The World Cup Thread

a nation that actually has some footballing pedigree

I thought Kosher was more for people of a Jewish faith and Halal was the way Muslims meat was prepared, though apparently a quick Google says some Kosher meats can eaten by Muslims.

Even so...

Someone must be misinformed; no muslim would request kosher food over halal unless it would be absolutely impossible to serve the latter, and as the WC's going to be played in Brazil and they are infact quite big on halal meat I don't think the French muslim players won't get to eat halal/they requested kosher instead.

I didn't know halal was a big thing in Brazil but even if it wasn't, whoever wrote it fucked up by getting their religions confused. I think last time I saw such a misunderstanding was on an old series of The Apprentice when some clueless dullards bought halal chicken thinking it was Kosher in a Moroccan market.

As many players on the squad are muslims, the chefs are going to cook only meats of animals that did not suffer in death.