Amid Heated Arguments, Lucky Ali Has Calmer Perspective On Halal Meat Row; Here's What He Says

Amid the heated debate wherein some right-wing groups are calling for a boycott of halal meat in Karnataka, Lucky Ali has also shared his perspective on the ongoing issue.

The 63-year-old singer wrote a note on Facebook. He began the note with, "Dearly Beloved Indian brothers and sisters hope you're all well..I wanted to explain something to you..."

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Lucky Ali then explained, "Halal is definitely not for anybody outside of Islam..it's just that any muslim will not buy any product just like their Jewish relatives who understand Halal as being similar to Kosher and will not buy any product until and unless its certified that the ingredients within a product are according to his or her consumable limitations.."

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"Now companies want to sell to everyone including the muslim and jewish populations, so to sell their product they have to label it as Halal certified or Kosher certified...otherwise Muslims and Jews would just not buy from them, but if the people are so bothered by the word 'halal 'they should remove it from their counters but one can't foresee whether their sales would be the same as they were used to...with love...and understanding..."

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This comes after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) General Secretary CT Ravi said, "Sale of Halal is an economic Jihad".

"The concept of Halal meat means that they can do business among themselves and consume Halal meat only among their people. What is wrong in pointing it as wrong," he said.

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Meanwhile, in a recent interview, Lucky Ali had said that retirement is on his mind. He said that lockdown made him consider retirement. He said that he was happy that he didn't have to travel a lot. For last few years, he had mostly been roads travelling and travelling hundreds of miles takes up a lot of his energy.

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