Original headline: Lunch between French and Iranian presidents canceled: France refused request to serve halal food and no wine
Posted on 11/10/2015 11:56:03 AM PST by cartan
The request for halal food is perfectly reasonable: if Hollande is going to invite Rouhani to lunch, he shouldn’t serve him food that his guest cannot eat for religious reasons. But the request that there be no wine on the table is inherently supremacist and absolutely unjustifiable. Rouhani would not be forced to drink wine, but that’s not enough: if he is not going to drink wine, then no one else can drink it either, including the non-Muslims present. This demand is in line with the old axiom: in Muslim countries, one must conform one’s behavior to Muslim sensibilities. And in non-Muslim countries, one must conform one’s behavior to Muslim sensibilities.
“Hollande-Rouhani lunch ‘scrapped over wine spat,’” The Local, November 10, 2015:
A formal lunch between the French president and his Iranian counterpart during next week’s historic meeting has had to be scrapped after the Elysée Palace reportedly refused Iran’s request to serve up halal meat and no wine.
Iranian president Hassan Rouhani will pay a historic visit to France next week after being invited by Fran¸ois Hollande earlier this year.
But the run-up to the visit has been slightly marred by an apparent disagreement over the menu for a lunch that the two heads of state were supposed to share, French news site RTL reports.
Iran’s Rouhani has reportedly had to turn down a dinner invitation with French president Fran¸ois Hollande at the Elysée for religious reasons.
It appears the Iranian presidency’s request for halal meat to be served and for the wine to be left off the table, which is a common request by Iran, was rejected by officials at the Elysée.
“A meal had been planned but fell through,” a source involved in French-Iranian affairs told the RTL site, adding that the leaders were missing out on ‘a great opportunity’.
Rouhani, whose country has strict laws governing the consumption of alcohol, had requested a meal with a halal, alcohol-free menu. But this was proved unacceptable for the Elysée, who politely declined citing France’s “republican traditions” surrounding Elysée dinners.
The Eylsée have yet to confirm or comment on the reports.
In an attempt to reach a compromise, the Elysée suggested a breakfast meeting instead, but this was reportedly rejected by the Iranians as being “too cheap”.
The two heads of state are still set to meet for two hours of talks on November 17th—but not at the dinner table.
The row recalls a 2009 incident, when the Iraqi prime minister Nuri Al-Maliki, declined a dinner invitation with former French president Nicolas Sarkozy because he did not want alcohol at the table”.
Original headline: Lunch between French and Iranian presidents canceled: France refused request to serve halal food and no wine
The concept of “you eat what you like and I’ll eat what I like” seems to be outside the muslim functional zone.
Good on you France.
I would have said: “the Bacon/Ham Sammiches and Wine are both Halal, they have been blessed TWICE by a Rabbi!”
When you come to my house you get to eat what I cook and drink what’s in the cooler. You should expect to enjoy some smoked pork shoulder or an Italian dish with Italian sausage in the marinara sauce. And have a cold Warsteiner, too.
It seems odd, but I don’t have many Muslim friends. Oh well, no loss.
[ The row recalls a 2009 incident, when the Iraqi prime minister Nuri Al-Maliki, declined a dinner invitation with former French president Nicolas Sarkozy because he did not want alcohol at the tableâ€. ]
We need a new saying: You can lead a muslim to the table, but you cannot expect them NOT to drink....
It’s rare for me to say this, but good for the French!
So, France drew a red wine line which wasn’t crossed.
Simple solution - force a bottle of wine down the Iranian presidents throat and then hang him for crimes against humanity. After that, nuke Mecca and call it a good day’s work.
Eventually it’s going to come to this anyway. Might as well get it done now, before the Muslim animals kill off the whole world.
I like it.
So Hollande had the courage to tell the towelhead savages to go pound sand!
The theocratic headwraps want to tell the rest of the world how to eat and drink.
Hollande, a socialist, deserves more respect than the guy at the head of our country.
I find myself in the odd position of agreeing with the French for a change.
[ The concept of “you eat what you like and I’ll eat what I like†seems to be outside the muslim functional zone. ]
Also the concept of “Basic Self Control” seems to be missing as they could sit at the table and just not eat anything or just drink water... but no.....
Apparently Muslims are like pigs given food in a trough, they will just dig right in and only later realize they ate haram food and are going to their version of Islamic hell consisting of 72 elderly virgin liberal reports that need not be named.
The Iranians, A.K.A. Persians, have ALWAYS been HUGE pains in the rear. Always. They were the land of Aryans, “pure,” which is how Hitler described the Germans...which is odd because Hitler was born and brought up in Austria. He left Austria when he was 22 or 23 years old. He learned his virulent anti-Semitism in Austria. I guess they sang “other” songs besides “The Hills Are Alive With Music.”
[ Hollande, a socialist, deserves more respect than the guy at the head of our country. ]
At least hollande is honest like Bernie about his socialism.
Oui! Oui! All the way home.
It is “interesting” that the French only noticed the Muslim’s hatred and dictatorial polices when their “wine and food” were attacked (insulted ?) in public, NOT when their French women and children were being raped!
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