The fast food chain was being threatened with a boycott by both Muslims and non-Muslims. It hoped to woo the Islamic market by opening 86 trial outlets selling halal-only meat, slaughtered under strict religious guidelines.
But KFC's target diners insisted the chickens were not being killed in the right way and said they would stay away. And furious non-Muslim customers have set up Facebook groups protesting that the trial branches, which also ban pork, have dropped their favorite bacon-topped Big Daddy burger from menus.
Groups with names such as "Against the KFC Halal Trial" and "No Halal at Colne KFC" -- referring to a branch in the Lancashire, northern England, town -- were rapidly attracting members. [Fox News] Read more [via Jihad Watch]
