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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 785437" data-attributes="member: 12952"><a href="http://www.timeslive.co.za/sundaytimes/article773341.ece/Couple-split-after-row-over-ham" target="_blank">(Times Live)</a>-&nbsp; A tub of ham-flavoured cottage cheese has been blamed for the break-up&nbsp; of a Muslim couple’s marriage, according to Islamic fundamental body,&nbsp; the Majlis-ul-Ulama, which posted a complaint on its website from a Port&nbsp; Elizabeth man.&nbsp;He claimed his wife had left him after a heated row over a tub of&nbsp; Lancewood smoked ham-flavoured cottage cheese bearing a halaal&nbsp; certification sign by the South African NationalHalaal Association&nbsp; (Sanha).&nbsp;In his letter to the Majlis, the unnamed husband said his wife made him a sandwich using the cheese purchased by her.&nbsp;“When I examined the tub I could not believe the filth I had consumed. It shocked the guts out of me.”&nbsp;All pork products are forbidden in Islam. The husband queried&nbsp; whether he could sue Sanha for the “trauma, the break-up of my&nbsp; marriage, the violation of my religious rights and feelings”.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 785437, member: 12952"] [URL="http://www.timeslive.co.za/sundaytimes/article773341.ece/Couple-split-after-row-over-ham"](Times Live)[/URL][B]- A tub of ham-flavoured cottage cheese has been blamed for the break-up of a Muslim couple’s marriage, according to Islamic fundamental body, the Majlis-ul-Ulama, which posted a complaint on its website from a Port Elizabeth man.[/B] He claimed his wife had left him after a heated row over a tub of Lancewood smoked ham-flavoured cottage cheese bearing a halaal certification sign by the South African NationalHalaal Association (Sanha). In his letter to the Majlis, the unnamed husband said his wife made him a sandwich using the cheese purchased by her. “When I examined the tub I could not believe the filth I had consumed. It shocked the guts out of me.” [B]All pork products are forbidden in Islam. The husband queried whether he could sue Sanha for the “trauma, the break-up of my marriage, the violation of my religious rights and feelings”.[/B] [/QUOTE]

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