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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/01/21/mcd...wasnt-halal-as/

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DEARBORN, Mich. – McDonald's Corp. and a franchise owner have reached a tentative settlement in a lawsuit alleging that food at a Detroit-area restaurant with a large Muslim customer base wasn't prepared according to Islamic dietary laws as advertised.
McDonald's and Finley's Management Co. agreed Friday to pay $700,000. The money will be shared by Dearborn Heights resident Ahmed Ahmed, a Detroit health clinic, the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn and lawyers.
Ahmed's attorney, Kassem Daklallah, told The Associated Press on Monday that he's "thrilled" with the preliminary deal. McDonald's and Finley's Management deny any liability but say the settlement is in their best interests.
The lawsuit alleged that Ahmed bought a chicken sandwich in September 2011 at a Dearborn McDonald's but found it wasn't halal — meaning it didn't meet Islamic requirements for preparing food. Islam forbids consumption of pork, and God's name must be invoked before an animal providing meat for consumption is slaughtered.
 
I'm just really surprised that this was worth 700 thousand dollars..........
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Originally Posted By: OVERKILL
I'm just really surprised that this was worth 700 thousand dollars..........
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Why? Religion is big bucks in the US.

And Halal is virtually the same as Kosher.
 
I'm not Muslim, so I will be looking for a cash settlement if I ever eat something that is Halal and I am not told beforehand.

I have the right to be equally offended by consuming Halal products as they do for eating non-Halal products.

And I want them to fund a Catholic Church as part of the settlement as well.

I am not against Muslims, this is just to be compensated for Spiritual Harm on my own behalf and anyone else that isn't a Muslim.
 
Why would they think it is Halal when they have Sausage McMuffin?

This is really just a lawyer lead legal ransom. Just because Dearborn Michigan has a large Muslim population doesn't mean all restaurant there would be Halal. What about people of other religion who are forbidden from eating a religiously prep meat?

I really hate it when they settle just because they want to pacify idiots here and aboard (so it wouldn't be used as a 'Merican hate Muslim argument oversea).
 
Originally Posted By: OVERKILL
I'm just really surprised that this was worth 700 thousand dollars..........
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That's because it is the break even point for worth the trouble of going to court. It is cheaper to pay the idiots than to hire a lawyer to defend yourself.
 
Originally Posted By: Falken
I'm not Muslim, so I will be looking for a cash settlement if I ever eat something that is Halal and I am not told beforehand.

I have the right to be equally offended by consuming Halal products as they do for eating non-Halal products.

And I want them to fund a Catholic Church as part of the settlement as well.

I am not against Muslims, this is just to be compensated for Spiritual Harm on my own behalf and anyone else that isn't a Muslim.


Ha! You know it's a one-way street.

I'm offended all the time but nobody cares because I'm a regular guy.
 
Did you not read it was advertised as Halal?

What if a Jewish person found out his food was not Kosher?

Btw, do any of you eat Kosher meat? It's sacrificed the same way.
 
When I was in new york city, I stayed in teaneck NJ. The girl whom my friend and I were staying with was at work in the morning so I hung out and went to the dunkin down the street. I was surprised to discover no bacon, and veggie sausage. Oh, it's kosher. Hunh, never seen a kosher DD before. Egg and cheese on a croissant it is. Can't stand that veggie stuff.
 
Originally Posted By: FoxS
Did you not read it was advertised as Halal?

What if a Jewish person found out his food was not Kosher?

Btw, do any of you eat Kosher meat? It's sacrificed the same way.


I guess I simply don't "get" the religious hang-up on meat. I'm not a religious person.

That said, I find it somewhat amusing that people are expecting food prepared to their religious standards from fast food chains, particular one like McDonalds, which is famous for greasy American cuisine.

That's like going into the Ahkbar hut of halal and then suing them for not properly making an "American Pizza" because it appears on their menu
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This is only gonna get worse fella's.....The longer we keep giving in to these crazy religious [censored]...
 
Well, it was false advertising.

On the bright side, they got to taste cuisines of other cultures.

And North America is about appreciating cultural differences.

Welcome to America!
 
Originally Posted By: OVERKILL
Originally Posted By: FoxS
Did you not read it was advertised as Halal?

What if a Jewish person found out his food was not Kosher?

Btw, do any of you eat Kosher meat? It's sacrificed the same way.


I guess I simply don't "get" the religious hang-up on meat. I'm not a religious person.

That said, I find it somewhat amusing that people are expecting food prepared to their religious standards from fast food chains, particular one like McDonalds, which is famous for greasy American cuisine.

That's like going into the Ahkbar hut of halal and then suing them for not properly making an "American Pizza" because it appears on their menu
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Exactly. It's bending over backwards to change and accomodate another group. It's not too far different from being overran and conquered in a conquest.
 
Originally Posted By: OVERKILL
Originally Posted By: FoxS
Did you not read it was advertised as Halal?

What if a Jewish person found out his food was not Kosher?

Btw, do any of you eat Kosher meat? It's sacrificed the same way.


I guess I simply don't "get" the religious hang-up on meat. I'm not a religious person.

That said, I find it somewhat amusing that people are expecting food prepared to their religious standards from fast food chains, particular one like McDonalds, which is famous for greasy American cuisine.

That's like going into the Ahkbar hut of halal and then suing them for not properly making an "American Pizza" because it appears on their menu
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I'm not sure you get it. If people stopped buying sausage egg and cheese sandwiches, then McDonald's would either change the cheese, change the sausage, change the carb or take that item off the menu.

If a McDonald's is in a location where many of the people want it a certain way, be it for personal or religious reasons, then it makes financial sense to accommodate. If some one is religious and the McDonald's near them doesn't cater to their needs, they won't eat there. If some one is NOT and they don't like the veggie [censored], then they'll eat something or some where else, as well. It's common sense and not driven by religious sensitivities at all...

If you advertise food as peanut-free and it is not, then you will be sued if some one goes into anaphylactic shock. The same should be true if you advertise your food as [insert religious requirement here] compliant, but use something that is not to sell to more people.
 
So if an oil is advertised as meeting API, VW, MB, Dexos, Ford, etc standards but it doesn't really meet them that's okay? Why should that oil blender bend over backward to meet their own advertising?

If your hamburger was really made of dog/cat/rats but said 100% beef that would be okay?

They expected that restaurant to prepare the food as advertised. For those people it's the same as eating food that doesn't meet our common health standards.

I don't agree with the lawsuit but I agree with their right to be angry.
 
Its funny that someone eats at McDonalds, food that is the healthy equivalent of drywall, and the only problem they have is its not prepared to their liking in a factory a thousand miles away they'll never see.

I thought it was common knowledge that most McDonalds meat was a combination of beef, oil, soy, salt, sugar, wood chips, barley, leftover auto parts, unfortunate remnants from fatal factory accidents, etc...
 
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They advertised a product as such, attracted customers, then knowingly delivered something that was not what it was sold as...what's wrong with getting sued ?

Note, this is not advocating lawsuits, or any particular religion (because I dislike pretty much all of them, and don't consider that religion should get any special treatment, except when carrying out their own stuff in their own community)
 
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