tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330735100497839986.post8063808515985099686..comments2012-06-12T21:34:12.021-07:00Comments on made you look: Want a hot cross bun? Show me your Bible firstTarrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11105934057899164563noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330735100497839986.post-59058456673448090832012-04-09T23:06:37.011-07:002012-04-09T23:06:37.011-07:00As far as I am aware, and I stand to be corrected ...As far as I am aware, and I stand to be corrected as this is something I read online, halal food is approved because the ingredients are considered safe for consumption (i.e. no pork, alcohol, etc) and that the food is not actually prayed over?<br /><br />Either way, it is all a bit silly; surely no one religion can claim that a food item belongs exclusively to it, unless the organisation itself manufactures that food?<br /><br />I take your point though and thanks again for reading! :-)Tarrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11105934057899164563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330735100497839986.post-65676199728821933762012-04-03T07:11:23.565-07:002012-04-03T07:11:23.565-07:00I agree with you Tarryn that some Christians are t...I agree with you Tarryn that some Christians are taking this issue about the hot cross buns at Woolworths a bit too far - those buns are not just for Christians they are for all to enjoy. What I do feel irritated about is the fact that just about everything one buys in supermarkets today has the halaal sign. That is supposedly so that muslims will know that the food has been prepared in the "halaal" way - ther "halaal" way is amongst other things, that the food or the manufacturing thereof, is prayed over by a muslim imam and this prayer is offered up to mohammed, who is dead and buried somewhere in arabia, and who is not God according to our Christian beliefs. Our Bible emphatically discourages Christians to eat anything that has been offered to idols, and mohammed to us is an idol. The other end of the stick is that these muslim associations, and there are 3 of them in SA as far as I am aware, apparently make money out of every item that is sold with their sign on it. So, my question is, why should anybody who is not a muslim, pay for muslims to have their sign on food, and why should we enrich these people?<br />A very easy, lucrative way of making money I would say at the cost of non-muslims!Sonia Odendaal East Londonnoreply@blogger.com