FINGS are not lickin' good for KFC in their bid to sell fried chicken to Islamic customers.
They're now being threatened with a boycott by both Muslims AND non-Muslims.
Britain's second biggest fast food chain hoped to woo the Islamic market by opening 86 trial outlets selling halal-only meat - that's from animals slaughtered under strict religious guidelines.
But KFC's target diners insist the chickens are not being killed in the right way and say they will stay away.
And furious non-Muslim customers have set up Facebook groups protesting that the trial branches, which also ban pork, have dropped their favourite bacon-topped Big Daddy burger from menus.
Groups with names such as "Against the KFC Halal Trial" and "No Halal at Colne KFC" -
referring to a branch in the Lancs town - are rapidly attracting members.
For meat to be halal, the animal must be alive when its throat is cut as a verse from the Koran is recited.
KFC insists their methods meet the approval of the Halal Food Society.
But Islamic leaders disagree, saying the pre-stunning of animals in the chain's mechanical process means a third are already dead at the point of slaughter.
And the fact the prayer is played over a speaker means each bird it not blessed individually as it is killed.
They have now threatened to warn the UK's 2.4million Muslims not to eat KFC meat, and will meet with the fast food giant on Wednesday to question how it is killing chickens sold as halal.
Imam Yusuf Shabbir of the Lancashire Council of Mosques said: "If KFC confirms to us that it has no intention of changing the mechanical method of slaughter we will advise members of the Muslim community this."
But a KFC spokesman said: "We've worked with animal welfare organisations and the Halal Food Authority to ensure our processes fully comply.
"And wherever possible we've made sure our trial stores are near non- halal restaurants, to provide customers with a choice."
Monday, April 12, 2010
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Birmingham man who had sex with sheep jailed....again
MIDLAND asylum seeker, once jailed for having sex with a sheep, has been sent back to prison for breaching the Sex Offenders’ Register.
Hidyat Amin, 34, of Alum Rock, Birmingham. Birmingham, was placed on the register for seven years in 2006 after being found guilty of romping with the animal in a farm shed.
The Kurd was jailed for six months for that offence which took place at a farm in East Yorkshire.
Amin reportedly had feared he would be deported upon his release.
However, he was allowed to stay in the UK and after being freed he moved to Birmingham.
He appeared at Birmingham Crown Court on Thursday, accused of one count of common assault and another of being in possession of an offensive weapon.
The charges related to an alleged incident said to have taken place outside his former partner’s house in Birmingham. He was cleared of both those offences after the prosecution offered no evidence.
But Amin was convicted of a separate offence of failing to comply with the conditions of the Sex Offences’ Register. Thursday’s hearing was told the Kurd had failed to notify police in advance that he planned to visit Southampton in October 2009.
The strict conditions of his registration mean he must notify police of wherever he is staying.
A judge at Birmingham Crown Court jailed Amin for eight weeks for the breach.
The sex offender was jailed for having sex with an animal after being trapped by DNA evidence – after his underpants and socks were found at the scene.
His trial at Hull Crown Court heard that a man had been seen acting suspiciously under a full moon and had been spotted several times previously lurking in Frank Davidson’s farmyard in Preston, East Yorkshire.
On one occasion the man casually smoked a cigarette before driving off, the court heard.
The sheep and a ram had been isolated as part of treatment for foot rot. The farmer said he had found pants and socks on three occasions as well as bread crumbs used to entice the animals.
Prosecutor Caroline Wigin said DNA swabs suggested a billion to one chance the sex attacker was not Amin.
Hidyat Amin, 34, of Alum Rock, Birmingham. Birmingham, was placed on the register for seven years in 2006 after being found guilty of romping with the animal in a farm shed.
The Kurd was jailed for six months for that offence which took place at a farm in East Yorkshire.
Amin reportedly had feared he would be deported upon his release.
However, he was allowed to stay in the UK and after being freed he moved to Birmingham.
He appeared at Birmingham Crown Court on Thursday, accused of one count of common assault and another of being in possession of an offensive weapon.
The charges related to an alleged incident said to have taken place outside his former partner’s house in Birmingham. He was cleared of both those offences after the prosecution offered no evidence.
But Amin was convicted of a separate offence of failing to comply with the conditions of the Sex Offences’ Register. Thursday’s hearing was told the Kurd had failed to notify police in advance that he planned to visit Southampton in October 2009.
The strict conditions of his registration mean he must notify police of wherever he is staying.
A judge at Birmingham Crown Court jailed Amin for eight weeks for the breach.
