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Abattoir worker poses for gory picture ‘with ears from slaughtered lamb’ (LINK ONLY)
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Belgian prosecutors drop case against cafe owner who welcomed dogs, but not Jews
(JTA) Prosecutors in Belgium dropped criminal complaints against a Turkish café owner who put up a sign banning Jews. A café in the town of Saint-Nicolas had displayed a sign saying dogs are welcome at his business, “but Jews are not.” The […]
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Molenbeek seeks to open temporary slaughterhouse for Muslim holiday
(Brussels Times) A proposal to open a temporary slaughterhouse for Eid al-Adha, one of the most important holidays of the Muslim faith, has been requested to the Brussels region through a letter sent by the Brussels municipality of Molenbeek. The decision to […]
Academics & Education
Unapproved flyer about headscarves and un-anaesthetised slaughter embarrasses Ecolo
(Brussels Times) Several members of the Francophone environmentalist party, Ecolo, have distributed unapproved flyers in Laeken with political stances on wearing a headscarf in public administration and at school, and for un-anaesthetised slaughter. “Should the headscarf be allowed in the counter? Yes. […]
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Meat slaughtered without stunning animals not organic: EU court
(AFP) Halal meat from animals slaughtered by religious ritual without having first been stunned cannot be labelled organic, on animal welfare grounds, a top European Union court ruled Tuesday. The way the meat is slaughtered “fails to observe the highest animal welfare […]
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Halal meat row is being used to stir up racial hatred, says council leader (LINK ONLY)
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Belgium: Muslims, Jews blast new animal slaughter rules Muslim, Jewish communities see new rules as curb on religious freedom
(Anadolu) A new Belgian ban on the slaughter of un-stunned animals in the country’s Walloon and Flemish regions is getting a frosty reception from Muslims and Jews alike, who call it a disrespectful curb on religious freedom. Belgium “disappointed everybody when they […]
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Is stunning an animal before slaughter more humane? Some religious leaders say no
(NY Times) With the start of the new year, Belgium became the latest European country to ban traditional Jewish and Muslim animal slaughtering practices. The move was applauded by animal rights activists but condemned by religious leaders who see the ban as […]
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Australia’s first Muslim senator calls for an end to ‘traditional’ halal slaughter where livestock are conscious when killed (LINK ONLY)
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Belgium bans religious slaughtering practices, drawing praise and protest
(NY Times) A Belgian ban on the Muslim and Jewish ways of ritually slaughtering animals went into effect on New Year’s Day, part of a clash across Europe over the balance between animal welfare and religious freedom. With both animal rights advocates […]
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Belgium region’s kosher slaughter ban goes into effect The ban should serve as 'a wake-up call' to Jewish communities across Europe to the necessity of building ties with national governments, a senior European rabbi said.
(Jerusalem Post) A ban on kosher slaughter by the Flanders region of Belgium will go into effect January 1, after legislation prohibiting animal slaughter without pre-stunning was passed in the region’s parliament in July 2017. Slaughter according to Islamic law will also […]
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Kirklees says it’s up to schools to tell you if their meals are halal (LINK ONLY)
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Non-stunned halal meat campaigner says Kirklees should have apologised to families (LINK ONLY)
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Pressure growing on Kirklees to reveal schools serving non-stunned halal meat (LINK ONLY)
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Parents left in dark over ‘inhumane’ meat (LINK ONLY)
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Hundreds sign petition for ban on non-stunned halal meat in Kirklees schools (LINK ONLY)
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What Kirklees Council says about schoolchildren eating non-stunned halal meat (LINK ONLY)
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Jewish and Muslim leaders accuse council of bias over non-stunned meat ban (LINK ONLY)
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Lancashire County Council votes to supply only pre-stunned halal meat (LINK ONLY)
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Firm wins right to kill animals again at site of halal horror abattoir (LINK ONLY)
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Why halal meat generates so much controversy in Europe
(Washington Post) There could scarcely be a spectacle more French than elderly matrons and young fathers vying for choice cuts of veal on a weekend morning. But the popularity of Les Jumeaux, an artisanal butcher shop in this Paris suburb, is something […]
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Italian populist League to introduce ban on halal slaughter
