Posted on 05/26/2017 2:22:45 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A Muslim man from Dearborn is suing Little Caesars for $100 million claiming he was served pepperoni made with pork, which is a food prohibited by Islamic law.
Mohamad Bazzi says he ordered halal pizza twice from a pizza shop on Schaefer in Dearborn. He claims the boxes were labeled halal, but the pizzas inside were topped with regular pepperoni.
A Muslim man from Dearborn is suing Little Caesars for $100 million claiming he was served pepperoni made with pork, which is a food prohibited by Islamic law.
Mohamad Bazzi says he ordered halal pizza twice from a pizza shop on Schaefer in Dearborn. He claims the boxes were labeled halal, but the pizzas inside were topped with regular pepperoni.
An arrow points to a sign advertising halal pizza.
According to the lawsuit, Bazzi ate the pepperoni without realizing it was pork. The suit includes a copy of a complaint filed with the Dearborn Police Department following the alleged incident.
Halal is the Muslim equivalent of Judaisms kosher, and requires that meat be prepared according to Islamic guidelines, such as reciting a prayer while the animal is killed. Halal pepperoni is typically made with beef.
Attorney Majed Moughni filed the suit on behalf of Bazzi and other customers whom he says were similarly misled by the business that caters to a large number of Muslim customers by offering Halal Pepperoni.
The lawsuit reads, in part:
Plaintiff, a devote Muslim, brings this class action lawsuit after Defendants LITTLE CAESAR PIZZA, LITTLE CAESAR ENTERPIRESES, INC, DENISE, manager, and other JOHN DOE and JANE DOE, employees sold Pork pepperoni when Plaintiff ordered Halal Pepperoni, a strict violation of Michigan state Law (MCL 750.297f), Wayne County Ordinance, the Wayne County Halal and Kosher Anti-Fraud and Truth-In-Labeling Ordinance (Chapter 159-1), but, most importantly, the Islamic Law that prohibits Muslims from eating Pork! Plaintiff bring this action as the public has a right to know about this fraud that is being perpetrated in the Dearborn, Michigan, the community with the highest concentrations of Muslims in North America. [View a copy of the lawsuit]
Little Caesars has not yet commented on the lawsuit.
The moral of the story is DON’T do business with muslims. A couple of years ago a story about a McDonalds in Dearborn that tried to serve halal food and it wasn’t halal enough for them so they sued McDonalds, instead of saying well thanks for trying, maybe we should go eat a goat instead.
What the restaurants need to do is to xerox pictures of pepperoni pizza and cut the paper peps out and use them.
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I’ve eaten at Little Ceasers. Isn’t that what they do?
Or is it that they use cardboard for the crust?
(Yuck)
I’d rather heat and eat a frozen pizza before I’d eat LC.
Make your own damn Halal pizza. Like there aren’t any actual Halal pizzarias in Dearborn he could have gone to. The muzzie was looking to start trouble and file suit.
I've had turkey pepperoni, and venison pepperoni.
Chris Ilitch is deeply saddened by your response.
At least the ‘season’ the cutouts and cardboard.
He ate the pork and lived to tell about it?
Is this some more of that ‘religious liberty?’
That is, I’m free to believe what I believe
and you are, too (free to believe what I believe).
Since they’ve filed a court case, perhaps they could also point to the specific ‘Islamic law’ that prohibits pork products.
100 million.
You can ban troublemakers from your stores.
Awww...so cute.
I see a major business opportunity here.
Sign makers:
WE HAVE NO HALAL FOOD HERE
WE HAVE NO HALAL PRODUCTS HERE
WE ARE NOT A HALAL STORE
He might get a $100 mil out of Little Ceasars
but Allah is still going to send him to hell for eternity.
There are no takebacks in the Religion of Pieces!
Bwaaaaahahahahahaaaaaaa
That’s exactly what I thought. Guy needs to learn how to cook.
I like it! Plus hang bacon over the doorway.
What extraordinary asceticism.
I appreciate this article coming out.
A number of years ago, Subway starting serving islamic meals to their customers. That’s when I quit using their restaurants. I will not spend my hard earned money to assist an American company to fulfill and gratify a religious sect that not only kills people for not joining them, but is rewarded for doing it by their god (?) in their heaven.
So long Caesars. I’d like to use an American company that supports our first amendment concerning religion. You worship the dollar, try buying your way into God’s paradise. But you’ll do it without my money you bunch of scabs.
rwood
Good question.
People with allergies, religious prohibitions, or simple dislikes of various foods are entirely responsible for what they eat. If you don’t know what is on your plate, don’t eat it. Don’t blame other people. Don’t make a nuisance of yourself. Just go home and cook your weird food.
If I had a restaurant, I would mix a little of every known allergen, every known prohibited food, and every known unpopular food on every dish that leaves the kitchen. And this fact would be my marketing gem.
Little Caesars caters to a large number of Muslim customers. Halal pepperoni... Ha ha! Watch... little Caesars will switch to all halal pepperoni to avoid that mistake again!
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In Little Caesar’s defense, the pizza probably was halal UNTIL the customer told them to put pepperoni on it. The only thing they did wrong was giving him the topping he asked for.
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