Re: Another Muslim overreaction : Thu Feb 21, 2013 3:03 pm  

Mintball wrote:

There are certainly places in the US that are trying to challenge the teaching of evolution even now.

In the interests of balance, there are very few, if any, muslim countries where human evolution is accepted let alone taught. I am no expert but AFAIK orthodox jews reject Darwinism and Buiddhists wouldn't teach it as to them it's largely an irrelevance. At least in the US evolution is taught, even if there are a worrying number of nutjobs increasingly challenging that.

Re: Another Muslim overreaction : Thu Feb 21, 2013 3:05 pm  

Dally wrote:

... why sack the dinner lady? ...

Do you actually believe the story as written?
I don't.

Re: Another Muslim overreaction : Thu Feb 21, 2013 3:07 pm  

bren2k wrote:

:lol:

Mumsnet types cyber-bullying a Daily Fail journalist - lovely stuff.

Oh, it's a joy.

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

In the interests of balance, there are very few, if any, muslim countries where human evolution is accepted let alone taught. I am no expert but AFAIK orthodox jews reject Darwinism and Buiddhists wouldn't teach it as to them it's largely an irrelevance. At least in the US evolution is taught, even if there are a worrying number of nutjobs increasingly challenging that.

I don't doubt it at all. I suppose the thing is that we sort of expect the US to be a tad more educated/intelligent.

Re: Another Muslim overreaction : Thu Feb 21, 2013 3:20 pm  

Mintball wrote:

I suppose the thing is that we sort of expect the US to be a tad more educated/intelligent.

Do we realy Mintball....? lol

Re: Another Muslim overreaction : Thu Feb 21, 2013 3:25 pm  

bren2k wrote:

What does God do when he's annoyed? I'm vaguely familiar with the wrathful, plague and pestilence type stuff, which I assume is what he does when he's really hacked off, but how does his minor irritation manifest itself?

He makes Leeds finish 5th. He then laughs at the unbelievers who so arrogantly pick the Chosen Ones in the heathen ritual that is Club Call.

Re: Another Muslim overreaction : Thu Feb 21, 2013 4:12 pm  

Getting back to the original post, if the school has an Halal policy only, it cannot claim to be multi cultural. I for one would not allow a child of mine to eat it, not because of any religious reasons, but because slaughtered 'allowed' foods in Islam is, I believe a barbaric way to slaughter an animal.

Re: Another Muslim overreaction : Thu Feb 21, 2013 4:22 pm  

V6Chuk wrote:

Do we realy Mintball....? lol

Well they do some good science and tech and films – and since they're so like us and we're so like them, one would assume ...

Oh.

Re: Another Muslim overreaction : Thu Feb 21, 2013 4:26 pm  

rover49 wrote:

Getting back to the original post, if the school has an Halal policy only, it cannot claim to be multi cultural. I for one would not allow a child of mine to eat it, not because of any religious reasons, but because slaughtered 'allowed' foods in Islam is, I believe a barbaric way to slaughter an animal.

Not to in any way condone halal methods, but from what I've heard from some sources (the organisation I work for organises meat inspectors etc) some of the mega modern abattoirs shouldn't be imagined to be sensational places when it comes to animal welfare, simply by dint of how industrialised the process has become.

Again, it's a reason I'm happy to pay a little more to get my meat direct from farmers most of the time; cutting out assorted middle men and therefore ending up with far more of my spend actually going on the piece of meat and not a chain of businesses that all need their profit.

Re: Another Muslim overreaction : Thu Feb 21, 2013 5:46 pm  

Beats me why Kirky bothers asking the opinions of us mere mortals when he has a hotline to 'Big J' himself. Why not ask him? I suppose it must get a tad irritating when he's always right though! It must be crap playing Cluedo with him too.

Re: Another Muslim overreaction : Thu Feb 21, 2013 10:41 pm  

rover49 wrote:

Getting back to the original post, if the school has an Halal policy only, it cannot claim to be multi cultural. I for one would not allow a child of mine to eat it, not because of any religious reasons, but because slaughtered 'allowed' foods in Islam is, I believe a barbaric way to slaughter an animal.

How would you slaughter an animal if you couldn't just nip down to the butchers/supermercado to buy meat?