Although I have been forced into a Walmart out of necessity once or twice while traveling, I most definitely won’t be a People of Walmart anytime soon. And not just to spare myself the visual assault…
(Yikes – I know!)
Even more outrageous is the discount department store chain’s shameless case of corporate schizophrenia. Sam Walton, the company’s founder, was a Christian. So for years it was clear that Walmart policies were reflective of his Judeo-Christian values. But no longer. Now he’s no doubt spinning in his grave.
Last fall they caved in to pressure from a couple dozen Muslims ~ Walmart bows to Sharia, introduces halal meat after 50 Muslims sign petition ~
With a petition, Oxford assistant professor Tareq Hasan Khan and the Muslim Student Association (MSA) of Miami University has pressured Wal-Mart into providing meats that have been slaughtered in a manner acceptable by halal standards, as per the Quran.
According to the Quranic definition, halal livestock should be slaughtered by slitting the throat of the beast, bleeding the animal out by the throat, all while invoking the name of Allah in prayer. It’s often argued that halal slaughter is the most humane form of butchery, claiming that the animal endures as little pain and suffering as possible, but the documented videos reveal the ugly truth.
So, on the one hand, the corporation bends over backwards to accommodate a religious minority. On the other, they irrationally attack the state of Arkansas for attempting to protect the sincerely-held religious beliefs of others ~ Arkansas gov. sends back religious freedom law after Walmart pressure ~
Under pressure from critics including the most powerful employer in Arkansas, Governor Asa Hutchinson has asked for changes to the state’s controversial religious freedom law.
If Walmart is going to throw their corporate weight behind denying Christians the right to their religious convictions – while at the same time going out of their way to placate Muslims, they’re way too ethically bipolar for me.
Walmart. For God’s sake – just say “No!”
