Who would have thought,.....

[memory man]

That an advert for turkey would cause a social media frenzy, with people frothing at the mouth and vowing to boycott a store for ever and ever


https://youtu.be/qSUkAURUU1I

[Dominic]

So people have been complaining because they showed Muslims having a turkey dinner? But hang on, those people complaining are the same people who complain about immigrants not integrating, aren't they?

[Firefly]

Can't see what the fuss is about, don't want Turkey, don't eat it. What on earth are people complaining about ?

Jackie

[Dominic]

If you want to get depressed, look at the comments on the youtube site.

These are a few. The first one I can understand, but the others...
 

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[Firefly]

Pathetic.

[Jimgward]

Ah...it's the "waiting to be offended Brigade" a national sport now in the UK

It is getting worse year on year..... There are now social media sites devoted to 'poppy-watch' and they complain if they spot anyone on the TV not wearing one...... The entire point with the wars, was supposed to be to give freedom.... yet some in the UK are hell-bent on restricting it in every way....

[tonee]

Welcome to the" snowflake generation"

[WHL]

I think the only people that would lose any sleep over this would be the BNP or ISIS supporters, having said that I do get fed up as HIC said, we have social engineering on every advert going now.

[Paulo]

I've got friends who are Hindu and I've sat with them and had xmas dinner several times,they may not see it as a religious holiday but it doesn't mean they can't enjoy the spirit of the event. It's more a part of British culture than a Christian event nowadays.

[Jimgward]

All Muslims I know, have Xmas presents and take time off etc. Christ is a big part of their religion.... They have the same beliefs up to the point where Mohammed come into the picture. They are not offended by Christian celebrations, festivals or whatever.

Many years ago, the last school I taught in was a Catholic faith school and a large number of Muslim kids attended - especially girls. In fact, we had to turn many away as there were so many placing requests. Their families wanted a faith ethos in education

[Anarita John]

And the last school I taught at was 90% Muslim pupils and a small number of Christian Black Africans who attended various churches. Christmas was and still is celebrated with Nativity Plays and Christmas Parties, just as Eid is celebrated in school. School's ethos is to show respect for all beliefs.
Also many of the families in school have Christmas trees in their homes, send Christmas cards to eachother and not just Christians and staff, and buy the children presents, but keep to their own traditions at Eid of buying new clothes and shoes and giving money.
We will be receiving Christmas Cards from our Muslim friends.

And I am getting a little fed up of living in a country were it is OK to be racist.

[Dominic]

Funnily enough, when I saw the Tesco Christmas advert I though it a bit strange that they had included women wearing a hijab in their advert. I didn't mind at all...but just thought it a bit weird. Everything has to be "inclusive" nowadays, especially with any programme on the BBC, with one of every ethnicity, colour, regional accent, physical impairement, etc. It all just seems so contrived, so as to be politically correct.

Why is it weird? Given the proportion of muslims in the country, I am sure some of them get invited round to a Christmas meal. What would be weird, and unrealistic, would be an advert showing only white people eating a Christmas dinner. Besides, what's wrong with trying to point out that we're all pretty much the same, when you take away all the labels?

[Dominic]

I tend to agree agree with Paulo here... It is quite refreshing to see an attempt at true integration...Christmas may not be an Islamic event, but those of the Islamic faith partaking in what is a Christian tradition, on a Chistian Holiday, in predominately Christian country (yes still) demonstrates a trend that perhaps will catch on...

Indeed. To this day, the best example of true integration I have ever seen occurred on a train journey from London to Blackpool. There was a drunk Pakistani lady, dressed in a sari, singing "I'm not a hairy mairy, I'm your moll". She then proceeded to tell an anti Pakistani joke, saying she was allowed to tell it because she was one. The best bit though was her voice. She had a thick Glaswegian accent. I'll never forget the sight, because, in all seriousness, it was a beautifully surprising example of cultures merging and integrating.

[STELIOSBWFC]

If you want to get depressed, look at the comments on the youtube site.

These are a few. The first one I can understand, but the others...
 
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A few of my mates are Indian Muslim and they love Xmas as do the kids. They buy a Halal turkey from the Muslim butchers. Think Tesco have spotted a gap in the market for this. I would be very pissed off though if all turkeys in Tesco were Halal though.

[STELIOSBWFC]

Most products produced for the shops (Any Brand) have a halal and kosher certification to prove they have no pork products on site and it is a request by the BRC to show this on the label.

[Mark]

I tend to agree agree with Paulo here... It is quite refreshing to see an attempt at true integration...Christmas may not be an Islamic event, but those of the Islamic faith partaking in what is a Christian tradition, on a Chistian Holiday, in predominately Christian country (yes still) demonstrates a trend that perhaps will catch on...

Indeed. To this day, the best example of true integration I have ever seen occurred on a train journey from London to Blackpool. There was a drunk Pakistani lady, dressed in a sari, singing "I'm not a hairy mairy, I'm your moll". She then proceeded to tell an anti Pakistani joke, saying she was allowed to tell it because she was one. The best bit though was her voice. She had a thick Glaswegian accent. I'll never forget the sight, because, in all seriousness, it was a beautifully surprising example of cultures merging and integrating.

Great story Dominic, but the Glaswegian accent got to you......she sang I'm no hairy Mary I'm your Maw ( mother) a great song....lol

[Mark]

I tend to agree agree with Paulo here... It is quite refreshing to see an attempt at true integration...Christmas may not be an Islamic event, but those of the Islamic faith partaking in what is a Christian tradition, on a Chistian Holiday, in predominately Christian country (yes still) demonstrates a trend that perhaps will catch on...

Indeed. To this day, the best example of true integration I have ever seen occurred on a train journey from London to Blackpool. There was a drunk Pakistani lady, dressed in a sari, singing "I'm not a hairy mairy, I'm your moll". She then proceeded to tell an anti Pakistani joke, saying she was allowed to tell it because she was one. The best bit though was her voice. She had a thick Glaswegian accent. I'll never forget the sight, because, in all seriousness, it was a beautifully surprising example of cultures merging and integrating.

Great story Dominic, but the Glaswegian accent got to you......she sang I'm no hairy Mary I'm your Maw ( mother) a great song....lol

Should add that hairy Mary was a prostitute, which makes Dominic's story even more amazing.

[Mark]

"Im no hairy Mary, im your faithers fairy, I'm no hary Mary I'm your maw"

[Dominic]

Yep, I was told what it meant by the mother of the friend I was travelling with. I worked with him in London, and he invited me to Blackpool to stay at his parent's place and see the lights etc. I told the story to her and she translated it for me.

[Dominic]

Why wouldn't there be?

Interestingly, halal meat can be stunned before slaughter, whereas kosher meat can't.

But how does this relate to say, hunting? Surely, if a muslim hunts and kills an animal, it won't be halal.