MidnightWatcher – Prophecy in Motion

Here’s an update on this story. It may have sounded like a good idea at first, but McDonald’s execs are now left with a bitter taste in their mouths after offering halal menu items in Dearbornistan. This win may encourage others to engage in yet another form of lawsuit jihad, but whether or not other halal-serving restaurants and food distributors begin rethinking their efforts to bow down to Allah and the best of peoples, however, remains to be seen …

By Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press – “DETROIT — There have been only two McDonald’s restaurants in the U.S. that have offered halal food. Both were in east Dearborn, Mich., which has a sizable population of Arab-American Muslims.

But after a contentious lawsuit that accused the restaurant chain of selling non-halal items advertised as halal, McDonald’s has yanked its Halal Chicken McNuggets and Halal McChicken sandwiches off the menu. The move brings to an end a unique product that made the two McDonald’s restaurants popular with Muslims.

‘Those items have been discontinued as a result of our continued efforts to focus on our national core menu,’ a spokesman for McDonald’s said Friday.

At one of the two restaurants, the Ford Road location, a sign in Arabic and English on its drive-through menu informs customers that halal items are no longer available. The decision to discontinue the products after a 12-year run drew a mixed reaction in Dearborn: Some were disappointed, while others said it was a good move because McDonald’s had problems before with selling halal food.

The removal of the halal items, which was done last month, comes after a lawsuit filed in 2011 alleging that the fast-food restaurant was selling non-halal chicken it claimed was halal. Halal is the Muslim equivalent of kosher, requiring that meat be prepared according to Islamic guidelines, such as reciting a prayer while the animal is cut. In some cases, employees at the Ford Road location were mistakenly giving non-halal products to customers who asked for halal ones.

A $700,000 settlement was reached in April that allocated $275,000 to the Huda Clinic, a Muslim health center in Detroit; $150,000 to the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, and $25,000 to Ahmed Ahmed, a Dearborn Heights man who filed the lawsuit against McDonald’s. The rest went to attorney fees.” Read more.

Flashback: The West Bowing Down To Halal Allah

• Halal, The New Stealth Jihad – Are You Eating Food Sacrificed to Idols?
• Warning! All ‘Butterball’ Turkeys Are Halal-Slaughter Certified
• America Gives Butterball the Bird Over Halal Turkey Cover-Up
• British Supermarkets Bow Down To Allah, Food Logo Now Includes Halal Meat
• Canadian Line Of Campbell’s Soups Has Activists Stewing Over Islamic Connection
• UK: Fast Food Chain KFC Converts Eight London Restaurants To Halal-Only Menu
• Canada: Mary Brown’s Bows Down To Allah, Now Offering 100% Halal Certified Menu At Many Locations
• UK: ‘Anglican’ School Drops Hymns From Assemblies, Creates Gender-Separated Prayer Rooms For Muslims, Serves Only Halal Meat