Multi-kulti-moeilijkheden: Beenhouwers bij Heijn benne Halal

Multi-kulti-moeilijkheden: Beenhouwers bij Heijn benne Halal*

For those of you who read Dutch, an interesting article in the NRC Handelsblad concerning a chain grocery's decision to go Halal and the reaction thereto.

http://www.nrc.nl/economie/article524977.ece

Antonius

«benne» is de vorm voor de 1.-3. persoon meervoud van het werkwoord «zijn» in het dialekt van Nieuw-Nederland.

Antonius wrote:For those of you who read Dutch . . . .

Um, I'm thinkin' that's you.

Is there a .05 version you could provide those of us who follow the 'Murrikin tradition of being monolingual?

Best I could do in English was the press release announcing the decision.

Giovanna

Giovanna wrote:

Antonius wrote:For those of you who read Dutch . . . .

Um, I'm thinkin' that's you.

Is there a .05 version you could provide those of us who follow the 'Murrikin tradition of being monolingual?

Best I could do in English was the press release announcing the decision.

G.,

The story is interesting because the grocery chain, Albert Heijn, decided that enough of its clientele was Muslim that it would be a good idea to go large scale into halal in the meat department. Problem is, halal meat is produced under special exemption from a law in the Netherlands that requires animals that are slaughtered by having their throats cut to be anaesthetised first (shocked, gassed, bonked on the head, etc.). Now, allegedly (according to representatives of the islamic community) halal butchering cannot involve anaesthetising the beasts, so Dutch animal rights people have lodged a complaint. Albert Heijn ain't your corner halal butcher, the intended exceptions to the law, so then...

The courts shall perhaps have to decide.

Verdomme. Geeft me maar een stuk varkensvlees, als 't u blieft ... en een pilsje ... en een borrel ...

Antonius

Thank you for the summary. I find the interaction between Dutch ideals of inclusiveness and multi-culturalism and the reality of accomodating some of the recent immigrants interesting to say the least. And one liberal ideal running smack into another is nothing if not interesting....

Giovanna