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”.
The chicken is cooked in oil that has pork fat mixed in it I was told
I’m so sick of hearing what offends the Muslims. I don’t give a dam what offends them. Either shut their dam mouths & live like an American or get the hell out of our country.
Who gives a c**p about KFC’s nasty chicken or nasty Muslims?
the chicken has pork in it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They’ve lost my business
Then why do Muslims drink it up in secret while in flight over the Middle East?
Read the article folks…it is in the UK aka England..and not here. I refuse to eat their grease infused, overbreaded and overpriced c**p.
Wth this is America
Everyone telling them to “go home” isn’t looking at the picture, they’re not in the United States in the picture. The sign is clearly in Arabic and there is 2 separate lines for women. (Which should be the bigger issue).. but I don’t mind if they don’t give out wet wipes for religious reasons. Restaurants around the world habe different menus for different parts of the world. So idk why wet wipes even makes a story..or even post worthy.. lol
That is why I stopped buying at KFC even in emergency. I want hand wipe to be restored. . KFC ask all those that the hospitals still use alcohal swabs when they give injections and drawing blood.