The sex offender was jailed for having sex with an animal after being trapped by DNA evidence – after his underpants and socks were found at the scene.
His trial at Hull Crown Court heard that a man had been seen acting suspiciously under a full moon and had been spotted several times previously lurking in Frank Davidson’s farmyard in Preston, East Yorkshire.
On one occasion the man casually smoked a cigarette before driving off, the court heard.
The sheep and a ram had been isolated as part of treatment for foot rot. The farmer said he had found pants and socks on three occasions as well as bread crumbs used to entice the animals.
Prosecutor Caroline Wigin said DNA swabs suggested a billion to one chance the sex attacker was not Amin.
Muslim fury as Army uses 'mosques' on UK firing range
Muslim groups are demanding an apology from the British Army after it emerged that models of mosques are being erected on military firing ranges.
The chairman of the Bradford Council for Mosques (BMC) has called for the cut-outs to be removed immediately.
Seven replica mosques were erected on a range at Bellerby, Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire to prepare soldiers for combat in Afghanistan.
Some of the mosques have single domes and others have double domes, and appear to be targets for six firing ranges around 100 metres away, in full view of the main road.
The BMC said that the mosques were being used as a 'symbol of danger' and served to reinforce negative stereotypes of Muslims.
Ishtiaq Ahmed of the BMC said: 'We are hoping they will take immediate action to remove the structures in question and they also will be very quick to accept they have made a major blunder.
'We came to know about the structures because a passer-by saw them from the road and felt that they resembled mosques.
'We visited the site yesterday and realised that they did symbolise mosques.
'We saw soldiers on the firing range yesterday and we were very shocked and angered and also confused as to why the British Army would do something like this - it seems like a very silly thing to do.
'Anyone looking at it will think about mosques and Muslims and think about them in a negative way.'
'The shape of the structures, the green colour of the dome - symbolises an Islamic place of worship.
'What angers me very much is that we are conditioning the young British to say that mosques are a place where you are going to find danger and a place to target and that is really disturbing.'
'We will be formally writing to the Army today and will be hoping an apology is issued to the Muslim Community.
'We have been working alongside the Army in the last six months to help them recruit more soldiers from the Muslim Community.
'Relationships between the Muslim Community and the Army are very fragile at the moment, and this seems like a silly thing for the Army to do.'
Saleem Khan, the chief executive of the BMC said: 'They need to remove the structures without delay and apologise to the Muslim community.'
An MOD spokesman said the structures were 'generic Eastern buildings' and were not used as target practice.
He said the MOD had 'no intention' of causing offence and that the mosques were made to replicate the environment soldiers would face.
He added: 'Facilities at Bellerby have been upgraded in response to operational feedback from Afghanistan as it is crucial that our armed forces train at ranges that replicate the environment they will be deployed to.
'Providing the best training facilities for our armed forces ahead of deployment to operational theatres is a priority for us.
'We have no intention of offending religious sensibilities.'
The chairman of the Bradford Council for Mosques (BMC) has called for the cut-outs to be removed immediately.
Seven replica mosques were erected on a range at Bellerby, Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire to prepare soldiers for combat in Afghanistan.
Some of the mosques have single domes and others have double domes, and appear to be targets for six firing ranges around 100 metres away, in full view of the main road.
The BMC said that the mosques were being used as a 'symbol of danger' and served to reinforce negative stereotypes of Muslims.
Ishtiaq Ahmed of the BMC said: 'We are hoping they will take immediate action to remove the structures in question and they also will be very quick to accept they have made a major blunder.
'We came to know about the structures because a passer-by saw them from the road and felt that they resembled mosques.
'We visited the site yesterday and realised that they did symbolise mosques.
'We saw soldiers on the firing range yesterday and we were very shocked and angered and also confused as to why the British Army would do something like this - it seems like a very silly thing to do.
'Anyone looking at it will think about mosques and Muslims and think about them in a negative way.'
'The shape of the structures, the green colour of the dome - symbolises an Islamic place of worship.
'What angers me very much is that we are conditioning the young British to say that mosques are a place where you are going to find danger and a place to target and that is really disturbing.'
'We will be formally writing to the Army today and will be hoping an apology is issued to the Muslim Community.
'We have been working alongside the Army in the last six months to help them recruit more soldiers from the Muslim Community.
'Relationships between the Muslim Community and the Army are very fragile at the moment, and this seems like a silly thing for the Army to do.'
Saleem Khan, the chief executive of the BMC said: 'They need to remove the structures without delay and apologise to the Muslim community.'
