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  • 2016-03-07 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Germany Ban Pork Under Sharia Law? (en)
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  • On 7 March 2016, British tabloid Express reported that some German cafes and schools were phasing out pork products. The headline (GERMANY BANS SAUSAGES) naturally made some readers infer that the country had banned pork entirely. The article itself described a less alarming scenario, in which a single politician said that pork was slowly disappearing from schools and cafeterias, and extrapolating that it was because Muslims were possibly objecting to its presence: The paper surmised such a move would deepen resentment over immigration in Germany, without specifying precisely what, exactly, was moving: At around the same time, readers also asked about a Daily Mail piece making a similar claim about pork, reporting that schools in a locality in England (not Germany) were replacing pork with halal meat: While many thought this article came out around the same time as the Germany one, it was actually already two years old (from 7 March 2014), and concerned one particular area in England, not Germany. That story also contained the following reportage, which appeared to partially contradict its initial claims: At any rate, the pork ban didn't last even last until the end of March 2014; it was soon reversed, mostly due to pressure by far-right and nationalist political groups. On 1 March 2016, news outlet Deutsche Welle covered the matter of Germany's vanishing pork. According to that report, politician Daniel Günther had complained about what he perceived as a decreased number of pork-based items on cafeteria menus: Deutsche Welle also provided more contextual information. According to its article, many Germans mocked the initiative and felt it was completely without merit: The exaggerated claims about pork bans in Germany weren't the first of their kind to appear in British media sources. An October 2015 press frenzy centered around purported bans on pork in UK offices (nothing was banned), and in June 2015 the Daily Mail claimed Muslims demanded someone's grandfather be exhumed (again, false). In 2014 claims circulated that KFC banned hand wipes because they were prohibited by Islam (they weren't), and around the same time a questionable story made the rounds about a couple booted from a bus for offending Muslims by singing the theme song to Peppa Pig. While it was true one or (at most) a few German politicians bemoaned what they believed was a disappearing presence of pork in school cafeterias, misleading headlines indicated that there was a ban on pork. Finally, a number of Germans mocked the assertions as ludicrous and baseless. (en)
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