Halal Diggers

[icyfroth]

Halal certification: Army mandates Muslim-certified food for our Diggers

ONE third of combat rations ­offered to all Aussie troops now has to be halal-certified, despite the Australian Defence Force having fewer than 100 Muslims.

The orders that four of the 12 battle meal menu options offered to soldiers in the field need to be halal were approved by the Deputy Chief of Army Major General Rick Burr.

Under the new changes, ration packs should also contain kosher and vegetarian meals to help combat “menu fatigue”.

But the decision to include halal food has outraged many of the ADF’s almost 60,000 fulltime members and veterans who question how many millions of dollars of taxpayers’ money will now be handed over to unregulated halal certifiers — who are already the subject of a federal government inquiry.

Senator Cory Bernardi, who was a member of the senate inquiry that looked into halal certification, said the order “demonstrates just how our military has been captured by minority interests and appears to have suspended the application of common sense”.

“Our military should be defending our way of life, on and off the battlefield. Decisions like this suggest it has become more an instrument of supporting minority interests rather than being focused on the national interest,” he said.

Documents obtained under Freedom of Information show that ADF combat ration packs should contain a variety of menus including vegetarian, halal and kosher “to meet ADF’s commitment to providing an inclusive working ­environment.”

Former Army intelligence officer Bernie Gaynor, the Australian Liberty Alliance Senate candidate for Queensland, said: “Australia is not an Islamic country and our soldiers, sailors and airmen and women deserve better from the government and the politically-correct top brass.”

It follows the controversial decision last year by the Army to remove the motto “In this sign conque...because the phrase is associated with the Crusades — and that could be deemed offensive to Muslims.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/halal-certification-army-mandates-muslimcertified-food-for...

The lunatics are running the asylum.

[donnashuggy]

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@debra9275 wrote:

are they??   the govt. should rein in spending on all their travel that we pay for too

really there are lots of things they could be cutting back spending on... 

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Halal certification for the ADF should be one of them.

I wonder if this is an innovation of the Australian of the Year's?

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I wonder if you should expand your knowledge?

[lurker172602]

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@lurker172602 wrote:

Under the new changes, ration packs should also contain kosher and vegetarian meals to help combat “menu fatigue

Do you have any problems with the veggos in defence, or is it only Muslims you're going after here? What about the Jewish members, are they allowed to eat "their" food?  I only ask because you have specifically titled your thread Halel Diggers.

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What I actually object to, Lurks, is that our government is paying for halal certification at a time when they should be reining in government spending, to pander to a small minority in our defence force.

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Well if that is what you meant maybe that's what you should have said.

[donnashuggy]

Icy is going to analyze the figures soon lol

[the_great_she_elephant]

What I actually object to, Lurks, is that our government is paying for halal certification at a time when they should be reining in government spending, to pander to a small minority in our defence force.

That would only be true if they were paying companies to become halal certified and thenbuying from them.

Isn't it more likely that they are buying from companies that are  already certified?

[moonflyte]

The small minority of Muslims in Australia and all the rorts attributed to them. Local council criminality, schools taking millions from the taxpayer to spend on who knows and the halal money they get millions from by indirectly taxing food. The middle Eastern crime gangs and families that a whole task force is needed to even scratch the surface, the shootings, the terrorism acts here, it's a nightmare. 

There is not another minority like it. Yet say anything about it and they fall  into line with the made up word islamaphobia and all other racist bigoted remarks. What? nobody is allowed to comment on it, even the media tip toe around it.

Then we get the Obama factor, equating islamic terrorism with the ancient and no longer practiced bible passages.

Its a strange world now, after 9/11 we have to fear flying and now the human bombs using children.

[esayaf]

You forget the Mafia. Is that deliberate.

[esayaf]

**bleep**

[esayaf]

Say hello to your mother the next time she wipes your bottom

[esayaf]

Yeah, as there wasn't a single aircraft blown up before 911

[li.vish]

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