I met a few moderate muslims in my travels also. I just wish more of them would condemn the idiots doing nasty things in their name...Makes all of them look bad for doing little to nothing to stop it.
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.
"Fury over [topic-du-jour]" ping.
The religion of fury!
Only in America can prisoners bitch about the food viably!
LOL - I wonder if the rogue kitchen worker is a FReeper?
I don't understand why prisoners are served meat. Give them gruel from beans, rice and vegetables. It would be healthier and much cheaper.
Do they use clubs in soccer now?
I'm sorry but really LOL
this shows total disrespect to our religion.
So when do the world-wide riots start about this "disrespect"?
Indeed, that BLT would be much better with some home-grown tomato's on it.
I'm sticking with the tried & true:
Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, sausage, eggs, and Spam, with Spam sauce.
Cornbread made with bacon grease & cracklins on the side.
Thr Religion of Pissants
By the way, the cook was another prisoner. How about early release?
That's changing. America's going to turn into a larger version of Israel, and unless we tighten up our security efforts to the same extent, the results are gonna be far more diastrous!
We're gonna be seeing more and more of these independent UNC style attacks, and not always with vehicles.
It may not be if there is a BBQ in the vicinity.
Gee, I've never heard that before.
I met a few moderate muslims in my travels also. I just wish more of them would condemn the idiots doing nasty things in their name...Makes all of them look bad for doing little to nothing to stop it.
Get over it.
What would happen to a woman?
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