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Surprise! America's favorite meal may be secretly dedicated to Allah
Worldnetdaily ^ | November 21, 2011 | By Drew Zahn

Posted on 11/22/2011 7:30:20 AM PST by Usagi_yo

As you sit down with your family on Thanksgiving and consider offering a prayer of gratitude, be aware the turkey at the center of the table may have already been "blessed" – in the name of Allah.

Customer service representatives from Butterball, one of America's most popular Turkey brands, confirmed to WND that the company's whole turkeys are – without being labeled as such – slaughtered according to Islamic "halal" standards.

"Halal slaughter involves cutting the trachea, the esophagus and the jugular vein and letting the blood drain out while saying, 'Bismillah allahu akbar'

Read more: Has your Thanksgiving turkey been sacrificed to idols? http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=370177#ixzz1eRogeSmq

(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...


TOPICS: Agriculture; Business/Economy; Food; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: allah; butterball; halal; turkey
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To: concerned about politics

The hillbilly turkeys here are all smarter than the hunters so we just go shopping....;D


61 posted on 11/22/2011 8:20:13 AM PST by Salamander (I'm Wounded, Old And Treacherous.)
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To: Albion Wilde; Usagi_yo
As Jesus said, it’s not what goes into a man’s mouth that defiles him, but what comes out of it. Meaning vile speech, rudeness, blasphemy, etc.

Exactly. I had the same reaction when I heard this before.

I think this was reported by WND before actually. It's good to be aware of the attempts at Islamication of America, but there's a difference between being aware and getting hyperventilated over every little thing. WND is getting to be like that crazy uncle everyone has but pays little attention.

To me this is like how many businesses are advertising in Spanish. It's an annoying indication of how so many refuse to assimilate, but it's not the business' fault for trying to please as many customers as possible. And this isn't even an indication of a lack of assimilation; it's just an indication Muslims follow dietary laws, something hardly threatening really. (until and unless they start trying to force them on everyone)

62 posted on 11/22/2011 8:22:10 AM PST by FourtySeven (When does the race card run out of credit?)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Some Mennonites down the road from me used to have a *huge* pasture full of white turkeys.

Far as the eye could see, nothing but stupid turkeys staring at the sun.

The birds tasted great but then they stopped raising them several years ago.

Dunno why.

They just don’t make Mennonites like they used to.


63 posted on 11/22/2011 8:23:12 AM PST by Salamander (I'm Wounded, Old And Treacherous.)
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To: Usagi_yo

so a turkey is going to have one station be the jihad stop and the other station be the kosher stop?

should not the labeling be prominent for both?


64 posted on 11/22/2011 8:29:36 AM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: concerned about politics
It's like eating a sacrifice to Satan. I'm not eating one. The darn things have been cursed

nope...Satan exists....you cannot place a curse on something by dedicating it to something that doesn't exist...eat up and enjoy, your God will take care of it all (except for cooking it)

65 posted on 11/22/2011 8:30:30 AM PST by terycarl (lurking, but well informed)
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To: Usagi_yo
I just called the customer service line, 1-800-288-8372. In response to “Are you saying an Islamic prayer while killing your turkeys” I was told that Butterball processes their turkeys to USDA Halal standards. She would only answer the question with the scripted answer; I told her it was creepy and hung up.
66 posted on 11/22/2011 8:31:46 AM PST by Vision ("Did I not say to you that if you would believe, you would see the glory of God?" John 11:40)
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To: All

I say label it clearly and let the free market decide.

If the free market does not want it so be it.


67 posted on 11/22/2011 8:32:13 AM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: Usagi_yo

____________________

Jihad per TV ‘realism series’- ‘All American Muslims’
TLC Sunday, 9 PM CST

‘It is an attempt to manipulate Americans into ignoring the threat of jihad and to bully them into thinking that being concerned about the jihad threat would somehow victimize these nice people in this show.

The problem people have with Islam is its teachings of violence against and the subjugation of unbelievers. It is with the supremacist ideology and the fervent believers in those noxious doctrines of warfare and subjugation. Yhe ultimate danger posed by a program presenting the “normal” side of life for American Muslims is that it isn’t accurate.

The danger is in the deception and obfuscation of the truth which results in the intellectual disarming of the American people.’

Pam Geller
_______________________

Email TLC.

Protest

Boycott

Get up a petition. This atrosity MUST be stopped!

.


68 posted on 11/22/2011 8:33:39 AM PST by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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To: svcw

THey have confirmed it on their FaceBook page.


69 posted on 11/22/2011 8:36:59 AM PST by ExpatGator (I hate Illinois Nazis!)
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To: ExpatGator
THey have confirmed it on their FaceBook page.

It just makes the turkeys sound "dirty" or something. It's creepy. I'd have a hard time putting it in my mouth.

70 posted on 11/22/2011 8:40:38 AM PST by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Thanks for the link, very informative.


71 posted on 11/22/2011 8:41:29 AM PST by Jed Eckert
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To: Usagi_yo

Also reported here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2810726/posts


72 posted on 11/22/2011 8:58:48 AM PST by DManA
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To: ExpatGator

WDN FaceBook page or Butterballs?


73 posted on 11/22/2011 8:59:35 AM PST by svcw (God's Grace - thank you!)
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To: Usagi_yo
This is like the "meat sacrificed to idols" controversy in the 1st century. Who cares what is said when the turkey is killed? It's still a turkey. When the butcher mumbles a few meaningless words about "allah," it does not alter the composition of the meat.

Two words: non issue.

74 posted on 11/22/2011 9:00:32 AM PST by Guyin4Os (A messianic ger-tsedek)
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To: Usagi_yo

It is no secret. I called the Butterball Hotline and they told me that yes their turkeys are compliant with halal specifications, with all that means.

(1-800-288-8372)


75 posted on 11/22/2011 9:00:48 AM PST by DManA
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius
"If you are so weak in your faith that eating a Butterball Turkey will cause you distress, then do not do so. But I will pray that you will move beyond this weakness."

1 Corinthians 8:12 - "When you sin against them in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ."

76 posted on 11/22/2011 9:01:05 AM PST by GourmetDan (Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.)
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To: Guyin4Os

It’s good to have the information so a consumer can make an informed choice. While I don’t think I’m going to hell if I eat a turkey dedicated to Satan, I would prefer one that wasn’t.


77 posted on 11/22/2011 9:04:11 AM PST by DManA
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To: Usagi_yo
I picked up a trailer load of Turkeys from a slaughterhouse in Waverly Texas back in the 70s. The turkeys where hung by their their feet on an overhead conveyor belt and went into a room where a guy cut their throats. They flapped around a bunch throwing blood all over. I don't remember what the guy covered in blood said but I expect it was more My job sucks then a prayer of any kind.
78 posted on 11/22/2011 9:08:08 AM PST by dblshot (Insanity: electing the same people over and over and expecting different results.)
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To: Usagi_yo
We are commanded in the new testament, at least four separate times to not eat meat that has been sacrificed to idols. This commandment is often in a sentence with other serious sins not to commit, like adultery.

You don't mind, fine, but this a serious, filthy stunt by Butterball...Especially when it's kept secret.

79 posted on 11/22/2011 9:11:42 AM PST by SENTINEL (Romney is to Conservatism what Mormonism is to Christianity.)
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To: Erik Latranyi
I don’t care if they offered it up to Satan

Seriously?

80 posted on 11/22/2011 9:21:21 AM PST by null and void (MSGT Dean Hopkins USMC (ret) WWII-Korea-Vietnam 11/9/1925-10/22/2011 My hero, my Dad)
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