The town of Roubaix, located in northern France, has a problem. The problem is turkey bacon. Turkey bacon, it seems, is grounds for discrimination in France. The town council has filed a formal complaint against a chain of fast food restaurants known as Quick that serves only meat conforming with Islamic dietary laws at their local branch. Roubaix’s Mayor declared, “This is discrimination against non-Muslims.”
Witch hunts and Islamophobia are alive and well in the land of Pepe Le Pew. Vive la France!
As it turns out, the Roubaix Quick location is one of many branches that took pork off the menu and made all meat products halal / kosher. The chain made the decision to take a bacon hamburger off the menu at several of its more than 300 branches, replacing it with a halal version that comes with smoked turkey. Their target: to test the “commercial interest and technical feasibility” of introducing halal menus in France, home to the largest Muslim community in all of Europe, some five million strong.
Roubaix’s Quick branch has assured council there hasn’t been so much as a single complaint and there has even been a slight increase in business since making the changes.
Regardless, several deputies of French President Nicolas Sarkozy have condemned the decision. Vice-president of the National Front, Marine Le Pen, went so far as to warn France of “Islamisation”.
In Roubaix, Mayor Rene Vandierendonck, called for a total boycott of the Quick branch, and the town council has filed a discrimination complaint with a regional court. Wow… Who knew Turkey Bacon was so dangerous?
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – Vive Le France!
From David Anthony Hohol…
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If this is not a prime example of the French singling out and harassing any attempt to even assimilate Muslim culture, I dont know what is. Its so clear that the French government is prejudiced towards Muslims. Fine, you dont like the Burqa, but come on… a halal burger??? Give me a break.
The French can kiss my Canadian ass!! What a joke! They’re enough worse than French-Canadians:-)
The French dont like the fact that after centuries of imperialistic colonial influence, they are now globally insignificant. So to make up for it, they go on these misguided crusades to get attention and to hang on to what once was. Never mind Mulsims, ask the African immigrant how they are treated. Many French will simply refuse to ever take them as equal citizens. Even to visit France? No thanks.
Sarkozy is a small minded pomopus little pinhead who needs a good kick in his French Ass. Total Joke. Burgers are discriminatory??
Let me ask two very rhetorical questions:
1. Are there Restaurants in France with Jewish freindly “kosher” menus? (Kosher meaning the EXACT same things as Halal)
2. Are they being reported as discriminating against non-Jews?
YES and NO… what does that tell you? 1 + 1 = 2.
Nuff said!
Jonas – you took the words right out of my mouth. Im sure a total double standard exists. Why dont they call the kosher deli as contributing to the Jewification of France???
France neither understands nor wants to accept that what it means to be “French” is not the same thing as it was 100 years ago. They are still trying to live life as it was before migratory work patterns, immigration as expansion and survival, globalization and more. They will only tumble further down the ladder of influence in the coming years for reasons behind the nonsense above. The refuse to adapt to the changing nature of their very own country, let alone the world.
OMG… i cant believe it. Even our halal food bothers France!!?? There are many restaurants that sell HALAL food in the West. Why is only FRANCE bothered?? We also have many non-halal food items in the Middle East for the non-Muslims and we do respect this fact as we have many Christians as well. Is this a French war against Islam?? Is France free of crime, cured of diseases, with no poverty and the only issue left for them is HALAL food??? Enough said.