An MOD spokesman said the structures were 'generic Eastern buildings' and were not used as target practice.
He said the MOD had 'no intention' of causing offence and that the mosques were made to replicate the environment soldiers would face.
He added: 'Facilities at Bellerby have been upgraded in response to operational feedback from Afghanistan as it is crucial that our armed forces train at ranges that replicate the environment they will be deployed to.
'Providing the best training facilities for our armed forces ahead of deployment to operational theatres is a priority for us.
'We have no intention of offending religious sensibilities.'
Another "honour" killing.
A teenager was stabbed to death on her way to a party
.Aliza Mirza, 18, was knifed in the neck and left to die in a pool of blood on a pavement.
Last night police arrested her 17-year-old ex-boyfriend and his 45-year-old father on suspicion of murder.The boyfriend's mother, 41, and 20-year-old sister were held on suspicion of conspiracy to murder along with another man, aged 42.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12636...
This will turn out to be yet another "honour" killing.
.Aliza Mirza, 18, was knifed in the neck and left to die in a pool of blood on a pavement.
Last night police arrested her 17-year-old ex-boyfriend and his 45-year-old father on suspicion of murder.The boyfriend's mother, 41, and 20-year-old sister were held on suspicion of conspiracy to murder along with another man, aged 42.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12636...
This will turn out to be yet another "honour" killing.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
London Students Refuse to Pray in Multi-Faith Room...
Some Muslim students at City University in London are praying in the street in a row over prayer room facilities.
The university closed a prayer room after Muslim students were attacked in November. A new multi-faith room was opened the following month.
The university says it goes against its philosophy to provide a room for just Islamic students.
'Secular organisation'
"We felt that the provision of a dedicated prayer facility to a sub-section of our Islamic students did not fit with our university's values," said Professor Julius Weinberg, who is the acting vice-chancellor at City University.
"We're a secular organisation. Our university values statement says that we will not discriminate and having a dedicated prayer room actually went fundamentally against the core values of the organisation."
As well as worshipping on the street for the past few weeks, some students have also held prayers in lecture-rooms, corridors and the library.
"Our needs have been taken away," said Saleh Patel, president of one of the Islamic societies at the university.
"Our prayer room has been taken away. We've been forced to pray outside.
"Our sisters have nowhere comfortable to go to. The prayer room used to be a place where they were comfortable and able to take off their veils."
However, not all Muslims subscribe to that view and even City University's Islamic Society concedes that some Islamic scholars disagree with this interpretation.
"There are many Muslim students belonging to another Islamic society who are very happy to use the shared faith facility we've provided and now feel more supported by the university," said Professor Weinberg.
The university closed a prayer room after Muslim students were attacked in November. A new multi-faith room was opened the following month.
A group of Muslim students now refuse to use the facility as they say they cannot pray in a multi-faith room.
The university says it goes against its philosophy to provide a room for just Islamic students.
'Secular organisation'
"We felt that the provision of a dedicated prayer facility to a sub-section of our Islamic students did not fit with our university's values," said Professor Julius Weinberg, who is the acting vice-chancellor at City University.
"We're a secular organisation. Our university values statement says that we will not discriminate and having a dedicated prayer room actually went fundamentally against the core values of the organisation."
“ Our needs have been taken away ” City University's Islamic society president Saleh Patel
The prayer room was moved for safety reasons after a group of Muslim students were attacked by local youths, in what police said was a racist incident.
The prayer room was moved for safety reasons after a group of Muslim students were attacked by local youths, in what police said was a racist incident.
As well as worshipping on the street for the past few weeks, some students have also held prayers in lecture-rooms, corridors and the library.
"Our needs have been taken away," said Saleh Patel, president of one of the Islamic societies at the university.
"Our prayer room has been taken away. We've been forced to pray outside.
"Our sisters have nowhere comfortable to go to. The prayer room used to be a place where they were comfortable and able to take off their veils."
However, not all Muslims subscribe to that view and even City University's Islamic Society concedes that some Islamic scholars disagree with this interpretation.
"There are many Muslim students belonging to another Islamic society who are very happy to use the shared faith facility we've provided and now feel more supported by the university," said Professor Weinberg.
Pregnant British Woman Punched in Front of Son...
A five-months pregnant woman was punched in the face in front of her two-year-old son in a vicious road rage attack.
Stacey Phillips, 21, was left shocked after her attacker landed the punch on her face – causing swelling and bruising – at a Bradford supermarket.
Miss Phillips, of Apperley Lane, Apperley Bridge, said the assault happened in front of witnesses in Morissons supermarket car park in Five Lane Ends, Bradford.
Miss Phillips said she also believed CCTV footage of her attacker could also be made available to police.
The mum-of-one had taken son Dylan shopping and was leaving the superstore car park when an Asian man cut her up at a mini-roundabout, she said.
The drivers got out of their cars and remonstrated with each other before violence flared, with the man punching her in the cheek.
Miss Phillips said: “I bent double and stumbled and held my face. But I was more concerned about my two-year-old son in my car.
“I looked to see if he was all right and by that time, the man had run back to his car and driven off.”
Chief Inspector Mick Hanks, of Airedale and North Bradford CID, said: “An officer attended the scene, spoke to the victim and also contacted the Morrisons and Wickes stores to inquire about CCTV, as well as the Morrisons petrol station.
“Unfortunately the incident was not captured and neither was the suspect vehicle in question.
“For the time being police have exhausted all lines of inquiry.
However we will investigate any new information which comes to light.”
Anyone who saw the assault, which happened at about 11am on Monday, or who saw a red car driving away from the area should contact Airedale and North Bradford Police on 0845 6060606.
Stacey Phillips, 21, was left shocked after her attacker landed the punch on her face – causing swelling and bruising – at a Bradford supermarket.
Miss Phillips, of Apperley Lane, Apperley Bridge, said the assault happened in front of witnesses in Morissons supermarket car park in Five Lane Ends, Bradford.
Miss Phillips said she also believed CCTV footage of her attacker could also be made available to police.
The mum-of-one had taken son Dylan shopping and was leaving the superstore car park when an Asian man cut her up at a mini-roundabout, she said.
The drivers got out of their cars and remonstrated with each other before violence flared, with the man punching her in the cheek.
Miss Phillips said: “I bent double and stumbled and held my face. But I was more concerned about my two-year-old son in my car.
“I looked to see if he was all right and by that time, the man had run back to his car and driven off.”
Chief Inspector Mick Hanks, of Airedale and North Bradford CID, said: “An officer attended the scene, spoke to the victim and also contacted the Morrisons and Wickes stores to inquire about CCTV, as well as the Morrisons petrol station.
“Unfortunately the incident was not captured and neither was the suspect vehicle in question.
“For the time being police have exhausted all lines of inquiry.
However we will investigate any new information which comes to light.”
Anyone who saw the assault, which happened at about 11am on Monday, or who saw a red car driving away from the area should contact Airedale and North Bradford Police on 0845 6060606.
4 Asylum Seekers Arrested for Sex Assault on 13-Year-Old...
Four Afghan asylum seekers have been arrested over claims that they sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl in a public swimming pool.
The youths, aged 14 to 17, are alleged to have attacked the girl while they were on a supervised visit to a leisure centre.
It is not known whether their 'carer' was in the water at the time.
After the victim complained to police, officers studied CCTV footage from the leisure centre and arranged for the youths to attend a police station for questioning.
There they were arrested and released on police bail. All four deny any wrongdoing.
The alleged attack happened at the Larkfield Leisure Centre in Aylesford, Kent.
The Afghans, who arrived in the UK as 'unaccompanied minors' and speak little English, live 15 miles away in a residential unit for young asylum seekers in the countryside near Staplehurst.
It is in a particularly remote area and few people know its exact whereabouts. Locals claim many of the 'boys' in the unit, which houses up to 20 young asylum seekers, are much older than they claim to be.
Many young refugees are suspected of lying about their ages because unaccompanied minors are given better treatment and support than adult asylum seekers.
Almost 3,000 unaccompanied children apply for asylum in the UK each year, from countries including Afghanistan and Iran, but more than 2,500 other applications end up in disputes over age.
Some social workers have been criticised for relying 'too heavily on physical appearance or socially constructed ideas of appropriate behaviour to determine age'.
Three years ago the Government unveiled plans to make young asylum seekers undergo x-rays of their teeth and wrist bones to try to assess their age. But they were condemned as 'unethical and ineffective' by medical specialists and children's campaigners.
The residential centre where the four sex attack suspects live is not marked on the map or signposted from the road and is more than ten minutes' drive from the nearest village. Even the sign identifying the unit cannot be seen from the road.
One neighbour, who lives opposite the centre, said he doubted any of the asylum seekers were genuinely under 18.
He said: 'They turn up in England with no passports and claiming to be teenagers.
'Then they get put in these centres and disappear. It's a nice little way to get into the country.'
