Belgium has officially banned kosher and halal animal slaughtering methods, prompting lawsuits from Jewish and Muslim leaders in the country who say the ban amounts to religious discrimination. Jewish ...

AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Jewish leaders in Europe say the European Union is not only banning some methods of kosher and halal slaughter, but telling Jews and Muslims how to practice their religions. That’s ...

PARIS (Reuters) - A TV documentary's revelation that slaughterhouses around Paris have switched meat production entirely to halal methods has stirred a political storm in France, where attitudes to ...

Calls for a ban on halal slaughter have become prominent in recent years in the UK. Nigel Farage has opposed such a move on the grounds that it would be needlessly divisive and exacerbate community ...

The European Union’s point person for fighting antisemitism, who has been increasingly outspoken against bans on ritual slaughter, initiated the event. (JTA) — European Union officials in Brussels ...

Belgium’s Parliament has launched a public campaign to inform businesses about new slaughter methods after banning halal and kosher slaughtering in the Flanders region. Rolling out across January, the ...

— With one success under their belt, it might not be a total surprise that the owners of the first USDA-inspected mobile poultry processing facility in the country would also be behind the first halal ...

A UK government advisory body has told the government that the method used to slaughter animals by Jews and Muslims should be banned. The Jewish and Muslim religions insist that animals are ...