Frances Lukens looks at the tangle of boards and tree limbs piercing her living room ceiling in Lynchburg, Va. on Saturday, June 30, 2012 after a huge oak tree fell directly on the house during a storm the previous night. (AP Photo/The News & Advance, Parker Michels-Boyce)
There were violent storms from Indiana to New Jersey since Friday June 29, 2012.
This is a very bad disaster.
At least 13 people were killed and 3 million people are without power.
Emergencies were declared in Maryland, West Virginia, Ohio, the District of Columbia and Virginia.
In West Virginia, trees fell on both sides of the train tracks.
232 Amtrak passengers were stranded Friday night on a train.
The storms also damaged a prison in Illinois and huge trees fell across streets in Washington area.
A tree toppled by severe storms sits atop a car in Washington’s Dupont Circle neighborhood on Saturday, June 30, 2012 in Washington. More than two million people across the eastern U.S. lost power after violent storms and two people died, including a 90-year-old woman asleep in bed when a tree slammed into her home, a police spokeswoman said Saturday. (AP Photo/Jessica Gresko)Lighting flashes Saturday morning, June, 30, 2012 in Hebron Md.. Violent storms swept across the eastern U.S., killing at least nine people and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands on a day that temperatures across the region are expected to reach triple-digits. (AP photo by Salisbury Daily Times, Kristin Roberts)Mike Wolfe’s pick-up truck lies under a fallen tree in front of his house after a severe storm in Falls Church, Va., Saturday, June 30, 2012. Wolfe’s daughter Samanth Wolfe created the for sale sign as a joke. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)In this photo taken Friday, June 29, 2012 shows a brick wall from the second story of the Christie’s on the Square store in Columbus Grove, Ohio. The bricks fell on and crushed two vehicles as strong winds tore through the region Friday afternoon. (AP Photo/The Lima News, Jay Sowers)People survey storm damage in the Capitol Hill neighborhood in Washington, June 30, 2012. Wind gusts clocked at speeds of up to 79 mph ( 127 kmh) were reported in and around the U.S. capital, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of homes in the Washington area. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstDebris from the storm-damaged Park Tanglewood apartments, some of which were exposed when high winds tore open a hole in the roof and knocked out the electricity, sits atop cars and utility lines in the parking lot in Riverdale, Maryland, June 30, 2012. Wind gusts clocked at speeds of up to 79 mph were reported in and around the U.S. capital, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of homes in the Washington, D.C., area. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst )The dislodged awning of the storm-damaged Park Tanglewood apartments, some of which were exposed when high winds tore open a hole in the roof and knocked out the electricity, sits in the parking lot in Riverdale, Maryland, June 30, 2012. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstPowerful storms hit the mid-Atlantic states with hurricane-force gusts Friday, knocking out power to more than one million people in the region. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
Starting from today, only JAKIM’S halal logo and certificate will be recognised at halal food outlets.
JAKIM’s halal logo.|
JAKIM has given 6 months for restaurants, coffee houses, hotels and other outlets selling halal food to apply for the halal certificate from JAKIM.
Some restaurants and other food outlets claimed that they serve halal food but they do not have the JAKIM halal certificate.
Starting from today, actions can be taken to the ‘halal restaurants’ without the JAKIM’s halal certificate.
I think that this action can help to protect the Muslim Rights and I hope that JAKIM will work hard to make sure that people will not cheat by illegally using JAKIM’s logo.
All Muslims must look for the above logo and do not eat at restaurants using unrecognised halal logos.
Here is an example:
Restaurant A has JAKIM’s halal logo, but the halal logo at Restaurant B is not recognised by JAKIM. So, Muslims must eat only at Restaurant A to make sure that the food served is halal.
Below is the statement by Jakim:
KENYATAAN MEDIA
KETUA PENGARAH JAKIM
MENGENAI PELAKSANAAN PENGUATKUASAAN PERINTAH PERIHAL
DAGANGAN (PERAKUAN DAN PENANDAAN HALAL) 2011, AKTA
PERIHAL DAGANGAN (APD) 2011 KE ATAS PREMIS MAKANAN
1. Perintah Perihal Dagangan (Perakuan dan Penandaan Halal) 2011
telah dikuatkuasakan bermula 1 Januari 2012. Dengan wujudnya perintah
tersebut, pihak berkuasa berwibawa untuk melaksanakan perakuan dan
penandaan halal Malaysia adalah Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia
(Jakim) dan Majlis Agama Islam Negeri. Ini bermakna hanya sijil dan logo
halal yang dikeluarkan oleh JAKIM/MAIN sahaja dibenarkan berada di
pasaran,
2. Melalui perintah ini, logo halal dan ungkapan halal yang lain, contoh;
‘ditanggung halal’, ‘makanan orang Islam’, ‘buffet Ramadhan’ dan lain-lain
lambang/objek Islam yang boleh mengelirukan dan memperdayakan
orang Islam adalah dilarang.
3. Bagaimanapun, JAKIM telah memberikan tempoh peralihan 6 bulan
kepada premis makanan dengan kaedah berikut;
a) Januari 2012 hingga Mac 2012 : membuat hebahan, pendidikan dan
nasihat
b) April 2012 hingga Jun 2012 : memberi amaran
c) Julai 2012 : Penguatkuasaan
4. Memandangkan tempoh amaran akan berakhir pada 30 Jun 2012 , maka
bermula 1 Julai 2012, JAKIM tidak akan teragak-agak untuk mengambil
tindakan terhadap mana-mana premis makanan yang masih
menggunakan dan mempamerkan logo serta apa-apa ungkapan halal
selain logo halal Malaysia yang dikeluarkan oleh JAKIM/MAIN.
5. Sekiranya disabitkan kesalahan, maka tindakan undang-undang boleh
dikenakan seperti berikut;
i. Pertubuhan Perbadanan: denda tidak melebihi RM200,000 (bagi
kesalahan kedua dan berikutnya: denda tidak melebihi RM500,000);
ii. Bukan suatu pertubuhan atau perbadanan: didenda tidak melebihi
RM100,000 @ penjara tidak melebihi 3 tahun atau kedua-duanya.
(Bagi kesalahan yang kedua dan berikutnya: denda tidak melebihi
RM250,000 @ penjara tidak melebihi 5 tahun atau kedua-duanya).
6. Justeru, JAKIM mengingatkan dan mohon kerjasama pengusaha premis
makanan agar lebih bersedia dan peka dengan perintah APD 2011 ini dari
semasa ke semasa. JAKIM juga berharap agar orang-ramai dapat
memberi kerjasama dan menyalurkan maklumat kepada JAKIM sekiranya
berlaku penyalahgunaan logo dan ungkapan halal.
Ketua Pengarah
Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia
Jun 2012
Below are some examples of halal logos that are not recognised by JAKIM: