Denmark bans kosher and halal slaughter as minister says ‘animal rights come before religion’

[ZombieHorde]

Denmark’s government has brought in a ban on the religious slaughter of animals for the production of halal and kosher meat, after years of campaigning from welfare activists.

The change to the law, announced last week and effective as of yesterday, has been called “anti-Semitism” by Jewish leaders and “a clear interference in religious freedom” by the non-profit group Danish Halal.

European regulations require animals to be stunned before they are slaughtered, but grants exemptions on religious grounds. For meat to be considered kosher under Jewish law or halal under Islamic law, the animal must be conscious when killed.

Yet defending his government’s decision to remove this exemption, the minister for agriculture and food Dan Jørgensen told Denmark’s TV2 that “animal rights come before religion”.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/denmark-bans-halal-and-kosher-slaughter-as-minister-says-animal-rights-come-before-religion-9135580.html

[Jake Stern]

1. Ate a Danish McTreif burger?

You're gonna do ALL 12 months in Gehenna, pal!

[uriel1972]

2. Hmmm, I hope that it isn't bigotry that's guiding them

under the guise of "protecting the animal's rights"

I'm a bit conflicted over this one as I don't know the motives.

[DetlefK]

3. Bullshit. This method if slaughter is very old and not exclusive to Jews.

You need a sharp knife where the blade has exactly the right length. You stab the animal frontal but slightly sideways into the neck (sharp edge to center) and then you cut the carotid arteries with one swift cut to the other side. The animal bleeds out and loses consciousness within seconds and is dead within a minute.

That's how it was done in my grand-parents' village.

How about we focus on how the animals spend their living-years instead of how they spend their dying-seconds?

[mr blur]

4. Another win for common sense over religious privilege.

What's not to like?

[trotsky]

5. Excuse me.

You should know better, mr blur. We must apply *different* standards when it comes to religious beliefs. In any other context, slicing off a portion of a child's genitals is barbaric and outrageous. When part of religious tradition, it becomes "beautiful" and "normal."

Here, minimizing the suffering of animals is ordinarily a great thing. However if it interferes with the practice of someone's religious beliefs, then it is "bigoted" and "bullshit."

[rock]

6. "... must apply *different* standards when it comes to religious beliefs ..."

Excuse me. Now, who says this, besides the religious? Or maybe you're being sarcastic. I can't read tone, but that does make better sense.

[trotsky]

7. Correct, apply this:

[rock]

8. Okie Dokie

Thanks for the clarification.

[struggle4progress]

9. IIRC we discussed this at length in February 2014