Domino's Pizza, which was among the first fast food outlets in Britain to serve halal-only takeaways, has ditched the menu after poor sales.

The chain enraged customers 18 months ago by completely removing pork from its pizzas in favour of halal-only meat at its branch in Hall Green, Birmingham.

But the pizza firm have been forced into an embarrassing U-turn back to their original menu due to poor sales.

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I think I have just noticed this... but the text on the article and blog post pages... it is not really easy to read is it?

Do you think it is true, that if you surround yourself with good company, you will benefit from it yourself?

I do know that being around positive people can make others feel positive and also there is the issue of peer pressure.

Is a good way to becoming a better muslim finding good/better company?

and what about the better company itself - would they suddenly be surrounded by worse company because they are aroudn you? How will this affect them?

Ummah is not a simplistic Muslim political bloc in the Qur’an & Hadith. It is used at times to mean the faithful, as in the verse, “You are the best nation” (Al-Imran or the Family of Imran), although even Umar was said to have held the view that this referred primarily to the Companions. Sometimes in the political sense it does not imply folk of one religion only, but rather society as a whole, composed of different religions – as in the Sunnah description of the Jews and Muslims of Madinah as one Ummah (nation), separate from all other nations (ref: the Mithaq or Covenant of Madinah).

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