[Meats sacrificed to strange god] Sri Lanka Muslims try to defuse halal meat row

Sri Lanka Muslims try to defuse halal meat row

COLOMBO — Islamic clerics in Sri Lanka tried to calm religious tensions Thursday by telling stores to sell halal meat only to Muslims, after protests by hardliners from the nation's Buddhist majority.

Food manufacturers have long labelled all their products "halal" for convenience, meaning until now non-Muslims have not had any choice in the matter. ...

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