Muslim Lawmaker Rages After Being Served Pork (Threatens Food Server with Knife!)

Manilla Times ^ | 11/22/2006 | Maricel V. Cruz

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

A Muslim lawmaker on Monday night raged at a catering crewmember of a Chinese restaurant for serving her food with pork.

Rep. Faysah Dumarpa of Lanao del Sur reportedly slapped the crewmember, Virginia Fernando Altamirano, and held a bread knife at her.

Altamirano, 36, has filed a complaint against Dumarpa with the Quezon City police.

“It is forbidden in Islam for a believer to eat pork or its derivatives. To do so is a grievous sin. An intentional consumption of such meat would hinder me from gaining entrance to paradise. Beyond dietary concerns, this is a matter of faith,” Dumarpa said in a letter to Ramon Sy, head of the Shangri-La Finest Chinese Cuisine, which caters for congressmen during sessions at the South Lounge in the House of Representatives.

Dumarpa said she “felt betrayed” and “grossly insulted” by being served food containing pork. “I assumed your [catering] crew purposely caused that by intentional concealment of the fact herein set forth. If it was not at all intentional, then there must have been gross negligence on their part.”

Dumarpa even demanded that Sy fire the crewmen, and that only halal foods be made available in the South Lounge.

Another Muslim legislator, Anak Mindanao party-list Rep. Mujiv Hataman, said the House leadership should take responsibility for the gaffe.

“This indicates lack of religious and cultural sensitivity even within the House of Representatives itself,” Hataman said in a text message.

To prevent a repetition of the incident, Hataman suggested that the House consider putting up a separate lounge for Muslim legislators and visitors of Congress.

[Cobra64]

“This indicates lack of religious and cultural sensitivity ..."

So does this:

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Dumarpa even demanded that Sy fire the crewmen, and that only halal foods be made available in the South Lounge.

Lady, just shut up already...

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

I'm not sure a pork gas would dissuade them. How about a MOAB filled with shredded pork?

[He Rides A White Horse]

A Muslim lawmaker on Monday night raged at a catering crewmember of a Chinese restaurant for serving her food with pork.

See?.........who isn't a target of these people?

They suck. Bigtime.

[TeddyCon]

ROFLMAO!!!

[meyer]

How about a MOAB filled with shredded pork?

'Round here, we call that a "4th of July Bar-be-cue". Mmmmmm - shredded port!

[He Rides A White Horse]

Right...and these images must be present as the photos of Pearl Harbor being bombed.......it was an outright display of naked aggression, and the United States has every right to defend and punish such perpetrators.

That tradition goes back to Barbary pirates exacting 'protection money' from American shipping (to the shores of Tripoli)....good job Marines.

[bboop]

I think pig-spray bombs are a great idea. No 'innocent civilians' killed. Everyone INSTANTLY tossed from Muzzie heaven and have to find a new religion. Brilliant.

[Mach9]

Way too obvious an argument. Of course it has nothing to do with pork, intentional or un-. We nonmuslims need to get used to accepting these quirks if we're ever to start making the progress evident in France.

[Fester Chugabrew]

Reads like Scrappleface, but it ain't.

[MadelineZapeezda]

What is it that they have against him?

[photodawg]

It is forbidden in Islam for a believer to eat pork or its derivatives. To do so is a grievous sin. An intentional consumption of such meat would hinder me from gaining entrance to paradise. Beyond dietary concerns, this is a matter of faith,”
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But threatening to knife another person is cool, as long as your a Religion of Peacer.

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Interestingly, the quote says that "an intentional consumption of such meat"

Well obviously it wasn't knowingly consumed. So why the outrage. Setting aside the absurdity of "believing" that any God would deny you paradise for consuming the wrong type of meat, what type of f-ing lunatic would attack someone with a knife for an honest mistake? Let's just make these people happy and send them to meet allah where they f-ing belong.

[F.J. Mitchell]

Let her bring her lunch from home in a brown bag.

[photodawg]

Well then. I suggest that the prisoners at Guantanamo are kept on minimum rations for a few days. And then, start cooking bacon on a large skillet in front of them.
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Oh heavens no..that would be torture and very insensitive.(smile)

[F.J. Mitchell]

LOL! I do remember that in Military Mess halls, and as a none Catholic I resented the hell out of it, even though I love fish.

[Free ThinkerNY]

Islam is a form of insanity. A psychotic cult. A cancer spreading throughout the entire world. Islam is the disease. Freedom is the cure.

[barker]

What you don't know won't hurt you?

That's why I never read the list of ingredients for canned foods I like. I did once for canned chili and don't eat it now. Mine is better anyway.

[F.J. Mitchell]

They envy his brains, personality and good looks.

[null and void]

I used to have a lot of respect for Islam - before I knew very much about it

That, sir is a tagline.

[montag813]

An intentional consumption of such meat would hinder me from gaining entrance to paradise

I hope the cooks at Gitmo take the hint