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”.
Let’s all cater to Muslims now. …too bad native Americans don’t receive such excellent catering to. ..
Simple, just don’t go to KFC any more! I no longer go to Subway cuz they stopped serving bacon on their subs in some Muslim dominated country
When did the muslims get the right to tell us and our business what we can and cannot do?? If they dont like what we do GO HOME.
Just who does this country belong to…………. SHIP THOSE RAG HEADS BACK WHERE THEY CAME FROM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just go out of business then…no one cares about what a “Muslim” finds offensive.
Let’s just stop being Americans while were at it.
Put Bacon in the boxes and with every order . That would keep them away for good . They just need to leave .
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Proof of what absolute morons these total idiots are: “They don’t even know the difference between non ingestable medical grade wood alcohol and the kind of alcohol that is for drinking.” This is God’s punishment for child molestation and many years of incest can do to the human brain.
Why is this news? Why should we care? Any company operating in the free market can conduct bussiness any way it sees fit as long as the law is upheld.
I could care less who they are catering to. This is not news. This is only news to organizations that feel that promoting the government’s agenda to separate us is a good thing. Untied we stand. Remember?
Can no one see the trend? Have we forgotten history? If we live in fear of a particular group of people, and those people are demonized, then we are weaker as a whole. As a country, we need to stop falling for this tactic. It is used to divide us. Sadly, it works every single time.