The 54-year-old surveyor said the unit, built some years ago, was housed in a row of converted pig sties. He claimed no local residents were told about it in advance.
'The first we heard of it was when they put a sign on the gate about the plans for the building,' he said.
'But by that point they'd already spent £2million converting it and the asylum seekers had moved in.
'If any of us wanted to build anything, we'd have to apply for planning permission and inform all our neighbours. But the council obviously plays by different rules.'
The man said none of the neighbours were happy about having the centre on their doorstep. 'We live in the middle of nowhere and they are just across the road,' he said.
'The nearest policeman is half an hour away. It does make you feel vulnerable.
'You don't know who's over there and what the potential risk is. There could be young girls camping in those fields, unaware of the danger they are in.'
He said the allegation that the asylum seekers had attacked a schoolgirl was worrying.
'It puts a new slant on the matter. It's very disconcerting,' he added.
Kent Police confirmed that officers were investigating a report of a sexual assault on a 13-year-old girl at Larkfield Leisure Centre on March 25, between 5 and 6.30pm.
A spokesman added: 'Four teenage boys, aged between 14 and 17, have been arrested in connection with this incident. They are currently on police bail while further inquiries are made.'
Police sources confirmed that all are Afghans.
The sources said the allegations were being taken 'very seriously' by police. A police doctor has examined the alleged victim, who has also been interviewed by specially-trained officers.
The youths, aged 14 to 17, are alleged to have attacked the girl while they were on a supervised visit to a leisure centre.
It is not known whether their 'carer' was in the water at the time.
After the victim complained to police, officers studied CCTV footage from the leisure centre and arranged for the youths to attend a police station for questioning.
There they were arrested and released on police bail. All four deny any wrongdoing.
The alleged attack happened at the Larkfield Leisure Centre in Aylesford, Kent.
The Afghans, who arrived in the UK as 'unaccompanied minors' and speak little English, live 15 miles away in a residential unit for young asylum seekers in the countryside near Staplehurst.
It is in a particularly remote area and few people know its exact whereabouts. Locals claim many of the 'boys' in the unit, which houses up to 20 young asylum seekers, are much older than they claim to be.
Many young refugees are suspected of lying about their ages because unaccompanied minors are given better treatment and support than adult asylum seekers.
Almost 3,000 unaccompanied children apply for asylum in the UK each year, from countries including Afghanistan and Iran, but more than 2,500 other applications end up in disputes over age.
Some social workers have been criticised for relying 'too heavily on physical appearance or socially constructed ideas of appropriate behaviour to determine age'.
Three years ago the Government unveiled plans to make young asylum seekers undergo x-rays of their teeth and wrist bones to try to assess their age. But they were condemned as 'unethical and ineffective' by medical specialists and children's campaigners.
The residential centre where the four sex attack suspects live is not marked on the map or signposted from the road and is more than ten minutes' drive from the nearest village. Even the sign identifying the unit cannot be seen from the road.
One neighbour, who lives opposite the centre, said he doubted any of the asylum seekers were genuinely under 18.
He said: 'They turn up in England with no passports and claiming to be teenagers.
'Then they get put in these centres and disappear. It's a nice little way to get into the country.'
The 54-year-old surveyor said the unit, built some years ago, was housed in a row of converted pig sties. He claimed no local residents were told about it in advance.
'The first we heard of it was when they put a sign on the gate about the plans for the building,' he said.
'But by that point they'd already spent £2million converting it and the asylum seekers had moved in.
'If any of us wanted to build anything, we'd have to apply for planning permission and inform all our neighbours. But the council obviously plays by different rules.'
The man said none of the neighbours were happy about having the centre on their doorstep. 'We live in the middle of nowhere and they are just across the road,' he said.
'The nearest policeman is half an hour away. It does make you feel vulnerable.
'You don't know who's over there and what the potential risk is. There could be young girls camping in those fields, unaware of the danger they are in.'
He said the allegation that the asylum seekers had attacked a schoolgirl was worrying.
'It puts a new slant on the matter. It's very disconcerting,' he added.
Kent Police confirmed that officers were investigating a report of a sexual assault on a 13-year-old girl at Larkfield Leisure Centre on March 25, between 5 and 6.30pm.
A spokesman added: 'Four teenage boys, aged between 14 and 17, have been arrested in connection with this incident. They are currently on police bail while further inquiries are made.'
Police sources confirmed that all are Afghans.
The sources said the allegations were being taken 'very seriously' by police. A police doctor has examined the alleged victim, who has also been interviewed by specially-trained officers.
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