The popular chocolate bar Toblerone is now halal-certified (permissible under Islamic law). And Germany’s far-right AfD party has reacted by calling for a boycott.
The AfD’s spokesman, Jörg Meuthen, claimed in a Facebook post it was evidence of the “Islamisation” of Germany and Europe. He wrote: “Islamisation does not take place ― neither in Germany nor in Europe.
“It is therefore certainly pure coincidence that the depicted, known chocolate variety is now certified as ‘HALAL,’” he added sarcastically.
As reported by Huffington Post, however, this is indeed coincidental.
In a statement to CNN, Toblerone maker Mondelēz, said: “The certification did not result in any change to our beloved traditional Toblerone original recipe.”
Many of the comments on Meuthen’s Facebook post appeared to be mocking him with one person even saying it had given him his first laugh since his mother died.
It read: “A genuine compliment to you, Mr. Meuthen: At least today you have relieved me a bit of the grief over my recently deceased mother and I could once again laugh heartily at your madness! Thank you very much!”
