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DAILYKENN.com -- New York City mayor De Blasio has promised 500,000 free meals to Muslims.
The massive giveaway will coincide with Ramadan.
Ramadan is a month of day-time fasting for Muslims.
The meals will be prepared to be halal compliant.
The city will distribute the meals through government schools and community organizations.
The meals are for Muslims only.
Or, as they mayor reportedly said, “people [who] can’t go to their mosques” due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A similar program was provided for the city's Jewish population.
To our knowledge, nothing was done for NYC's Christians, Mormons, Scientologists, or other religious groups.
The mayor seems to be discriminating on the basis of religion.
However, they is no principle of "separation of mosque and state" or "separation of synagogue and state."
“No New Yorker will go hungry,” he de Blasio promised...
...even though the program seems to exclude non-Muslims.
“Your city will provide,” he added.
Actually, taxpayers will provide. Most of whom are not Muslims.
What do you think? Should taxpayers be forced to pay for religious holidays?
Read more at bloomberg.com ►
NYC to Serve 500,000 Free Halal Meals to Muslims During Ramadan
By Henry Goldman
New York City intends to serve a half-million Halal meals during the Muslim holiday of Ramadan, in the leading edge of a program that could feed as many as 2 million residents unable to pay for food, Mayor Bill de Blasio said.
About 400,000 Halal meals will be distributed at 32 Department of Education buildings and another 100,000 will be served through community organizations during the month. The city also provides Kosher meals for Jews. It’s part of a program that has served at least 10 million grab-and-go meals at 435 sites and via taxi to housebound New Yorkers, at a cost of at least $170 million, the mayor said.
“One of Ramadan’s most noble callings is to feed the hungry,” de Blasio said during a Thursday news briefing. “To remember to be there for those in need. And that is now harder than ever now that people can’t go to their mosques.”
City officials expect the food crisis to become more acute. The mayor has estimated the city will lose at least 475,000 jobs due to the lockdown forced by the Covid-19 pandemic.
De Blasio said city officials expect to provide at least 10 million meals this month, and are prepared to serve 15 million in May. The mayor gave no ultimate cost estimate. “No New Yorker will go hungry,” he vowed. “Your city will provide.”
Ramadan begins Thursday evening and ends the evening of May 23. The holiday marks a period of spiritual reflection and self-improvement that includes the practice of fasting from dawn until sunset.
