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”.
P**s on muslims
Pete Stocker I take it your Christian right? Well I don’t think that comment and that picture is Christian like. Does not Christianity mean to act Christ like. Most Muslim I know including my self always come to people in the most beautiful and perfect manner as possible at all times it seams to me you could learn a few things about Muslims and Islam. Muslim yes do wipe the butt with there left hand after they go p**p then we take water as we are sitting down with are left hand and wash are but 3 times then when we go to the sink and wash are hands with soap like anybody would do with common sense about washing are hands with just water we do that that’s called wudu we do that after we use the bathroom and other reasons and before we pray 5 times a day we do are wudu to purify are self for prayer we wash are hands 3 times then wash are mouth out 3 times then are nose 3 times then are right arm then left arm then are face head ears right foot then left foot all 3 times Muslims are some of the clean is people I know I can’t count how many times I seen non Muslim use the bathroom and go p**p and just walk right out the bathroom not even wash their hands
Wake-up! They slowly chip away our everyday activities, one day we realize we’re living under Sharia law. If our culture offends them, let them eat pork.
By all means, let’s not offend the Muslims.
This is absolutely ridiculous!!
prbly spit under sneeze guards, too.
Frieda Eswonia how do I not belong in this county I was born in America and born Muslim. With all do respect if you want to think of that in that light then the only body who belongs here is the native Americans then.
They can then keep their chicken and their hand wipes and give the chicken to the asses and goat $#%&!@*ers I wouldn’t even set in a booth they sat In stinky smelly ignorant sex offenders
Don’t yall cook that chicken in lard
Oh, get a life. This has already been resolved. The Muslims there already said there is no reason to ban the wipes. KFC just assumed it would insult them. This is an old story, (at least 2-3 weeks). I’m not promoting Islam, just saying find a new story to set people on edge.