This case examplified the problem as well as any:
Halal meat served in three-quarters of council-supported schools in Waltham Forest
First published Friday 5 April 2013 in News
Three-quarters of schools
under Waltham Forest Council control serve
Halal meat, the Guardian can reveal.
A total of 46 schools and academies supported by the local authority order only Halal meat from Waltham Forest Catering, their supplier.
Just one school serves both Halal and non-Halal meat and 15 serve meat from animals slaughtered using ‘standard’ methods, a Guardian enquiry has discovered.
The news comes after a row erupted at Larkswood Primary School in New Road, Chingford, last month when parents were informed meat served there would be replaced by food prepared according to the rituals of Islam from mid-April.
Parents said they had no issue with Muslim children practicing their faith and eating Halal meat but did not want these religious beliefs imposed on their own sons and daughters
.http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/10334813.Halal_meat_served_in_three_quarte...I am sure the point will still elude you all but you can't say I haven't at least explain it to you.