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IFANCA PUTS LABEL OF "HALAL" On MCDONALDS EXPORTS To Muslim World.
Dr. Munir Chaudry
President IFANCA
5901 N. Cicero Ave., #309
Chicago, Illinois
Email: mchaudry@ifanca.org
Dear Mr. Chaudry
In a recent issue of your magazine
Halal Consumer,
published by the so called Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of America
(IFANCA),
I noticed that you are certifying exports of McDonalds to Muslim countries
as "Halal." I wonder if you make money out of this business or is it a
"service only" venture on your part.
Do you know that McDonalds is at the top of the list of businesses
supporting
Israel?
It is the focus of
international boycott
by Muslims worldwide. Thus your label of "Halal" for McDonalds is a
damaging blow for the boycott movement. It is all the more hurtful because
you are a Muslim hurting the cause of Islam from within the ranks of
Muslims.
Your support for McDonalds is also reprehensible because of the poor
nutrition value of McDonalds products. Perhaps you forgot that the
Qur'an
does not stop at saying that the food should be "Halal;" it adds the
condition of "TAYYEB" to it which has to do with quality realated to
health and nutrition.
I urge you to withdraw your Halal label from McDonalds. You are in effect
telling Muslims in various countries that it is okay to eat at McDonalds.
McDonalds foods are being rejected by health-oriented non-Muslims, let
alone God-fearing Muslims.
I hope to hear of your favorable reply very soon.
Sincerely
Kaukab Siddique
Ameer, Jamaat al-Muslimeen
P.O. Box 10881
Baltimore, MD 21234
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