Toblerone's halal certification 'scares' Islamophobes, and Muslims are done

Who would have thought a chocolate brand would become the latest target of Islamophobic trolls? Well, it's true.

It all started when Swiss company (and an all-time favorite among chocolate lovers) Toblerone officially received a halal certification in April, prompting fear among members of Europe's far-right. 

Because God forbid they eat the same chocolate as us, Muslims? 

Jörg Meuthen, the federal spokesman of Germany's nationalist AfD party, referred that allowing "halal" chocolate means giving way to the Islamization of Europe. 

"Islamization does not take place -- neither in Germany nor in Europe," said Meuthen, according to CNN. "It is therefore certainly pure coincidence that the depicted, known chocolate variety is now certified as 'HALAL.'"

Recently, people on social media began calling for a boycott of Toblerone ... because its basic ingredients are in fact halal by nature - just like water.

Halal is an Arabic word which is used to refer to something (food or action) that complies with Islamic law. Toblerone has not changed its recipe in the same way the far-right hasn't changed their Islamophobic nature.

One Twitter user decided that the company's "decision to become halal-certified" means it is directly "financing Islamic terrorism" ... so he decided to boycott the delicious chocolate bar because of his poor interpretation of the matter.

He went on to advise people to follow his lead.

First, the company did not "decide" to become halal-certified, its product just received a certification confirming its ingredients and production process is halal by nature - meaning there is no contact with pork or alcohol.

"The certification did not result in any change to our beloved traditional Toblerone original recipe," said Mondelēz, the company which produces Toblerone, in a statement to CNN. 

"Due to the inherent nature of Toblerone chocolate its production process essentially meets the halal criteria anyway."

In 2017, a years-old image of a Cadbury employee holding a halal-certificate began making the rounds on the internet. Soon after, Islamophobes began calling for a boycott of the brand, tweeting directly at the chocolate manufacturer asking why its products are "halal."

The brand had to spend an entire day explaining what halal actually means, pointing out the fact that chocolate bars are halal in and of themselves. Just like bread and water. "They are just suitable for those following a halal diet in the same way that standard foods like bread or water would be," Cadbury tweeted to several users.