🛒 Boycotting the Bullies - A Pakistani Grocery List
A few days ago, my 7-year-old came running to me, anxious. "Daddy, daddy, chachu gave me a boycott chocolate, I can't eat it." She handed me the Dairy Milk bar as if it were on fire. I looked at my brother, beaming, communicating with my eyes that he should learn from this child. Proud, I looked at my daughter, handed it back, and said, "We can eat it, beta, it's not haram, but we cannot buy it. Chachu shouldn't have bought it, but if it's bought already, there's no harm in eating it." She smiled "ok" and ran away with the chocolate bar. It's been what, 3 years? We got into Pakistani products when Israel attacked Palestine, and we have been stringent on it by the grace of God. It's not that we are alone in this—in fact, since we started, a whole lot of friends are boycotting, and there have been visible effects on the market. More and more Pakistani companies are surfacing each day with better qualities and extens...