French Halal Store Told to Sell Alcohol, Pork or Face Closure
Good Price, in the Paris suburb of Colombes, has been accused of "not catering to the community" by refusing to sell items banned by the Quran and told it faces closure if it does not offer additional products.
Mayor Nicole Goueta is reported to have visited the store personally to ask the owners to "diversify the range of products" and add alcohol and non-halal meats.
Goueta's chief of staff, Jerome Besnard, told the Daily Telegraph the community was not being properly served and that the town's reaction would have been the same had a kosher store opened in the area.
"We don't want any area that is only Muslim or any area where there are no Muslims," he said.
Store owner Soulemane Yalcin said the shop sold products that represented the community he serves.
"I make the trade, I look around me and I target what I can sell," he told Le Parisien newspaper.
Source: The Week
