Parents angered as every pupil is given halal school meals

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Parents angered as every pupil is given halal school meals

Halal meat is being served to pupils in state schools without their knowledge, even if they believe the religious slaughter is cruel.

Parents have reacted furiously after being sent letters telling them their children's school dinners have been all-halal for 'some time'.

To conform with Jewish and Muslim religious tradition, animals are prepared for halal products by having their throats slit while conscious - a method many people believe is inhumane and which the RSPCA has condemned.

The meat was introduced at four schools in the Reading area with a high proportion of Muslim pupils. But parents of non-Muslim pupils - between 20 and 50 per cent of the schools' roll -say they were not consulted.

Coach driver Andrew Weston, 37, who has a son and daughter at St John's primary school, said: "We received a letter saying only halal meat was being served and had been for some time. I was shocked.

"The way the animals are killed for this meat is barbaric and cruel. Our children should have a choice."

Abdul Dean, ethnic minorities officer for the Christian Peoples Alliance, said: "Christian children should be given an equal chance to have non-halal meat. The school should have explained the situation to parents at the outset."

Last month, a head teacher in Rotherham caused an outcry when she said she intended to replace traditional turkey with halal chicken to create an 'integrated Christmas'. Jan Charters, head of Oakwood School, backed down after complaints by MPs.

A spokesperson for Reading Borough Council said: "The decision was taken several years ago. Schools thought it was the appropriate choice for their multi-cultural community. We are increasing options at the four schools by offering fish each day."

The other schools where only halal meat is served are New Town, Oxford Road and Alfred Sutton primary schools.

Earlier this year, an RSPCA pamphlet stated: "Muslim communities in the UK should review their slaughter practices. Research demonstrates that slaughter of any animal without stunning can cause unnecessary suffering."

By ANDREW BUCKWELL

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Originally Posted by Fozia4life

Oh I think if I had expressed my view in the muslim community about the gelatine thing
they would have been horrified and told me that I am a sinner!! But you know what?

It is my conversation with God and when I die I shall answer for all the good and bad deeds in this life. I don't see why I have to answer to a Maulvi about how I live my life. I've already been condemned because I don't send my boys to mosque all the other good little muslim boys. But I took a stand and decided it was not in my kids best interests.

I went along to the mosque in question and was horrified to find that the teacher there would hit the boys with tennis balls when they read their lines wrong and also the boys that went there were druggies!! So I went in and took him out of the lesson threatened him that how dare he hit my son when he had just lost his father to cancer!!

So I haven't alot of faith in the preachers at all now. I honestly believe if you want to learn about Islam then don;t listen to a Mauvi, open the Quran and read and you will find the answers. But the English translation I feel the western world can take very literally and twist.

I used to go mosque on Saturdays and Sundays, weekends...Then stopped after I moved in with my sister.. They used to do the same here..Throw a tennis ball at you like your some dog..I hated it..

I was told not to have anyhing that contains gelatine since I was a child

[Fozia4life]

Originally Posted by -X_afr|na_X-

I used to go mosque on Saturdays and Sundays, weekends...Then stopped after I moved in with my sister.. They used to do the same here..Throw a tennis ball at you like your some dog..I hated it..

I was told not to have anyhing that contains gelatine since I was a child

I mean here the thing, my son came home and told me he was not allowed to eat bubble gum in as it was haram which means it contained gelatine.
But it's gelatine that comes from beef gelatine and not from a pig so is it allowed or not.
I don't know and quite honestly I told my son that we can't eat pork, bacon etc... or drink alcohol so that is all that matters.

But the islam extremist will have you know that even toothpaste is haram!!
Or even mouthwash!! I mean come on!! I am tired of it all and actually it pushes me further away from Islam.
I feel quite angry by it all.