Members of a Muslim community in Michigan in the United States of America have received a massive $ 700,000 from fast food chain MacDonalds after one of its restaurants falsely advertised its food as being halaal.

A Muslim resident from Detroit claims he bought a chicken sandwich in September 2011 and found in not to be halaal. He subsequently approached lawyer Kassem Dakhlallah and together they pursued an investigation before launching a class-action lawsuit against the fast-food heavyweight.

Upon investigation, Dakhlallah alleges that one franchise sold non-approved products when it ran out of its halal equivalent, but did not deliberately set out to deceive Muslim customers.

McDonald's and Finley's Management deny any liability, but have agreed to a tentative $700,000 settlement and claim the settlement is in their best interests. Finley's Management says it has a carefully designed system for preparing and serving halal food such that halal chicken products are labeled, stored, refrigerated, and cooked in halal-only areas.”

“McDonald’s from the very beginning stepped up and took this case very seriously,” he said. “They made it clear they wanted to resolve this. They got ahead of the problem,” said Dakhlallah.