France: Politicians fume over halal burgers

French media, politicians and nationalists strongly criticized the restaurants offering halal burgers.The termed the halal burgers as an Islamic tax on France and called to stop it forthwith. The reaction came in wake of a move by a French fast-food chain to offer halal menus at a handful of restaurants.The Quick chain has taken pork off its menu in eateries in Roubaix, northern France, as well as in Marseille and in the Paris suburb of Argenteuil to try to tap into the growing market of Muslim customers.But politicians from the left and right have complained that the switch to no-bacon hamburgers, launched three months ago in November, is depriving non-Muslims of their right to the standard menu.