NTUC FairPrice has lodged a police report after it found a picture of “halal pork” allegedly sold by the supermarket chain making the rounds on the internet.
The photo shows a packet of FairPrice’s Pasar brand park bearing a green “halal” sticker. This sticker can be carried only on foods that are permissible according to Islamic law. Pork is considered “haram” or “forbidden” in Islam.
A Muis spokesman said: “We treat the case of the Muis halal certification mark on the packaging containing pork very seriously as the halal mark has been abused.”
As teacher Nurdianna Malik puts it: “Pork is a big taboo in Islam. This ‘joke’ is really insensitive. The Government has tried so hard to promote religious harmony and pranks like this make me sad because they detract strongly from such harmony.” *
It is appalling to learn the pernicious dissemination of ‘halal pork’ on the internet especially in this ostentatious stratum of religious harmony. Government’s effort to elevate harmony must have been hampered by this ruinous action. The culprit should be aware of this potentially harmful undertaking as the abuse of ‘halal pork’ would mean disintegration of religious harmony. Hopefully with the ongoing investigation and subsequent antidote to this bane, any interrelated issue would not arise and shrink S’pore’s unswerving religious harmony.
*an excerpt from thesundaytimes November 25 2007
Saturday, November 24, 2007
"Halal Pork" Dissemination
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Obviously, that prankster is very insensitive towards other people's culture and religion.
Some people might think that this is an amusing joke but imagine if they tried this in Muslim countries such as Malaysia, this matter would surely blow up.
In addition, imagine how disastrous it would be if some ignorant Muslim kids just happen to try out this 'halal' pork out of curiosity.
"NTUC Fairprice has clarified that the original packaging does not come with a "halal" sticker." - hopefully this serious matter would be rectified soon and not be repeated.
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