Increase in Halal Certified Restaurants ?More Tolerance Needed

Obbana Rajah

With the increase in the number of HalalCertified restaurants, or restaurants that are currently in the process ofgetting their Halal Certification, more tolerance is needed from those of otherraces.

Many have taken to Facebook to creategroups boycotting these restaurants and food chains, something ratherinsensitive and wholly unnecessary.

Even sandwich chain Subway has replacedtheir non-Halal meats such as ham, bacon, and salami have been replaced withchicken and beef while awaiting Halal certification.

Since February, more than sixty Subwaybranches have embraced this change.

Upon the announcement of their going Halalon their Facebook page, Subway Singapore received much backlash from netizens.

However, there were indeed those who wereaccepting of this change and willing to make the switch in the name oftolerance and understanding.

People should understand that the move togo Halal does not mean less options for everyone else, it simply means moreoptions for those Halal.