(Breitbart) The Italian populist League party, led by firebrand Matteo Salvini, has introduced legislation that would ban ritual halal slaughter, arguing that animals should be respected and protected from suffering. The new laws will end loopholes currently in place in the country’s […]
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Animal-rights group stumbles in halal meat labeling spat
(Courthouse News) Halal beef from cows that are not stunned prior to slaughter can still be marketed with an “organic farming” label, an EU magistrate determined Thursday, siding against French animal-rights activists. Though EU law calls for slaughterhouses to take necessary measures […]
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Halal and kosher meat should be labelled so people don’t accidentally eat ‘cruel’ meat, peer says (LINK ONLY)
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Four Belgian political parties call for banning of pro-sharia Islamist party
(Breitbart) Four political parties are pushing forward laws that could prohibit the pro-sharia Partij Islam ahead of Belgium’s upcoming municipal elections. The Independent Federal Democrat Party (DEFI), the right-wing Reform Movement (MR), the Humanist Democratic Centre (CDH), and the Socialist Party (PS) […]
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Cow slaughter caught on video not animal cruelty case, police say
(CTV) Police say the skinning of a cow shown on a video circulating online is not being treated as an animal cruelty case but the incident is being probed to ensure food safety regulations were followed. Halton regional police say the cow […]
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Halton police investigating cow skinning video in Milton
(CityNews) A video showing a group of men in an unknown location in Milton skinning a cow around the Muslim festival of Eid-al-Adha is garnering a lot of attention online. “Take a look, a cow is being butchered the halal way on […]
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In small-town Virginia, Muslim residents face a crisis of sheep and zoning laws
(Washington Post) It was the day before one of the biggest Muslim holidays of the year, and the Rababeh family was in a panic. The family had ordered hundreds of sheep, goats and cows to slaughter for customers in observance of Eid […]
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Unstunned halal meat back on school menu — for now (LINK ONLY)
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French police seize dozens of sheep hidden in garage ahead of Islamic ritual slaughter festival
(Breitbart) French police in the heavily migrant-populated suburbs of Paris have seized 32 sheep that were found in the garage of a pizzeria ahead of the Islamic Eid al-Adha festival in which Muslims sacrifice animals. The animals were found in the commune of Drancy, which […]
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Belgium bans halal slaughter, but Muslims in capital Brussels are exempt
(Breitbart) While Flanders and Wallonia are set to ban unstunned Islamic ritual slaughter in 2019, the practice will remain legal in the Belgian capital of Brussels. One of Islam’s most holy days, the Eid al-Adha festival, begins this week as Muslims around the […]
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Deal to sell non-stun-slaughtered lambs to Saudis condemned (LINK ONLY)
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Animal sanctuary shocked at ‘lenient’ fines for abuse at halal abattoir (LINK ONLY)
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Slaughtermen sentenced after secret cameras expose suffering in halal abattoir (LINK ONLY)
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Austria’s vice chancellor calls for ban on ritual slaughter
(JTA) Austria’s vice chancellor has called for a ban on ritual slaughter in the country, including Jewish shechitah. Heinz-Christian Strache, the nation’s interior minister and head of the far-right Freedom Party, in a Facebook post Monday said animals should be stunned before […]
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Austria rejects registering Jews for kosher meat
(AFP) Austria rejected Friday registering Jews who want to purchase kosher meat after a far-right politician proposed introducing stricter controls on ritual slaughtering to reduce the practice citing animal rights. Gottfried Waldhaeusl, a cabinet minister of Lower Austria and member of the […]
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Poland scraps plans to ban ritual slaughter
(Radio Poland) Poland is scrapping plans to ban the ritual slaughter of animals, the country’s agriculture minister has said. Jan Krzysztof Ardanowski said that ritual slaughter was allowed in a number of countries around the world. He added that Muslim countries were […]
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Austrian ambassador downplays fears of kosher-halal meat register
(BBC) The Austrian ambassador to Israel has downplayed reports of a plan by an Austrian state to require Jews and Muslims to register before they can buy kosher and halal meat. Martin Weiss said politicians in Lower Austria would work with religious […]
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Austrian state mulls limiting kosher meat sale to registered Jews
(JTA) A regional politician in Austria defended a plan to limit access to kosher meat, conditioning its sale on permits that would be individually issued to observant Jews. The Wiener Zeitung daily reported Tuesday about the draft decree in the state of […]