A Swedish politician has been ridiculed for suggesting halal meat can make you a Muslim.
Michael Ohman a nationalist Sweden Democrat told the Sala Allehanda newspaper that, “You become a Muslim if you eat halal meat.”
Members of the party in his area of Heby in central Sweden are looking to ban halal meat being given to children in schools.
He was then asked if he meant to say that halal meat had magical powers, Ohman said, “Yes. This is precisely what we have warned of. They sneak halal in everywhere".
Ohman’s comments have been widely mocked on social media with many Swedes turning out at rallies supporting fellow Muslims.
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