Helle Thorning - Schmidt called the owner of the slaughterhouse and the butcher to label halal

Helle Thorning - Schmidt called the owner of the slaughterhouse and the butcher to label halal

Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning - Schmidt called the owner of the slaughterhouse and the butcher to be labeled halal or not the meat they slaughter . Appeal Thorning - Schmidt was disclosed yesterday by saying that the Danes should accommodate the interests of all faiths and cultures with food labeling .

" I think the consumer is normal to want to find out if they consumed meat halal or not . I urge all companies to label halal meat or not the product that they were, "said Thorning - Schmidt . However he insisted that the government does not require manufacturers to label halal .

This statement expressed the Danish woman prime minister last week following a heated debate about the halal labeling on foods after the Food Minister Mette has now been dismissed Gjerskov said that he rejected the idea of ​​halal labeling .

The idea was also met with skepticism by the agricultural lobby groups Landbrug og Fodevarer . " I have the impression that the label ' kosher ' has connotations for some things . Consumers do not understand that. Labeling halal meat can make our products less competitive in the market , " says Martin Merrild , spokesman Landbrug og Fodevarer .

Originally intended to label halal food , although eventually expanded into beauty products , pharmaceuticals , and financial . In addition to confirming the right of Muslims to get products labeled halal , PM Thorning - Schmidt also opposed the suggestion to eliminate all pork products for the benefit of school children in kindergartens and hospitals .

He urged that all kindergartens and hospitals to continue to provide pork roast and pork meatballs on the grounds that it is part of the culinary tradition of Denmark .

According Thorning - Schmidt , the tradition of Christmas celebrations for the Danish people sing songs of praise and eating roast pork should continue to exist side by side with the customs of other faiths .

Denmark populated Muslim minority of about 200,000 people, and representing three percent of the 5.4 million inhabitants .
This Scandinavian country in the center of Muslim anger around the world in 2005 after a newspaper published a series of illustrated cartoons of Prophet Muhammad SAW .

Following the cartoon incident , Muslims worldwide perform various initiatives in order to eliminate the negative image of Islam in the West . Muslims in Denmark established the European Committee for Honoring the Prophet Muhammad that accommodate 27 Muslim organizations in the country in Northern Europe . This committee is tasked to raise and increase awareness about kindness and personality Rasullulah .