Halal butcher: he sold pork to his customers

C News ^ | 20/10/2014

[Eleutheria5]

A halal butcher sells – in theory – halal meat, that is to say, meat permitted by Islamic law and therefore, a fortiori, not pork.

This Zurich butcher doesn't seem to share that opinion. In three years, he allegedly sold 3.1 tons of pork, passing it off as veal , according to the Swiss version of 20 Minutes , which broke the story. The deception is twofold.

Scam

On the one hand, the religious men who bought their meat from his shop unwittingly broke their tradition . On the other hand, the butcher made significant profits since pork is much cheaper than veal on the meat market.

The operation ended badly for the butcher: inspected by an official, the deception was immediately discovered. The Zurich resident was fined 18,000 Swiss francs (approximately 15,000 euros) "for fraud and false statements," according to the indictment...

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TOPICS: Food; Humor; Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: 2024; deception; delicious; halal; oldnews; pork; porkisgreat; rop; switzerland; veal; zurich

[Eleutheria5]

It's an old article, recently brought to my attention. But it's still darkly funny. Full disclosure, AI-translated from French.

I remember a similar story about a kosher butcher who was using snake and lizard meat in the southwestern states for his customers. When he was caught at it, he was arrested, and hung himself in his jail cell (Hillary still in high school, I think).

[Dutch Boy]

If it’s okay for a muslim to lie to an infendel, it should be okay for an infendel to lie to a muslim.

[telescope115]

Sounds like it could’ve been a Monty Python skit.

[beethovenfan]

Allah would be pissed -— if he existed.

[Jan_Sobieski]

Darn shame…

[missthethunder]

“If it’s okay for a muslim to lie to an infendel, it should be okay for an infendel to lie to a muslim.”

Rabah lied when she hid the spies.

English standard version of the Bible

4 But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. And she said, “True, the men came to me, but I did not know where they were from. 5 And when the gate was about to be closed at dark, the men went out. I do not know where the men went. Pursue them quickly, for you will overtake them.”

One opinion
In the New Testament, she is lauded both as an example of a saint who lived by faith,[1] and as someone “considered righteous” for her good works.

[No name given]

Agreed.

[MtnClimber]

They are going to allah/satan/hell anyway.

[mbrfl]

And Mohammed would be pissed- if he existed.

While still a minority opinion among scholars, a growing number of scholars have begun to question the existence of the historical Mohammed. Contemporary records of him are non existent. It’s not until maybe 100 years after his supposed death that the first accounts of his life start to emerge. Even Mecca as the birthplace of Islam itself has been challenged with some placing the Muslim empire’s origins further north in Petra or even as far north as Iraq.

It’s theorized that rather than an empire founded on a religious movement, Islam developed from an empire in search of a unifying religion to hold it together.

There’s a lot of interesting evidence that supports these ideas. One is the fact that early mosques didn’t face Mecca as they universally do, now. Many actually face Petra, a thriving trading community at the time. Petra is located in far northern Arabia just south of modern day Israel

[Allegra]

You can easily buy pork at butcher shops around Baghdad. And the Iraqis seemed to wonder why this surprised me when I first learned of this.

[MotorCityBuck]

A man and his Pork will Not be denied.
🐷 👍

[Blurb2350]

Probably trying to save money. I was at the meat case just this morning and was struck — yet again — by how cheap pork is compared to beef and even chicken. There were several of us lined up in front of the beef section, just marveling at the exorbitant prices. It occurred to me that I hadn’t had beef (other than the occasional bit of ground beef) in many, many months. I used to eat two or three yummy ribeyes a week!

[No name given]

True.

[Paal Gulli]

JAMBOG!

Halal Butcher: He Sold Pork to His Customers

04/04/2026 4:32:05 PM PDT · by gnarledmaw · 28 replies
CNEWS ^ | 20/10/2014 | Jean-Philippe Ksiazek / AFP/Archives]

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4373654/posts

Not just “old,” it’s an exact duplicate.

Search function works fine.

[Pilsner]

In before the first picture of George Costanza asking Was that wrong? Should I have not done that?

[Texas Eagle]

Halal pork is people!

[SunkenCiv]

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[xp38]

Visited Petra some time ago now in modern day Jordan. Worth the trip imho. Amazing place. It was just the right appetizer before visiting Israel which was also worth it.

[mbrfl]

I’ve seen pictures. It looks amazing. Would like to see it in person someday.

[Veto!]

I stopped eating poek when I learned that pigs have higher IQs than dogs.

No Corgi, Collie, cocker Spaniel, Keeshond, Portuguese Water Dog, etc. will ever cross my lips either.