| Author (Person) | Steinglass, Matt |
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| Series Title | Financial Times |
| Series Details | 14.6.11 |
| Publication Date | 14/06/2011 |
| Content Type | News |
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Article reports that the Dutch parliament was preparing to pass a law in June 2011 that would end religious slaughterers’ exemption from rules requiring animals be “stunned” or anaesthetised before they are killed. Because Jewish and Muslim rules do not permit animals to be unconscious when they are killed, the law would in effect ban kosher and halal slaughter in the Netherlands. Many Jews and Muslims see the ban as part of a growing European hostility to immigration and diversity. Yet supporters of the ban on ritual slaughter see it as a continuation of the Dutch tradition of progressive ethical leadership. Subsequently, the Dutch parliament voted on the 28 June 2011 to ban non-anaesthetised slaughter of animals. |
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| Countries / Regions | Netherlands |
