The Dutch parliament voted on Tuesday to ban ritual slaughter of animals, a move strongly opposed by the country's Muslim and Jewish minorities.
War on Shchita Continues: Dutch Parliament Bans
The Dutch parliament voted on Tuesday to ban ritual slaughter of animals, a move strongly opposed by the country’s Muslim and Jewish minorities.
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.
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.
European Union regulations require animals to be stunned before slaughter but allow exceptions for ritual slaughter. Sweden, Luxembourg and non-EU members Norway and Switzerland ban ritual slaughter.
common
this is great for muslim and jewish relations. whenever people share a common enemy or problem it unites them.
R. Gould
The dutch have come a long way since the king wore a yellow star of david in WW II, unfortunately it has been in the wrong direction. If their intent in anti semetic then they will loose the protection from H”B that they enjoyed during WWII
This is just another nail in the coffin for Esav. may they fall soon and Yaakov rise up
Nobody
It was the Danish king (from Denmark) that wore the yellow star. The Dutch queen (from The Netherlands) ran away to England for the duration of the war. The Dutch were quite complacent about killing Jews.
jpo
welcome to the 21st century
Mokum !
#2 should inquire which school #3 attended so he can get his history correct. I myself grew up in The Netherlands and am not surprised at all. The Dutch people (like the rest of Europe) are very good at hiding their antisemitism behind laws and regulations.
BTW; These are the same people that legalized euthanasia…
So only in The Netherlands it might soon harder to kill a cow (unless you can prove scientifically it doesn’t suffer!)than an actual human being.
De Groeten,
The Dutch Ain-t Much
The Dutch pretended to help Jews, when in reality 80% of the Jews of Holland were slaughtered by the Nazis and their Dutch collaborators. The Dutch are also merchants, and they are very jealous of Jewish success in business and the professions. When they had a chance, they stabbed us in the back.
I have had the misfortune to do business with Dutch businessmen. They barely hide their real feelings toward Jews, and every bad thing that people say about Jews describes the way they do business. They could teach Madoff and Dwrek a few lessons on scheming and scamming.
Even the ones who support Israel do so because they see Israel as fighting the Muslims for them, not because they love Jews. Geert Wilders, our so-called friend, supports this bill.
Milhouse
#2, what are you on about, the Dutch never wore yellow stars. In fact s higher percentage of Dutch Jews were killed than Jews of any other nationality.
#3, The Danish king never wore a yellow star either. And the Danes only protected their own Jews, but had no problem handing over foreign Jews to be killed. Just as the Bulgarians protected their own Jews but handed over all the Macedonian Jews.
Menashe
Ah, Al-jazeera, the compass of morality and truth for frum yidden everywhere!
Media Skeptic
Interesting that crownheights.info posts a video of Al Jazeera.