Toblerone Certified Halal: Right Wing Goes Bat Shit Crazy
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Quote:Members of the European far right have declared war on Toblerone after discovering that the chocolate is halal-certified, in a move described as 'peak outrage'.
Internet users called for a boycott of the popular triangular shaped chocolate bar after the Swiss tabloid Blick ignited the furore on Sunday by running a story titled 'Toblerone is now halal'.
The storm gathered momentum when Jörg Meuthen, spokesman for the far right nationalist part Alternative for Germany posted about it to his Facebook followers on Monday.
'Islamization is not taking place - neither in Germany nor in Europe,' he wrote sarcastically alongside a picture of Toblerone.
Quote:Mondelēz, which produces Toblerone, said in a statement to CNN: 'The certification did not result in any change to our beloved traditional Toblerone original recipe.
'Due to the inherent nature of Toblerone chocolate its production process essentially meets the halal criteria anyway.'
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