(Jerusalem Post) The European Commission (EC) will hold an urgent conference on Thursday about religious slaughter titled “Freedom of religion with regard to religious slaughter,” the Jerusalem Post has learned.
The participants were asked to keep a low profile and not speak of the event before it happens in Brussels. The conference will be held in partnership with the Council of Europe, the OSCE and the UN, according to an EC website. Commissioner for Equality of the EC, Helena Dalli, will deliver the opening remarks.
“The conference will bring together representatives of European Union (EU) Member States and other national authorities, special envoys and coordinators on combating antisemitism and anti-Muslim hatred, representatives of national Jewish, Muslim and other religious communities, international organizations and independent experts,” reads the site.
