Lunch between French and Iranian presidents canceled: France refused request to serve halal food

Jihad Watch ^ | 11/10/15 | Robert Spencer

[Nachum]

The request for halal food is perfectly reasonable: if Hollande is going to invite Rouhani to lunch, he shouldn’t serve him food that his guest cannot eat for religious reasons. But the request that there be no wine on the table is inherently supremacist and absolutely unjustifiable. Rouhani would not be forced to drink wine, but that’s not enough: if he is not going to drink wine, then no one else can drink it either, including the non-Muslims present. This demand is in line with the old axiom: in Muslim countries, one must conform one’s behavior to Muslim sensibilities. And in non-Muslim countries, one must conform one’s behavior to Muslim sensibilities.

[JoeProBono]

[Nifster]

and yet the US, the Brits, the Germans have ALL done so

[Bitsy]

Hot dogs aren’t halal food.

[Norm Lenhart]

Some people hunger for abuse.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I’m guessing the chef must have thrown a tantrum and bellowed that he’d just as soon serve Pop-Tarts and Pizza Rolls as serve Halal food.

[Cowboy Bob]

Where would these ragheads be without oil?

They wander the deserts for over 1,000 years and make no impact on the globe. Westerners discover oil beneath their feet...and now they think the would needs to bow and scrape to them.

I'm not a big advocate of alternative energy, but if oil were to become obsolete, these a-holes would just fade back into the sand dunes where they belong. They would piss away their money in a generation.

[tet68]

Joke.
How can you tell it’s Spring in NYC?

Hot dog venders change their water.

[reed13k]

What I can’t figure out is the Iranian guy did have Whine....

[MosesKnows]

Lunch between French and Iranian presidents canceled

Would you expect success considering their inability to reach a compromise regarding food and drink?

[dartuser]

France refused request to serve halal food and no wine

Coming from France, that is practically a declaration of war.

[GraceG]

[ Hot dogs aren’t halal food. ]

Obama ate a real DOG, which is Haram, so does that mean Obama is Haram????

No wonder Iran laughs at our Muslim in chief.

[map]

Uzbek cuisine? The China House is permanently closed.

[Dr. Sivana]

who politely declined citing France’s “republican traditions” surrounding Elysée dinners.

Wine is not a "republican tradition". Its proper use and celebration has been part of western civilization including France for many centuries before any "republican traditions" were started up.

[lbryce]

There are kosher hot dogs and Islamic law allows for eating kosher as equivalent to hallal.

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Lunch between French and Iran canceled: France refused request to serve halal food and no wine

[Bitsy]

There are kosher hot dogs
Yes, but are those hot dogs full of the good tasting parts of the pig that a person wouldn’t eat if they saw them? A good hot dog to me is full of pork product.

[going hot]

Next thing you know, they will be arguing about the shape of the tables.

[Svartalfiar]

OK, I would have to disagree with France on this one.

You should be polite to your invited guests.

And ONLY spit on their food when they are not looking

Polite, serving acceptable food is one thing. But giving in to demands that no wine be present at all, is absolutely ridiculous.