Waleed Aly has beautifully trumped Pauline Hanson’s call for Australians to buy “non-halal” Easter eggs and boycott halal-certified chocolate with nothing more than a nibble and a giggle.
In a video posted to Facebook on Tuesday morning, the One Nation Senator urged Australians to buy chocolate from brands like Lindt and Darrell Lea, claiming the purchase of anything halal-certified equates to “financially supporting the Islamisation of Australia”.
Halal, of course, being the Arabic word for “permissible”, which defines the food Muslims are allowed to eat.
Within a matter of hours, The Project host Waleed Aly used both his platform and his knowledge to undercut Hanson’s plea, doing nothing more than biting the ear off a Lindt bunny to make his point known.
After the panel watched Hanson’s video, fellow panelist Peter Helliar asked Aly to explain Halal for the uninitiated.
“How many baby bunnies have to die for Halal to be …? Is that what Pauline is saying?” he joked. “Why can’t you just enjoy a Lindt gold bunny like the rest of us?”
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Halal certification was originally introduced so companies could export products into Muslim countries. It was instigated by large corporations seeking to make money from food product! Not by Muslims but by large food producing companies wanting to make a Profit. Anyone beginning to see what side of the "Coin" this is occurring on???
Even Liberal Party stalwart, Malcolm Turnbull MP, in reply to a boycotter,
has reiterated government support for halal certification.
He said
1. "halal certification or preparation in no way changes the quality or safety of the food."
2. "halal certification and associated fees are not taxes."
3. "The decision by a food company to meet halal requirements is a voluntary decision"
4. "Halal certification is not required to be declared on the label"
So Pauline, your political "slip" is showing, you could be eating halal certified food that isn't labeled as such, for example the Lindt Bunny!!!
Halal certification was originally introduced so companies could export products into Muslim countries. It was instigated by large corporations seeking to make money from food product! Not by Muslims but by large food producing companies wanting to make a Profit. Anyone beginning to see what side of the "Coin" this is occurring on???
Even Liberal Party stalwart, Malcolm Turnbull MP, in reply to a boycotter,
has reiterated government support for halal certification.
He said
1. "halal certification or preparation in no way changes the quality or safety of the food."
2. "halal certification and associated fees are not taxes."
3. "The decision by a food company to meet halal requirements is a voluntary decision"
4. "Halal certification is not required to be declared on the label"
So Pauline, you dunderhead, you could be eating halal certified food that isn't labeled as such, for example the Lindt Bunny!!! <sigh>