Let’s lose the religious labels
7/4/12 www.ft.com
By Simon Kuper
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Australia: Beef less affected than livex through Indo quota decision
23/12/11
By Jon Condon
While the sudden disappearance of any export market is damaging, early industry reaction suggests the cutbacks in quotas to Indonesia next year will have much less impact on the boxed beef trade than it will on live cattle exports.
Dutch compromise over kosher slaughter ban
22/12/11 www.thejc.com
By Jessica Elgot
Dutch Senate delays verdict on ritual slaughter
21/12/11
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT
Decision elicits “relief” from Jews and Muslims, frustration among right-wingers, animal rights activists promoting ban.
Dutch Senate to block ban on kosher, halal slaughter following Jewish, Muslim protest
16/12/11 www.haaretz.com
Bill, proposed by Animal Rights Party, would have required animals be stunned before slaughter.
UK: ANSA welcomes withdrawal of proposed Dutch religious slaughter ban
14/12/11
The Association of Non Stun Abattoirs (ANSA), an industry body representing traditional UK Halal slaughterhouses, on Wednesday welcomed the news that the proposed parliamentary bill to ban religious slaughter of animals in the Netherlands had been withdrawn. It was reported earlier that the bill was withdrawn after a majority of Dutch senators expressed their reservations to the ban on Halal and Kosher slaughter.
Dutch senate debates ritual slaughter ban
14/12/11
AMSTERDAM (AP) — Political support for a proposed ban on slaughtering animals without stunning them first appeared to crumble Tuesday as the Dutch senate debated legislation that Muslim and Jewish groups say violates their religious rights.
Netherland: What is the purpose of banning Halal meat?
Should animals be stunned before slaughter?
1/12/11
By Raffi BergBBC News, Amsterdam
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EU: Rabbi: Ritual slaughter ban aimed at Muslims
2/7/11 www.ynetnews.com
Jews in Holland fear ban will spread across Europe, but acknowledge Muslims are in same boat.
UK: Ansa Regrets Dutch decision
2/7/11
Press Release
ANSA (Association of Non Stun Abattoirs) has expressed dismay at the decision of the Dutch lower parliament to pass a law that would ban ritual slaughter in accordance with both Jewish law, known as shechita, and Muslim law, known as halal.
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The First Cut: kosher killing ban shocks Jews
30/6/11 www.thejc.com
European Jews fear future — and recall past horror — as Holland votes to ban kosher slaughter
The Netherlands was accused this week of following Nazi precedent by voting to outlaw the kosher slaughter of animals in a move which has shocked Jewish communities across Europe.
Dutch government to vote on banning ritual slaughter of animals
28/6/11 www.telegraph.co.uk
The Dutch parliament is to vote on Tuesday on banning ritual slaughter – animal rights legislation that has been compared to the Nazis by the country’s Jewish religious leader.
Netherlands: Lawmakers work out ritual slaughter ban compromise
22/6/11
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch lawmakers are set to ban centuries-old Jewish and Muslim traditions of slaughtering animals, but agreed Wednesday to a last-minute compromise offering religious groups exemptions, if they can prove their method of killing livestock does not cause additional suffering.
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