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19.02.10, 12:35
Brawo muslim!!!! Bez ironii.
PARIS ,Feb. 18: A move by a French fast-food chain to offer halal menus at a
handful of restaurants has some politicians fuming, in the latest row over
France’s increasingly visible Muslim minority.
The Quick chain has taken pork off its menu in eateries in Roubaix, northern
France, as well as in Marseille and in the Paris suburb of Argenteuil to try
to tap into the growing market of Muslim customers. But politicians from the
left and right have complained that the switch to no-bacon hamburgers,
launched three months ago in November, is depriving non-Muslims of their right
to the standard menu. Roubaix mayor Rene Vandierendonck plans to file a
complaint for discrimination, arguing that non-Muslims now have to trek to the
suburbs to get a bacon burger as Quick is the only fast-food place in the city
centre. “I’m not bothered by the fact that there is a halal menu,” said the
mayor. “But this is going too far because it is the only menu on offer and it
has become discrimination.” French far-right politician Marine Le Pen
suggested the Halal menus were providing a financial boost to Muslim
organisations that certify meat as having been slaughtered in accordance with
Islamic practices. Ms Le Pen condemned the menu switch as “unacceptable” and
denounced a form of “Islamisation”. In cities and towns across France, Quick’s
red-and-white signs are as familiar a sight as McDonald’s golden arches,
offering the usual array of hamburgers, French fries and soft drinks. But in
eight of Quick’s 350 restaurants, the “Bacon” double cheese hamburger is not
on offer, replaced by a halal version with smoked turkey. —AFP
