Belgium

Brussels rabbi implores EU official to defend ritual slaughter in Belgium

European Commission boss Frans Timmermans said he does not oppose the custom, but did not promise to intervene in what he said was a scientific issue.

Belgian region parliamentary committee votes to ban ritual slaughter

The environment committee of the Walloon Parliament in southern Belgium voted unamnimously to ban the slaughter of unstunned animals, a requirement for both kosher and halal ritual slaughter; another region may soon follow suit,

Belgian government official who called Israel ‘identical twin’ of ISIS resigns

In recently discovered tweets by the Muslim official — an adviser on tolerance — he proposed to slaughter activists working to prevent the ritual slaughter of animals.

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