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.
Some time later when asked about it, he said it was more important to the spirit of his religion to not embarrass or insult his hosts than to blindly follow dietary restrictions.
Wonder if that sentiment is obsolete or just rare.
How delusional can they be to display arrogance in addition to incompetence?
Oh cry me a f**kin' river.
These poor, "distraught" babies.
Oh, they'll saw your head off with a dull, rusty knife and practically orgasm while doing it.........but get alllllll cry-and-whiny over some freakin' ham in their curry.
Islam and its followers make me want to just puke.
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I used too work with a great bunch of Muslims - honest they were a real hoot - give them any meat and they'd ask 'is this pork" we'd only say no and they'd tuck in. One got disciplined for giving a dead man a bath, He was taking him to the bath but discovered he's died on the way. He said if he needed on alive the fact he was dead didn't change a thing. The family didn't see it like that. Those guys were a million miles away from the ranting of today. And good cooks!
Coating bullets with lard is not against any provisions of the Geneva Conventions...
This statement cannot be refuted, so packed it is with superstition and irrationality.
Not surprising.
Oh how sad. They're all going to hell now for eating ham. Tragic. No really, it is.
Is there any kind of national service medal the Brits can pin on this cook?
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.
I thought wearing underpants on your head was the ultimate insult. It must be exhausting being Muslim.
A classic show.
I agree, why waste perfectly good ham? Do a little "processing" first :-)
I have witnessed that very same thing. He called it the "other white meat" or just blessed as chicken.
"...explained why including ham in the halal curry caused such anguish."
Boo fricking hoo, subhuman murderous filth.
I'd put a *whole lot more* than just ham in their vittles.
No problem. Here goes:
Baruch ata Adonai, Eloheynu Melech ha'olam. Boreh pri ha'gafen
Shabat shalom, Wasim.
"The 'offense to Islam' ruse is merely an excuse for Muslims to revert to their default mode: rioting and setting things on fire. These people have a serious anger management problem." --Ann Coulter
Amen to that, S. Mmmmmmmmmmm, good. I can't wait for summer and fresh, home-grown tomatoes.
Let them eat ham.
...Imams were on hand to console distraught Muslims.
ifn theyd uh et some uh them jimmah deen pork sausages, they wouldnt be uh needin enny consolin by them thar eemams. Thems right tasty sausages, yessirree bob...
Deviled ham? : )
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