Susan Carland has cheekily called out “a few elected Australian politicians” in an Instagram post about halal certified Vegemite — featuring her husband’s name.
Carland, who is married to The Project co-host Waleed Aly, shared a snap of a tube of Australia’s favourite spread with the usual logo replaced by ‘Waleed’.
Beneath the customised tube, Carland captioned the image, “This is the stuff of nightmares for a few elected Australian politicians (and there’s halal certification on the back too)”.
We have a few ideas about who the post might be indirectly addressing, ourselves.
Since becoming Halal certified in 2014, the traditional condiment has been criticised by a number of elected officials, including Jacqui Lambie and George Christensen.
The former was outraged that the certification allegedly directed grocery dollars to religious taxes, while the latter feared that the product funded terrorism.
Pauline Hanson. Image source: Getty Images.
Perhaps the most notorious of all is Pauline Hanson, who claimed without evidence that halal certification is rejected by 98 per cent of all Australians.
Carland converted from Christianity to Islamic religion at the age of 19 and has a PhD at Monash University.
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I couldn't give a toss on if something halal or not
As long as they flavor dont change that is
I don't personally know 98% of Australians but I meet a lot in my voluntary work. Halal certification often comes up in conversation and I've never heard one person speak in favour of it. Not one. The Christian bible says that Christians should not eat food sacrificed to idols and, to Christians, Allah is an idol - and Mohammad was a false prophet. I'm not a believer in any faith and the people I volunteer to help are not a church group of any kind. My point, is that non Muslims seem to have been completely ignored in this debate. We need to see some balance. People like myself are being treated like idiots - mocked and derided for having an alternative opinion from that which is currently fashionable. Even if you disagree with my opinion, allow me to hold it without ridicule. I never use personal abuse to get my point across and I expect to be treated with the same respect.
if it annoys christians, i am totally in favour of it! more halal please!