Muslim food - last straw for angry parents

28th November 2005

News article filed by BNP news team

Outraged parents in the West Midlands have called it the “last straw”, an insult to Christians and evidence that our country has “sold out” to an alien religion. Several hundred pupils of the George Salter High School in West Bromwich were recently given a letter to take home to parents advising pupils and parents alike that Halal products would be on offer in the school canteen. The letter dated 9th November from Ms. Vincent, the Assistant Head was delivered as a fait accompli – the decision had clearly already been made by school staff and there was even a certificate of Halal authenticity supplied by a Sparkhill based food company to prove it, signed by “Brother in Islam”. “I trust that this will meet with your approval and that you will continue to support us in meeting the dietary needs of our school community.” Couldn’t happen here The introduction of Halal foods in schools in not new - many Muslim dominated schools already offer Halal products to their pupils, but most parents have been long in denial believing that it could not happen in their schools, citing that the number of Muslim pupils is too small for such a change to be implemented. Pupils from Islamic backgrounds make up a small fraction of the George Salter school roll, about 10%, so we see yet again a minority determining the agenda for the majority, public officials making concession after concession to a small but vociferous and organised minority group. Each concession, in isolation seems insignificant, harmless, even reasonable but when viewed as a whole each concession can be seen as building bricks of an edifice which when complete will be difficult to dismantle. It is unreasonable for Muslims to demand Halal products in any publicly funded British school, just as it would be unreasonable for Christians to demand non-Halal products in any State funded school in Saudi Arabia or Iran. Disgust One parent spoke to his local BNP representative to express his anger but conceded that parents were powerless to reverse the school’s decision: “I am writing to the local education department, my MP, and the newspapers to show my disgust. I doubt it will do any good.” “I have been called a racist by the local authority” said another parent, “just because I said that this was wrong”. The West Brom parents are not alone, for many of those who write in daily, it is the speed with which the process of Islamification is taking place that is most worrying, a speed out of proportion to the actual numbers of Muslims who live in a particular community.