Domino's pizza defends halal-only outlet
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The Domino's pizza chain today defended its decision to give the go-ahead for a halal-only outlet which does not offer its customers ham or bacon.
The firm said it had "thought long and hard" about the decision not to offer pork products at its store in Hall Green, Birmingham, which serves an area with a large Muslim population.
Some customers at the store have criticised the new policy, claiming it limits their freedom of choice and discriminates against non-Muslims.
But a spokeswoman for Domino's stressed that replacement items such as halal pepperoni had been sourced wherever possible.
The spokeswoman said: "In that particular area of Birmingham there are a large number of Muslims so there is naturally more of a demand for halal-based products.
"We appreciate we cannot please everybody but there are alternatives, such as turkey ham, and we have thought long and hard about this decision and we are sure it is the right one."
Domino's said the outlet was accredited by the Halal Food Authority (HFA) and was the first in the country to offer its pizzas to customers who prefer to eat halal.
The store's halal menu still includes many of the country's favourite pizzas, but with a halal twist on the toppings, Domino's added.
Items on the menu include halal spicy beef sausage, roast and tandoori chicken, halal pepperoni and halal cured turkey.
Abdul Mumtaz, the store's franchisee, said the halal store better served the needs of local residents.
Mr Mumtaz said: "Domino's is a national brand with a strong sense of the local communities in which it operates, and the halal store has been launched following huge demand from the people of Hall Green, where a high proportion of customers are followers of the Islamic faith.
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The opening of this Halal Outlet is a step in the right direction, I am sure that other well known brands will follow in their direction!!! I am looking forward to eating my halal dominos pizza. Well Done Mr Mumtaz!
Dominos still delivers pizza, doesn't it? There's another Dominos just 2.1 miles down the road http://tinyurl.com/dgx977
Domino's PR machine has done a great job 'defending' this decision!!
So what? Does this mean that only Kosher food wil be on sale in Golder's Green?
Does it mean only Vegetarian food in Islington?
If Abdul Mumtaz wants to serve only Muslim dishes, then hec should follow all the requirements of the Koran, such as;
Sura 5:51 "Believers, take neither Jews nor Christians for your friends and protectors. They are friends and protectors of one another. Whoever of you seeks their friendship and supports them shall become one of their number. Allah does not guide the wrongdoers"
Sura 9:5 "When the sacred months have passed, slay the idolaters [non-Muslims] where ever you find them, and take them captive and besiege them, and prepare for them each ambush. But if they repent and establish worship and pay the poor due, then leave their way free. Lo! Allah is forgiving, merciful."
Sura 9:14 " Fight them! [non-Muslims] Allah will chastise them at your hands, and will lay them low and give you victory over them and He will heal the breasts of folk who are believers."
2:193- Fight them [non-Muslioms] on until there is no more tumult and religion becomes that of Allah.
Or is it all right to take money from non-Muslims as long as they eat only Muslim food.
What exactly does Domino's mean by "turkey ham"? Ham, by definition comes from the pig which - incidentally - is not banned in the Koran. This just a bit of guff to con customers into thinking they are buying ham when it is turkey breast or leg - there is nothing else apart from the giblets and the gobble.
And what on earth is the Halal Food Authority? A pompously named self-serving single-interest group intent - like so many named after religions or skin colour - to decide what others
may do, may think, may say.
Like the religious quango the Muslim Parliament of Great Britain, we have self-elected bossy-boots wanting to take over from secular government agencies as part of the slow Muslimification of the UK. Already Sharia courts operate in areas such as Hall Green. This
creep goes on.
The beef was taken out of Bovril to please the Veggies. What next?
How much do you know quran ? Its not a textbook that you take a few verses and start quoting ? Do you even know when and in what context they were released ?
And for your information see the definintion of HAM : "the thigh and buttock of any animal slaughtered for meat "
doesnt necessarily have to be from pig.
Lastly, almost 100% of the kebab takeaways dotted around the country serve halal doner meat and chicken; just ask to see the wholesale packaging when you're next out drinking. That's right, you've been eating halal food all this time, not to mention fruit and veg, fish, most things vegetarian - all Halal! Shock horror!
The independent advisory body claims that the method by which Kosher and Halal meat is produced causes severe suffering to animals.
This is also racist again me as a none muslim, we ALL live in a CHRISTIAN country killed by PC , when you live in this country you live by our laws and tradition and not the reverse.
Halal is an abhorrent to a civilized country and not welcome in a western one
If you know nothing about what Halal is , better keep your mouth shut.
Do you or the animal welfare societey know better than the creator of the animals ?
this whole world is god's creation i will choose to live where i wish
and FYI i live legally in this country , your govt has given me a visa, i pay all my taxes wihtout claiming any benefits unlike you scums who live on benefits. I plan to stay here as long as i like and shall be getting the british passport too.
i dont want to argue with a person of such low mentality as yours.
We totally don't try to get chickens with breasts so big they can't move. We totally don't live in a society where animals are tested FOR FUCKING COSMETICS. Not for medicines and cures, but so that women can look prettier for when they go out.
Quite simply put, the god damn animal dies. End of. I think trying to justify killing an animal by saying it's "humane" is just silly. Before the advent of all this machinery even Brits just killed their sows with a bloody big axe.
So yeh just to clarify, I do despise how PC Britain is becoming sometimes, but ignorant fucks like you make me wonder if this is just part of some bigger plan to piss people like you off deliberatly cause you really had it coming.
Halal food does not exclude anyone, since to non-Muslims meat is meat (unless your Jewish of course) . Instead it opens up your products to a much wider market. That is why Dominoes took this decision. They saw a profitable market of pizza consumers currently being served by independent pizza shops and decided that they also wanted a slice of the action, (no pun intended).
Ha! To all those who scream that this is PC gone mad, this decision was purely a business one. Dominoes weren't lobbied by gangs of Muslims to serve halal food. Muslims were more than happy going to their own halal shops and only occasionally going to dominoes when they wanted a veggie pizza.
To those who are against dominoes introducing halal restaurants, Id like to ask this question. Would you object to Dominoes going all Kosher?
If you quiet rightly answered NO, but yet object to halal, then my friends, you need to seriously examine your own prejudices.
Personally though Im TOTALLY against Dominoes going Halal! As a Muslim pizza parlour owner the extra competition would be most unwelcomed indeed.
So you the main concern seems to be there is no bacon for the non-muslim members of the community to have. Well here's a dandy idea, HOW ABOUT JUST HAVE BACON AS AN OPTION!!!???. I mean, really, just because a place is halal does that have to mean bacon is not allowed to be served? It's pretty simple you want a Hawaian Pizza you ask the cashier which version you want, the halal version or the original version (with bacon).
Im not racist or religiously intolerent in anyway because to be blunt, I'm half filipino (and have my mother's skin colour) and I'm also agnostic so to me, all religions are the same. But I have to agree they simply swapped one form of religious/ethnic intolerence for another when the simple, ethical and smart action would simply be to serve both so that Muslim's can experience the wonder of Domino's Pizza while also allowing the previous clientele to enjoy their old menu options. All Domino's has done is made their previous customers now feel disenfranchised to the point where it may lead some people to believe the bullshit coming out of the BNP's mouths over something as little as a damn pizza.