A Canadian line of Campbell's soups has activists stewing over Islamic connection

From:  The Washington Post

A Canadian line of Campbell's soups has activists stewing over Islamic connection

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/17/AR2010101702840.html



Andy Warhol found artistic inspiration in a can of Campbell's tomato soup. These days, some activists are finding sinister Muslim connections in the same can.


Campbell Soup Co., the Camden, N.J., food giant, has been fighting a grass-roots boycott of its products after its Canadian subsidiary rolled out a line of soups certified as halal, meaning they're prepared according to Islamic dietary laws.


Campbell Co. of Canada introduced the soups in a few Canadian markets in January, although American bloggers didn't catch up to the news until earlier this month.

That's when the tempest in a tomato-soup can started.

Blogger Pamela Geller began calling for a boycott earlier this month via her widely read site, Atlas Shrugs. Other bloggers soon joined in. . . . .