We have been supplying all of our candy floss carts with Fairtrade only ingredients since late 2007. Now we have taken things a step further by sourcing ingredients that carry both Kosher and Halal certification, whilst still remaining Fairtrade. Hopefully this will go down well with the large number of Jewish and Muslim clients we have acquired over the last few years.
Whilst sorting everything out, I noticed the many similarity's between Kosher and Halal, and that intrigued me. So being an inquisitive sort, I dug a little deeper using the power of the internet. What I found surprised me. We don't really study other religions in this country, in truth the ways things are going we don't study our own very much. However looking below the surface of Islam, Christianity and Judaism, the amount of history and symbolism they share is incredible. All the religions worship the one deity, only with different names. Jesus is not only an important figure the Christian religion but also the Islamic one. Many of the characters in the Old Testament also appear in the Qur'an (the Islamic spelling of what we commonly call the Koran) Adam, Abraham, Moses, Noah, Jesus are all there.
Many of the incidents in the Bible are also recounted in the Islamic book, too closely to be mere coincidence. About the only major figure which isn't shared is the prophet Mohammed PBUH, although some other offshoots of the Christian faith do mention him. All in all it seems the world's three major religions share more common ground than many people would be comfortable admitting. Which makes the whole middle eastern conflict one big puzzle, sure as hell confuses me.
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Whilst sorting everything out, I noticed the many similarity's between Kosher and Halal, and that intrigued me. So being an inquisitive sort, I dug a little deeper using the power of the internet. What I found surprised me. We don't really study other religions in this country, in truth the ways things are going we don't study our own very much. However looking below the surface of Islam, Christianity and Judaism, the amount of history and symbolism they share is incredible. All the religions worship the one deity, only with different names. Jesus is not only an important figure the Christian religion but also the Islamic one. Many of the characters in the Old Testament also appear in the Qur'an (the Islamic spelling of what we commonly call the Koran) Adam, Abraham, Moses, Noah, Jesus are all there.
Many of the incidents in the Bible are also recounted in the Islamic book, too closely to be mere coincidence. About the only major figure which isn't shared is the prophet Mohammed PBUH, although some other offshoots of the Christian faith do mention him. All in all it seems the world's three major religions share more common ground than many people would be comfortable admitting. Which makes the whole middle eastern conflict one big puzzle, sure as hell confuses me.
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