Muslims rallied yesterday against a food company’s plan to build a pork processing plant near their community southwest of Bangkok.
Some Muslims in Thailand stated that having a bacon factory would cause problems such as suffering indignity and experiencing environmental damage. Protesters from a Muslim community in Phetchaburi province present a petition yesterday against a bacon-making factory that would open close to three mosques.
50 members of a muslim community in the Cha Am district of Phetchaburi province submitted a petition to officials over the construction of a facility they say is an indignity to their faith.
The letter produce states the residents as saying that they are opposed to a plan by HuaHin Inter Foods Co. to build a factory for making bacon, sausages and ham near the Muslim-majority community. Pork is unclean in the Islamic faith and consuming it is not allowed - although lamb is okay!
“We have considered the plan, and we believe the factory should not be located in this area because 99 percent of the people are Muslims,” the letter said. “People in the community feel it will violate their livelihoods and practice of Islam.”
Some mosques are clustered near to the site of the planned factory. The letter also raised concerns that waste water from the pork processing may contaminate sources of drinking water in the area.
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50 members of a muslim community in the Cha Am district of Phetchaburi province submitted a petition to officials over the construction of a facility they say is an indignity to their faith.
The letter produce states the residents as saying that they are opposed to a plan by HuaHin Inter Foods Co. to build a factory for making bacon, sausages and ham near the Muslim-majority community. Pork is unclean in the Islamic faith and consuming it is not allowed - although lamb is okay!
“We have considered the plan, and we believe the factory should not be located in this area because 99 percent of the people are Muslims,” the letter said. “People in the community feel it will violate their livelihoods and practice of Islam.”
Some mosques are clustered near to the site of the planned factory. The letter also raised concerns that waste water from the pork processing may contaminate sources of drinking water in the area.
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