06 March 2012

Religion, food and the right to secularism

At the weekend I asked the question; are we slowly losing the right to chose whether or not to eat halal meat.

Initially I was surprised by the reaction it sparked, the story had more than 300 hits by the end of the day with several readers contacting me on twitter to say they felt there is not enough done to warn whether the food we eat is produced to religious specifications.

On reflection, I am not shocked by the response. Religion and religious tolerance is becoming increasingly relevant to our lives, while being insidiously shrouded by a cape of political correctness gagging the opinions of those fearful of earning the label "racist". [Nathan Rao] Read more