, excellent commentary.
“All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.”
– Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
gravenimage says
Thank you, le mouron rouge.
And thank you for the great Churchill quote–one of the figures I most admire.
And I think I have mentioned it before, but I love your username, with its reference to the brave character the Scarlet Pimpernel.
A Lee says
Bazzi’s wife disgusts me, too. He was probably raised Muslim, but she’s a former Catholic who CHOSE to convert to Islam, perhaps so that she could marry this jerk. I hope he doesn’t beat her. He seems to be a very angry person.
gravenimage says
+1
no_one says
LOL. The wife knew the taste of pork, LOL. I know the taste of pork too and I can’t recognize it when I get a pulled pork sandwich at Quisino’s. That is not a proof they had a pork pizza. Just don’t eat it. How about Arabs making diner and not washing their hand when using the bathroom? Happens too, but kafirs can eat dirty food.
Wellington says
The predatory and parasitic nature of Islam is never ending. Nor is its self-pity. Even Nazis and Marxists didn’t regularly stoop to such levels. And when you have to put the word “even” before the mention of Nazis and Marxists one should know just how low therefore Muslims can sink——–as here. And thus tending to demonstrate (once again) that Nazism and Marxism, heinous as they are, still “only” belong in the junior varsity category of totalitarian ideologies. The varsity category here has a clear “winner”————-Islam.
So sick of Muzzies. Anyone of sense and knowledge should be by now. No more excuses for these appalling excuses for human beings, though the degree of descent does indeed vary from Muzzie to Muzzie. But all are culpable to some degree and their belief system is surely a drag on all of mankind.
Indubitably.
James says
Little Caesar’s should call the food something really offensive. A dish of Mo’s Balls might be nice – meatballs with a bacon filling, garnished with pork scratchings, with an egg mayo dip. A cake in the shape of a burning Koran would be good.
An intelligent and well-informed foodie should have no difficulty concocting a menu highly offensive to Muslims – they want to be offended, so let’s give them something to complain about.
No Fear says
Bazzi and his wife became sick to their stomach, said his attorney, Majed Moughni.
“His wife is a Catholic convert (to Islam) who had eaten pork all her life,” Moughni said. “She knows the taste of pork. He was very angry, upset.”
If she had “eaten pork all her life” why was she “sick to the stomach” when she ate some that day?
gravenimage says
Exactly–this is ridiculous. They are just trying to claim distress.
Unless one actually has a food allergy they are not going to have such a reaction. Little Caesar’s is not the healthiest food in the world, but as long as it is prepared properly it is not going to make anyone ill.
No Fear says
If her wife has eaten pork “all her life” then how is eating one more mouthful of pork putting her in $100m worth of peril? Obviously the pork has not hurt her up to this point in time.
Frank Anderson says
Ridiculous things happen in courts: Remember the Christian baker in Oregon (?) who refused to make a cake for a gay wedding? The baker was fined by the state for $135,000 for violating the gays’ civil rights. Here a pizza parlor could be held for damages because it serves the same pizza which it also serves nationwide. If it takes any action to “wave off”, discourage or exclude Muslim customers, there are still potential legal claims from the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Katzenbach v McClung, 379 U.S. 294 (1964).
Once the shysters find a target the best solution may be to close the store and move away. When franchises (all franchises-food and other) leave, then the “neighborhood” is “on its own”, quite like the aftermath of the LA riots, the Detroit riots, the continuing riot of Chicago and . . . how many others?
Does “convert, submit or die” equal “surrender, bankrupt or move”? Creating an ever growing community of desolation in the model of Islamic countries right here in the middle of the US appears to be a real possibility for the future, If it is allowed. Let them turn their great mosque into their own pizza parlor. Islam is not only a cult of murder; it is a cult of misery and despair.
JS says
I grew up in a predominantly muslim community.. they actually and literally teach their children and teenagers on how to extort money from non-muslim busineses. Never thought that this kind of thing is now happening in the US.
gravenimage says
Yup.
Earl Robert says
Earl’s Pizza
Mostly Halal meats on all our pizzas. Try the bacon, lamb, goat and feta pizza. It’s great and only a little of it is not Halal. All animals are soothed by our processor before cutting their throats. We certify none of the animals have been sodomized prior to slaughter. Afterwards, we insist on a strict necropsy policy.
gravenimage says
Now that is grimly hilarious, Earl!
Undaunted says
Okay, it’s clobberin’ time. The owner of Little Caesar’s is Mike Illitch, who also happens to be owner of the Detroit Red Wings. You know… the hockey team.
Original 6.
Eleven Stanley Cups, more than any US team in history.
We can’t let these Muslim dirtbags fuck with the greatest team in the greatest sport ever. Let’s kick some ass.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P4wg21mLf8
Wellington says
I have always thought, Undaunted, since early boyhood (which for me was back in the Mesozoic Era), that American football was the greatest sport ever (think Johnny Unitas, Jim Brown and Dick Butkus here). Still do, but I’ll give you a close second place for hockey if that will suffice.
But with you completely on clobberin’ time and Muslim dirtbags. So, I hope two and a half out of three here will be good enough for you. Just sayin’.
