China's tiny Muslim community provokes giant anti-Islam backlash
USA Today Fri, Sep 8 3:30 AM PDT
BEIJING — The flyer showed a restaurant takeout courier carrying two bags — one labeled "halal" for food prepared for Muslims and the other marked "majority food." In the United States, the wording on the second bag could spark controversy as being discriminatory. In China, it's the first bag. A backlash against Islam is on the rise in this officially atheist country, and the lightning rod is halal. One of China's biggest restaurant delivery companies, Meituan Takeaway, launched a halal service in July to attract more of China's 23 million Muslims. By pressing a small green button marked with a mosque on the Meitaun smartphone app, customers can request that halal dishes be kept separate from ...
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