pork in school lunches
[quote][size=18]Parents' anger over school sausage rolls[/size]
Dec 12 2005
[b]Children served non-Halal food on lunchtime menu[/b]
Lauren Turner, South Wales Echo
Shocked parents are threatening to take their children out of school after a mix-up led to Muslim pupils being offered sausage rolls.
Parents with children at Mount Stuart Primary School, Butetown, Cardiff, were distraught as pork is forbidden for Muslims.
School governor Mohammed-Sarul Islam said: 'It is shocking. I don't understand how this has happened.'
One Muslim woman, who has a son and daughter at the school, said: 'Half the community is Muslim, so everyone has been affected by this.
[b]'A lot of people are panicking.'[/b]
Mr Islam, 33, of Grangetown, who has three children there, aged four, eight and 11, said: 'My daughters didn't eat it, but my son is only four and didn't know what it was.
'Lots of people are very upset. My daughters were crying when they came home. We're giving them packed lunches now and thinking of taking them out of the school.
[b]'We are trying to find out if this has happened before.'[/b]
The school held a meeting with parents to reassure them it won't happen again but Coun Islam, who represents Riverside for Plaid Cymru, has written to Cardiff council's chief schools officer, Hugh Knight, calling for an investigation.
A Cardiff council spokeswoman said: 'A lapse of supervision by catering staff at Mount Stuart Primary School in Butetown occurred on Tuesday, December 6, when children with a preference for non-pork products were served meat-based sausage rolls from a wide range of foods offered.
'Pupils did not consume the food as the mistake was detected in time and the food was removed immediately.
'Representatives from Cardiff council's schools catering service have met with parents, teachers and governors to discuss the incident and ensure that additional safeguards are in place so there is no repeat. We take this very seriously and apologise for this regrettable and isolated incident.'[/quote]
anyone experienced anything like this before???
pork in school lunches
pork in school lunches
[quote="St George"]thank u angel! ur a bonny lassie...
dats all i wanted...i just needed a little info...so thanks....
dunno why seema getting all defensive...
not just pork though...why do animals need to be killed in a special way?[/quote]
No problemo, i dont think Seema meant it in a defensive way
The reason animals are killed like i said b4 is becuz that method is instant hence less pain to the animal
pork in school lunches
[quote="Angel"]Well if you wana know why pork is forbidden, here's your answer:
http://www.therevival.co.uk/misconceptions/why_pork_prohibited.php
Welcome georgy, long time no see![/quote]
Only point 1 is why pork is forbidden.
If in the Qur'an it mentioned it was allowed, all other points would be negated.
(Just mentioning because it has started to annoy me when we muslims go all around the world to answer a question instead of just saying 'Its in the Qur'an' or something. If an explanation is needed, give it later, but give the answer first.)
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And I have sorted out the template of that page. I thought I had updated all pages?
(I know I have about 500 pages to go through to fix small errors... about 50 hours of work... but the template should be the new one on all pages now.)
pork in school lunches
[quote="St George"]
seema...u didnt tell me what the big deal about dietry laws is...
i wasnt taking the p
i just dont understand it...
im a christian so i believe in what jesus taught....
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soz st george i thought u were taking the p so you're right and i'm wrong.
anyways the lovely Angel got the right handle on the situation and presented us with the answers and tried to save my bacon in the process
pork in school lunches
[quote="Admin"][quote="MuslimSister"]And apparently...consuming haraam negatively effects ones character too.[/quote]
Ofcourse it does.
You have purposefully gone against the rules laid down for you by Allah (swt). That in itself will damage character.[/quote]
I agree with you.
However, what would you say about fathers who raise their children on haraam dodgy income.
Do you think its correct for people ascribe the unislamic activities the children get up to and their evil characters to the fact that they eat food derived from an unlawful income?
thank u angel! ur a bonny lassie...
dats all i wanted...i just needed a little info...so thanks....
dunno why seema getting all defensive...
not just pork though...why do animals need to be killed in a special way?