Lawsuits against Little Caesars over halal pizza are dropped after racist threatsQuote:
After receiving racial threats directed at him and his daughter, an Arab-American attorney in Dearborn who filed lawsuits against Little Caesars alleging its halal pizza was fraudulent has dropped the cases.
Majed Moughni, who is Muslim and of Arab descent, said he decided to drop the two remaining lawsuits after receiving threats on social media from a man who sent him an instant message on Facebook on Oct. 26 that read: "You better stop your lawsuit against Little Caesars you" followed by an expletive and a racial slur used against Arabs and blacks.
In addition, the man then posted to his Twitter account a tweet with photos of Moughni and family members, including his daughter, that read: "Muslim lawyer who wants to sue #LittleCaesars for $100,000,000 and his wife's Facebook, daughter goes to" followed by the name of a school she attends, according to screenshots taken by Moughni.
Alarmed, Moughni then notified police and filed motions recently to drop the two lawsuits.
On Dec. 4, Wayne County Circuit Judge Annette Berry agreed to dismiss the lawsuits that had been filed against Little Caesars Pizza on behalf of Muslim customers in metro Detroit. They alleged they were sold pizza with pepperoni advertised as halal that was actually regular pepperoni with pork, a food forbidden in Islam..............
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........"It identified my family, my 11-year-old daughter and the school she had attended," Moughni said. "Instead of standing up against the injustice, I had to switch gears and do whatever I could to protect my daughter and any students ... even if that meant walking away from the Little Caesars injustice."........