MYSURU/ MANGALURU: A group of Muslim businessmen and vendors met National Commission for Minorities Rinchen Lhamo in Mysuru on Thursday and expressed apprehensions that they were being targeted in Karnataka following a spate of controversies on hijab, halal meat and use of loudspeakers in mosques.
The meeting came on a day when the halal row hit an ice cream business in Mangaluru with messages on social media calling for a boycott of the brand.
The brand (TOIis not naming the company) in question had got its product halal-certified a few years back after a campaign alleged that the ingredients used in the ice cream were not fit to be consumed by a particular community.
Sources in the firm said: “The competition wants to bring down the brand. Halal means any food that is suitable for consumption. It doesn’t only pertains to meat products. There is a lot of misconception that halal means only meat products”.
