Yesterday I went to buy Krispy cream doughnuts and noticed a sign on the wall verifiying that all their products used are authentic Halal products and there was an authorisation in this regard.

It concerned me. I also noticed this sign on my butchers wall.

I was brought up a Catholic and I feel uncomfortable being forced, through no choice, to eat products that have been processed under the Muslim religion and way.

It just seems wrong to me. If Muslims are not prepared to eat non Halal meat then why should Catholics or otherwise have to eat Halal meat.

Hi Jolanda.. I'm guessing that the area where these stores are, is one where there is a large segment of Muslim population ?
Presumably the marketing people think they can squeeze the nth dollar out of the public by guaranteeing they include the Muslims....
in short..its all about money.

That particular issue does concern me, but not overly in such an area.
I'm more concerned with official decisions which discriminate against in more direct ways. Halal meat is still good meat, and from a Christian point of view there is no issue with it.
Even if there is some religious ceremony performed,.. its still meat and Paul would say the important thing is not to cause a brother to stumble by eating it.

People won't know if ur buying halal or ordinary meat..and there is certainly no religious prohibition against we Christians eating it :)

If they only had signs in a non english language..then I'd be jumping up and down.
regards
BD

BOAZ-DAVID. I live in Miranda, in the Sutherland Shire, near Cronulla. There is a very limited Muslim population here.

I would like it not to bother me, but it does. I dont like to be fed other religions without my consent.

Hi Jolanda.. well... you should take it up as you feel with the local people who might assist you in this.

I would worry much more about this.. (another example of Islamic rules)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIgFug6Rr3g&mode=related&search=

A Bahraini sheikh explaining how Allah allows us to beat our wives.

Please feel free to use that vid reference in support of the idea NOT to accept Sharia law by stealth as it appears your local stores have done.

Just one other 'commercial' point though, perhaps its the summer weekend trade that the stores are targeting ?
I still take your point and wish you well in persuit of your grievance resolution, but I think your energies would be better directed to the overall 'sharia by stealth' issue.

Jolanda: "I dont like to be fed other religions without my consent."

That's nearly as silly as eating fish instead of meat on Fridays. For once I agree with Boaz (at least in his first post) - meat's meat, viz. the flesh of dead animals that many people comsume.

Mind you, he has been known to carry on like a pork chop when it comes to ham sandwiches...

It's not a real problem for me, because my missus is a vegetarian and I eat pepperoni pizza on Fridays :)

CJ Morgan if a person chooses to eat Fish on Fridays it is their right and choice but if a minority group takes all the meat off the shelves and closes all the butchers on Fridays (or any other day for that matter) so that people cannot eat meat then that is another story.

I have a concern in relation to this as I do not feel comfortable at all eating meat that has been blessed as Muslim meat. That I choose to eat meat is my business.

If it means that much to Muslims that they will not eat meat without it being processed religiously and they want to make it so that all our meat and all products and fast food outlets are processed in their religious way then we should be very concerned. When we are all eating Halal meat and products, through no choice, we are all practicing Muslim religious ways. It has to do with control. The Muslim religion does not budge and they are set in their ways that means that they expect the tolerant Catholics to change to thier ways. There is nothing fair about that. He who is the most tolerant looses. They don't budge, they expect us to change and little by little they are succeeding. I dont believe that it is fair that those of other religions should be forced to eat meat and products processed in a significant 'religious way' of which the consumer does not agree or practice.