Riddiculous lah sg multi racial but must respect muslims even to the extent of a toy and mind u they are minorities in this country.
No wonder they are getting more and more demanding.
No wonder they are getting more and more demanding.
That is why when you visit Macs in Thailand, HK, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, you need to eat pork burgers. Even the Malaysian Chinese go crazy over it cos they say Mudland no such thing like Spore.
We have become too halalfied such that we cannot have pork dishes for fast food meals anymore. Only Yoshinoya, Jap fast food chain still serve pork.
By taking an extreme interpretation of the halal certification, they are caving in to the religious extremists.
We are a multi-cultural, multi-religious secular country. Boycott McDonalds if they do not get it right!
I understand that all fast food chains in Singapore are under halal certification. Boycott them all?
I am saying that McD wrongly interprets the halal certification, and taking political correctness to the extreme to cater to the extremists.
McD makes the vast majority of our moderate Muslims look bad.
By taking an extreme interpretation of the halal certification, they are caving in to the religious extremists.
We are a multi-cultural, multi-religious secular country. Boycott McDonalds if they do not get it right!
I understand that some Muslims take halal to be applicable to food (particularly meat and preparation thereof), but some take halal to be all encompassing, and I think quite rightly so in context of Islam teachings on superstitions and images. I respect that but I think that shouldn't impair or impose on others who are non-Muslims. Perhaps there should be a Muslim version of the set without the pig and a Hindu version without the ox?
That is being overly PC. If they are so offended by the sight of a toy pig, they can choose not to have the toy or Macs can offer them a different one from the set. In fact, the whole idea of using the Chinese Zodiac animals is probably offensive to a deeply religious Muslim as Islam does not have these in their calendar. If Macs had used their brains more, they will realise how ridiculous their approach is. They are risking raising the ire of the majority in order to appear accommodating to the minority.
they must be suffering really bad when they are in Ang Mo countries....and have to specifically look for halal supermarkets....instead of the nearest ones...
In the US, Muslims don't look for halal cert restaurants. They eat everywhere, just avoiding pork and other non-halal meat. For example, if the menu has pork burger and beef burger, they just choose beef burtger. However, the problem in Singapore is, for a restaurant to be supposedly admissible to a Muslim, it must have a MUIS cert and serves no pork or other non-halal meats, even if it has separate utensils for cooking halal food. And get this, it must employ a certain number of Muslims in order to qualify. However, what I see is that most Chinese and other non-Muslims don't give a damn to complain. They just work on ahead on market supply-and-demand principles with their jobs and businesses. The biggest middle fingers up in the face of MUIS cert system is from a group of Malay Muslims themselves, who frequent non-halal restaurants and pubs (by definition and practice could never be certified halal).
Halal also apply to soft toys?
So, what's next? Public Transport must be Halal certified? Becoz other pessengers who have eaten pork touch the handrail, the seats .., so taxi, bus, mrt all must Halal certified. Whoever carry pork cannot board the public transport.