Posted on 03/04/2006 10:26:47 AM PST by ncountylee
BRITAIN - Muslim prisoners at a Midland jail are boycotting meals after a rogue kitchen worker was caught filling their halal curries with unholy ham.
Prisoners at HMP Blakenhurst received a written apology from the Prison Service after the discovery and Imams were on hand to console distraught Muslims.
Wasim Zafar, aged 19, from Alum Rock, spoke out after visiting his relative in the Howell Drive Category B prison.
"He was very depressed and had lost a lot of weight because he has not been eating much since he found out what had happened with the curries," he said. "He feels he can't trust anyone again after finding out such a disgusting problem with the food."
And Wasim's brother Anis, aged 27, who had also visited the prison, explained why including ham in the halal curry caused such anguish.
He said: "This is the ultimate insult to any Muslim. All the food we eat has to be blessed."
"This has really messed up the heads of anyone who ate the unholy meat. Religion is central to any Muslims life and this shows total disrespect to our religion."
Islam decrees that followers cannot eat meat from a pig as it creates "lowliness in character and destroys moral and spiritual faculties in a man".
It is unknown how long the prison kitchen worker had been contaminating the halal food.
The Prison Service admitted there had been an incident at the HMP Blakenhurst, which houses 1,070 inmates, and that the prisoner, who was caught throwing tinned ham in the curries, had been punished.
"We can confirm that officials at HMP Blakenhurst discovered that a prisoner had contaminated halal food," said a spokesman. "The person responsible has been disciplined and everyone who ate any of the food was sent a letter of apology and Imams based at the prison were on hand to deal with any issues that have arisen."
There are currently an estimated 4,500 Muslim prisoners in jails in England and Wales with each prison offering halal food and special measures for prayers.
Let them boycott food.
Hey, don't go to prison and you will be able to eat more of what you want.
Soccer clubs should have been used to console the filthy vermin.
Unholy meat. Um, I'm not going near that one.
Bread and water is halal; isn't it?
If a cow has been fed pork in its feed, is the meat considered unholy to Islamists? Or if a field is fertilized with pig dung?
Or is pork once-removed okay?
"This has really messed up the heads of anyone who ate the unholy meat. Religion is central to any Muslims life and this shows total disrespect to our religion."
Islam decrees that followers cannot eat meat from a pig as it creates "lowliness in character and destroys moral and spiritual faculties in a man".
I think we have found the ultimate weapon. Simply inform all the muslims in the west that, if they are incarcerated, they will have to survive on pork products and other non-halal food. If they don't want to eat, so be it. As for the middle east, bomb them with pork products.
A good reason to behave and stay out of prison, if you ask me.
The perp should be given a bonus!
"All the food we eat has to be blessed."
Dude, you are in prison, so say grace and STFU.
Air is "halal". Serve them all air for two months. Problem solved.
I bet 50% of world news items would be covered by this time-saver.
I enjoyed reading that sentence WAY too much.
LOL! I dont know, maybe you should "Ask the Imam". :0)
http://islam.tc/ask-imam/index.php
Or
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1589962/posts?q=1&&page=1
I thought drawing cartoons of a certain sick, twisted freak was the ultimate insult. Oh well. I hope the digested ham burned their sphincters on its way out.
Islam decrees that followers cannot eat meat from a pig as it creates "lowliness in character and destroys moral and spiritual faculties in a man".
If this is true I suspect that eating pork is more widespread in the Muslim world than is commonly known.
And do Jewish prisoners always get kosher food?
And do we do this no-ham-to-Muslims routine in U.S. jails?
And do vegetarian prisoners get special diets?
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