Dutch Approve Ban On Kosher And Halal Slaughter Methods

[TheJewverine]

Dutch approve ban on kosher and halal animal slaughter - The Times of India

AMSTERDAM: The Dutch parliament voted on Tuesday to ban ritual slaughter of animals, a move strongly opposed by the country's Muslim and Jewish minorities, but left a loophole that could let traditional butchery continue.

The bill by the small Animal Rights Party, the first such group in Europe to win seats in a national parliament, passed the lower house of parliament and must be approved by the upper house before becoming law.

It stipulates that livestock must be stunned before being slaughtered, contrary to the Muslim halal and Jewish kosher laws that require animals to be fully conscious.

"This way of killing causes unnecessary pain to animals. Religious freedom cannot be unlimited," Marianne Thieme, head of Animal Rights Party, said before the vote. "For us religious freedom stops where human or animal suffering begins."

In a rare show of unity, the Netherlands' Muslim and Jewish communities -- about 1 million and 40,000 respectively in a total population of 16 million -- have condemned the proposed ban as a violation of their religious freedom.

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[U-571]

lol, what hypocrites, they must immediately stop all kinds of animal slaughter, entire europe is becoming racist and intolerant

 

[Cheetah786]

Well in USA they usually sterilize the arm before they put in lethal injection.

Simple way of dealing with the dutch would be stop accepting any kind of trade from them unless its kosher or halal let the mullahs and rabbis make some dough.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Trade or interaction should be banned with Europe

China - India - Iran - Pakistan - Middile east - Russia - Africa

Who needs Europe ?

 

[TheJewverine]

Trade or interaction should be banned with Europe

China - India - Iran - Pakistan - Middile east - Russia - Africa

Who needs Europe ?

You can't be serious?

 

[Safriz]

it was obvious.....
to hell with the humans...at least the dutch cows will die happy now.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

You can't be serious?

Europe is over hyped , best fertile lands are in Asia , and also in Africa you have diverse life and land that can be cultivated , and oil and gas in Russia and Middle east who needs Europe.

Let Europe get all its crops from Ecoli infected French , or german markets

And Suez cannal should be closed down - to stop trade going to europe

We need to go back to 1900 revist frist world war

 

[pmukherjee]

Did any one ask those animals how the wanted to be killed and eaten? This is not about animal rights, it is about some people taking their sensibilities to ridiculous levels and in the process, imposing their will on others in the name of animal rights. Needless controversy.

 

[humanfirst]

Wtf...how does banning halal/kosher meats help animal rights?

 

[Safriz]

wait until they ask trees to be stunned before cutting......trees are living things arent they...

 

[Developereo]

Here's what wikipedia says on the matter (references legitimate studies).

Halal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In 1978, a study incorporating EEG (electroencephalograph) with electrodes surgically implanted on the skull of 17 sheep and 15 calves, and conducted by Wilhelm Schulze et al. at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Germany concluded that "the slaughter in the form of a ritual cut is, if carried out properly, painless in sheep and calves according to EEG recordings and the missing defensive actions" (of the animals) and that "For sheep, there were in part severe reactions both in bloodletting cut and the pain stimuli" when captive bolt stunning (CBS) was used.[13][17] This study is cited by the German Constitutional Court in its permitting of dhabiha slaughtering.[18]
[...]
the French Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fishing has published ASIDCOM’s Bibliographical Report on Religious Slaughter and the Welfare of Animals, as a contribution within the framework of a meeting on animals and society organized in the first half of the year 2008.[20] This report quotes scientific papers and French veterinary PhD which support the equality or even possible superiority of religious slaughter to other methods of slaughter.[13] This report quotes in particular the Ph.D work of Dr Pouillaude which concludes by: "religious slaughter would thus be a less stressing mode of slaughter. Conclusions of all the scientific experiments converge towards a firmly supported certainty: properly carried out, religious slaughter is the most humane way because it leads to less trauma to animals to be killed to be consumed for its meat".[13][21]

Wikipedia also mentions counter claims by humane associations, including the Farm Animal Welfare Council but, as far as I can tell, those are unsubstantiated opinions by lay people, instead of actual scientific studies measuring pain in animals.

 

[TheJewverine]

Wtf...how does banning halal/kosher meats help animal rights?

They say it is inhumane the killings are done.

 

[Leader]

Denmark’s Gruesome Festival: Mass Killing of Whales and Dolphins To Prove Adulthood

 

[Juice]

Europe is over hyped , best fertile lands are in Asia , and also in Africa you have diverse life and land that can be cultivated , and oil and gas in Russia and Middle east who needs Europe.

Let Europe get all its crops from Ecoli infected French , or german markets

And Suez cannal should be closed down - to stop trade going to europe

We need to go back to 1900 revist frist world war

If Asia and Africa are so fertile, why do we always have to send them food?

 

[FreekiN]

When Jews and Muslims riot together. Must Watch!

Or just Muslims. I don't think i've seen a Jew riot. Probably sue, but not riot.