(Anadolu) The Muslim community in Belgium will appeal at the European Court of Human Rights against the ban on ritual halal animal slaughtering.
“The Belgian Muslim Executive and the Coordination Council of Islamic Institutions of Belgium will challenge at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg the ban imposed by the Flemish and Walloon government on the ritual slaughter,” the two organizations wrote in a press statement.
The move comes after the Belgian Constitutional Court approved in October the ban on ritual slaughtering.
In 2019, new legislation on the protection and welfare of animals entered into force in the country’s Wallonia and Flanders regions.
