There’s a #BloodSausageGate scandal boiling in Germany because the Interior Ministry served pork sausage at an “Islam conference in Berlin,” even though other food was available and non-Muslims were in attendance.
The Interior Ministry defended its decision to serve blood pork sausage. “It said the serving reflected the ‘religious-pluralistic composition’ of the event, which brought together Muslim associations and leaders with officials from the federal and local governments.” Nonetheless, it apologized anyway.
“Diversity,” “tolerance,” and “pluralism” initiatives are usually aimed at infidels only; the arrow is always pointing only in one direction.
The article below does not reveal who was officially responsible for the menu. It does, however, imply that the German government (at taxpayer expense) was at least partly responsible. If it was of utmost importance to the national Islam conference organizers that pork not be served, then they should have requested to be responsible for the menu, and shoulder the cost as well. Once again, Islamic supremacist demands must be accommodated, or else.
“Germany-Blood sausage at Islam talk stirs backlash,” Deutshe Welle, December 3, 2018:
Germany’s Interior Ministry has come under fire for serving blood sausage at a national Islam conference last week, despite pork being forbidden for practicing Muslims.
The issue has stirred a heated debate — one that touches on the fault line issues of integration and respect for different religions — between critics of the ministry and right-wing groups who justified the decision to serve the dish.
The ministry has defended its decision to serve the sausage consisting of pig’s blood, pork and bacon at the evening buffet on Wednesday. It said the serving reflected the “religious-pluralistic composition” of the event, which brought together Muslim associations and leaders with officials from the federal and local governments.
The ministry added that there was a wide range of food at the “clearly excellent” buffet, with vegetarian, meat, fish and halal dishes available. “If individuals were still offended for religious reasons, we regret this,” it said.
Nonetheless, some have viewed the choice of blood sausage as a deliberate provocation by hardline Interior Minister Horst Seehofer.
In March, Seehofer caused a stir when he said in an interview that “Islam doesn’t belong to Germany” and that “Germany has been shaped by Christianity,” a comment he partially dialed back last week at the Islam conference…