11:59am Wednesday 17th March 2010
By Ziggy
What I am about to share with you might get up some people’s noses but unfortunately it is the truth.
All I hear is people moaning about is ‘whether this is halal or whether that is halal.’ All the time the very same people are making a mockery of the religion they are following.
I see one person smoking weed and playing the lottery and then bothering about if the kebab they ate was halal.
Let’s put some things into perspective. Is it okay to milk the system out of housing benefit and then moan about halal food?
Yes, the issue of halal food matters but so does the rest of your life and how you live it.
A couple of times I’ve seen guys reeking of booze walk into a takeway and ask if the food is halal. I think halal food should be the last thing on your minds brothers.
Other times I have come across people who are all too happy to buy products that openly support tyrannical regimes but then make a big issue as to why they can’t eat cheese and onion crisps because it may have some yeast extract in it.
There are just as important things to tackle like those people who openly preach hatred and violence?
We can argue all day long about what is halal and what isn’t but with people dying of hunger across the world maybe we should as a community put things into perspective.
I have no issue with people enlightening one another about halal and haram - this is important knowledge we should all know.
Yes, you should question things but change begins with your own actions.
What I find offensive is when we start taking things out of context and starting malicious rumours to shut businesses down and take things over the top.
How about realising that as a Muslim you should at least have the common decency to look out for your neighbours - and not just the Muslim ones! And you are not a Muslim just because you eat halal food and don’t drink alcohol.
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