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 Judaism’s 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.
“...He claims the boxes were labeled “halal,.....”
Where are the boxes? Slam dunk case against the probable franchisee with those boxes and DNA swabs of the offending meat.
Hope he chokes on halal pizza.
LOL
The boxes were labeled halal not the pizzas you mean he ate the pizza!?
What are the odds this was on purpose specifically for a lawsuit. That is a lot of money.
They can all go to Halal as far as I’m concerned. Man up, muzzies. A little pork ain’t gonna kill ya!!
The boxes were labeled halal not the pizzas you mean he ate the pizza!?
Correct.
A couple of points:
Under Jewish cultural laws, if you accidentally eat traif, you are not committing a sin.
The fact is that Little Caesars DOES serve pork products, so it is literally impossible that this guy wouldn't be exposed to "unclean" meat.
They don't sterilize the pizza cutter between orders, so those evil juices are going to be on his pizza.
The previous orderer could have ordered a meat lovers, cut with the SAME knife.
And YES, I've heard of Muslims demanding that the pizza knife be washed in front of them just to be sure.
It reminds me of the Hindu guy who ordered a bean burrito at a Taco Bell and got a beef burrito by mistake, then demanded that his WHOLE family get a free trip to India to "cleanse himself"
I worked at Taco Bell, and let me assure you that there is NO WAY that a bean burrito won't have some ground beef attached to the scoops and spoons.
If this Muslim is *that* strict, he had no reason to be in a frickin' pizza parlor in the first place.
Does he have no concept of what pizza even means?
Well there's turkey pepperoni...but I've never seen one single pizza takeout chain offer it. It's always pork. It's understood. If the moron didn't know pepperoni was pork it's on him.
I had a great salad last night - blue cheese wedge cut like a bowl smothered in blue cheese dressing and topped with bacon. MMMMM!
So give the Muslim a refund and a pigskin boot up the ass! Then deport him to the hellhole he came from!
There's Turkey pepperoni as well. Though it's neither Kosher nor halal, Hormel makes it.
Mark
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