#BoycottHalalProducts trends as Hindus protest Halal imposition on them to appease minorities

The Arabic word Halal means ‘Valid according to Islam’ ! Originally, a demand kept in the context of meat, ‘Halal’ is now demanded in many things, including vegetarian food, cosmetics, medicines, hospitals, household items and even malls. For this, it has been made mandatory to obtain a ‘Halal certificate’ from private Islamic organizations. In secular India, is it necessary to obtain a private Islamic certificate after obtaining a certificate from the government’s Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) ? Muslims constitute only 15% of the population in India. Why then is ‘Halal Certificate’ being imposed on the remaining 85% Hindus ?

https://www.hindujagruti.org/national-issue/boycott-halal-products

To protest against this Halal imposition on Hindus, they took to Twitter and started tweeting with hashtag #BoycottHalalProducts. At around 9.30 AM, this trend was on 2nd spot in top national trends on Twitter in India and it was there for few hours. Till writing, more than 1.07 lakh tweets were tweeted using this hashtag and the trend was on 4th spot.

Here are some of the tweets from the trend :

The Islamic Economic system (Halalonomics) has crept into our Secular system. Now the Halal certification is no longer limited to meats, but touches every sphere of our daily lives – from meats to packages foods, medicines, beauty products & so on#BoycottHalalProducts pic.twitter.com/aGtT18WlGW

— HinduJagrutiOrg (@HinduJagrutiOrg) May 11, 2020

Halal Certificate is Minority Dictatorship !

India – Muslims 15%
McD going Muslims – 5%
…But @mcdonaldsindia pushing 100% Halal food on 95% Non-Islamic customers.
Get ready for..#BoycottHalalProducts @McDonalds @Iyervval @RituRathaur @TheJaggi @M_Lekhi @Tejasvi_Surya pic.twitter.com/VOwEf5GtjD

— 🚩 Ramesh Shinde 🇮🇳 (@Ramesh_hjs) May 11, 2020

What is Halal based economy ?
Why Govt of India must take action against it…
Watch here –https://t.co/Vkv4Y9zjZa@ThePoojaSingh1
@KhushiText @ugtunga@Ramsa_B @chitrapadhi#BoycottHalalProducts pic.twitter.com/nW3QkwJ8fS

— 🚩 Ramesh Shinde 🇮🇳 (@Ramesh_hjs) May 11, 2020

https://twitter.com/Rajc_/status/1259705423055089664

https://twitter.com/ishkarnBHANDARI/status/1259690479932911616

Just wondering, is it illegal to #BoycottHalalProducts?! Do I not have a right to choose what I want & what I don't?!

— Priti Gandhi – प्रीति गांधी (@MrsGandhi) May 11, 2020

By purchasing and serving only ‘halal’ meat, restaurants are effectively boycotting non-Muslim butchers, and helping Muslims to monopolize the meat market. This is a serious case of religious discrimination. Is the GoI listening? #BoycottHalalProducts pic.twitter.com/gZHpXdrSld

— Upword (@upword_) May 11, 2020