Hope you and those you hold most dear are doing well. My God, is Islam a pain in the ass or what? But I both digress and repeat myself.
le mouron rouge says
Yes. Wellington, those were the days.
Let’s not forget the Green Bay Packers with Coach Vince Lombardi, Linebacker Ray Nitschke, and QB Bart Starr and the 1967 (Ice Bowl) Championship game with the Dallas Cowboys.
“The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.”
– Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Undaunted says
I’m from Green Bay and a Packer fan. Yay.
gravenimage says
+1
Rev g says
Mike Ilitch is no longer with us.
Gerald Mucci says
Any Catholic who converts to Islam is either mentally ill, was threatened with the Muslim head-chop, or is simply an idiot.
A Lee says
I agree.
STJOHNOFGRAFTON says
How one decodes the taste of pork in a pepperoni sausage is beyond reasonable expectation. In this case, the essential part of this extortionate claim is the man’s wife, an ex Catholic and pork sleuth extraordinaire who can, apparently, divine the taste of pork in hot, spicy sausage.
cashu says
You gotta hope the justice making the initial determination as to the compelling nature of this lawsuit has at least an ounce of common sense. If so, he will immediately throw it out and censure the lawyer who brought it, wasting the court’s time. But, since all judges were once lawyers, and there is obvious judicial sympathy with legal larceny, I wouldn’t bet on it.
ketzel says
And yet we non-Muslims are forced to eat halal meat that isn’t labeled as such. It’s difficult to determine if lamb from Australia and New Zealand is halal…a lot of it has no label, and yet it’s known that most of it is halal. This is the real issue. Maybe we should sue, and I’m not joking. A class action suit. Meanwhile, I’ve stopped eating lamb, because most likely it’s halal, unless it’s local and from a boutique farm.
Stan says
So his wife, who ate pork her whole Catholic life, got sick eating a bite of pork pepperoni? The thought of earing pork made her sick perhaps, but not the pepperoni. Maybe this is farfetched, but he could have marched up to the counter and said he,got pork pepperoni by mistake. No. File a 100 million dollar lawsuit instead.
Rev G says
Hmm, isn’t the brand new Little Caesar’s Arena opening in September? Yes it is, Kid Rock is doing the first show ( I will be there). Is it coincidence that this situation happens just as they are putting the roof on the arena? Just months after the patriarch and leader of the company dies? Just in time for the increased media coverage of islamic piety during ramalamadingdong? Triple whammy!
DDMisra says
Has the case been admitted?
alex9234 says
I hope the judge says: “It’s just a f**king pizza. Get out of my courtroom.”
That’s Dearborn for ya. I just happen to live 30 minutes away from there. How much longer until they’ll pull this crap in Oakland County?
Rev g says
Southfield and Oak Park have had there problems for decades now. I lived in Berkley for a couple years. Really an odd situation around there, the muslims putting the squeeze on the established Jewish communities.
alex9234 says
And they’re even moving into West Bloomfield – another Jewish stronghold. Franklin too – there’s a Muslim school in downtown Franklin.
Rev g says
Franklin, wow, it’s been years since I was there. Had friends in the 1st Michigan Fife & Drum Corps, they marched in the parade there. Great little town.
abad says
Exactly how would a Muslim knows what pork or bacon tastes like if it is a forbidden food??
gravenimage says
She converted to Islam. Still, this is bs.
Steve K says
If I had 100 million dollars for every time a fast food place screwed up my order, I could buy the Middle east.
Rev g says
The proper judgement would be to require the pizza place to post a disclaimer that they use non-halal items in the facility and cannot be held responsible for unfortunate errors on orders, beyond replacing the order.
Valkyrie Ziege says
; The fact that he want back a second time is proof he is a con-artist, trying to shake-down a pizza place for money, and/or free food, and the security cameras will prove that. Religious types are rarely tech savvy, e.g., A ”gay” male pastor who alleged discrimination by ”Whole Foods” cake decorators in Austin, Texas, was revealed to be a shake-down artist by the store’s security cameras, and in response he dropped his suit against the grocery store.
chain.http://thefederalist.com/2016/05/17/remember-the-fake-whole-foods-hate-cake-pastor-apologizes-admits-he-lied/
Lioness says
To protect themselves, restaurants should boldly display that they don’t serve halal food. A big sign stating: “NONE OF THE FOOD SERVED HERE IS HALAL”, this will exclude muslims from coming in and extorting momey from the owner. On the other hand, it may be considered “islamophobic” and against the law, certainly in Canada.
Donald R Laster Jr says
“halal pepperoni” is by definition an oxymoron. And from what I have read “halal” is basically meaningless. It is not like “kosher”. And since Islamics are allowed to lie and deceive to advance Islam this man and his wife have no credibility. That is the nature of Islam. The word of an Islamic is meaningless.
Troybeam says
Rule one in Muslim mentality, eat pork products and sue, work in pork serving job or pork plant and sue, look at pork and sue, law suits are a great example of Muslims destroying any business they think they can win especially if they have a lot of liberal judges and Islamic appeasers to rule.
Round them up and evac them back to home nation, they are destructive and socially they segregate themselves into communities, they use our Constitution to further Islamic political agenda while stripping away the rights of natural citizens.