A KFC customer in the UK was quite shocked when he was refused a hand wipe because it contains alcohol, which is against Islamic Law, so it might offend their Muslim customers.
The customer, Graham Noakes, tried to explain that he ‘liked the alcohol’, but was still refused the wipe.
Although one Muslim Organisation has called the decision “bizarre”, it appears they didn’t go so far as to inform the KFC that it was ok to hand out the wipes.
Muslims make up about 4.4% of England’s population. As this number increases, of course, you can expect the influence on culture to increase.
We just posted a story of a couple that was kicked off a bus in the UK because they sang a song about a pig to their child, that offended a Muslim woman on the bus.
“I will never be going to KFC again.”The father-of-two added: “I’ve never experienced anything like this before, I couldn’t believe it.
“Why shouldn’t I be allowed a wipe for my hands?
“They use wipes in hospital, what happens when we start being told we can’t have wipes there?
“I just can’t understand it.”
Graham, who lives in Birmingham, is working in Leicester on the construction of a new Muslim community centre in Highfields.
Halal is the Arabic word for ‘lawful’ and relates to what is allowed in the context of Islamic law, but is often used in conjunction with the issue of how meat is dealt with.
Suleman Nagdi, spokesman for the Leicester-based Federation of Muslim Organisations, said: “I know alcohol is prohibited in the Muslim community, but I don’t understand why you can’t use hand-wipes – there’s nothing wrong with it.
“Using alcohol doesn’t mean you’re consuming it.
“It seems like an unusual decision to be made.
“In fact, it sounds bizarre.”
Suleman said such decisions potentially provoked some people to start “lashing out” at the Muslim community.
“I’ve never come across anything like this before,” he added.
“KFC have made a commercial decision to do this, and now the Muslim community will face backlash.”
A KFC spokesman said the company had been running a halal trial since 2010, in “areas where there has been demand from our customers”, such as the restaurant in St George’s Retail Park.
He said that as a result “a small number of products from our usual menu are not available”, and in addition the St George’s branch had decided not to stock wet wipes that contain alcohol”.
Won’t eat at KFC anymore, won’t eat or take my family to eat at a filth hole, they got the last dollar from me.
If the smell of bacon offends you and you wipe your$#%&!@*with a bare hand you might be a muslim…..lol
Wow , some one kisses islam’s$#%&!@*more than the USA does!
Its not drinking alcohol in the wipes…it sanitizing
Can’t believe they don’t wipe hands
F**k Muslims
What baffles me is: EVERYONE that is so willing to “give away” the American Dream. Are the ones who did or do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to protect the American way of life. You talk to ANYONE who has dedicated or Still is dedicating their lives to keeping our way of life sacred ( military, veterans, police, firemen, teachers, social workers, children’s angels ie, st.judes, soup kitchens) everyone of them are NOT so eager to keep giving, if you have not yet or not actively involved in keeping AMERICA SAFE AND FREE, SIT DOWN, SHUT THE F UP AND STOP GIVING AWAY WHAT IS NOT YOURS TO GIVE.
There offending me by breathing so they better stop. I call for all Muslims to stop breathing.
Why is anyone in their right mind eating at KFC ? NOT ME !!!
Well, it offends the rest of the world though.