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Dutch Parliament may ban Shechita

Sun, 02/20/2011 - 22:10
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“I'm guessing aliyah time is fast approaching,” says ChabadGirl in submitting this story. We respectfully disagree – in SA we are not in danger of a ban on ritual slaughter. In fact, if anything, we are more likely to join the movement to get it banned from suburban gardens.

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The European Jewish Congress is calling on Dutch politicians not to vote for a ban on Jewish ritual slaughter. A bill that would ban the practice is slated for presentation to the Dutch Parliament for consideration in the near future.

EJC President Moshe Kantor argued that such a ban “would mean that Dutch politicians are turning their backs on the tolerant Holland that we admire.”

Shechita, permissible under European law, is protected under the freedom of religious practice clause of the European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights.

“While the legislation was drafted ostensibly because of animal rights concerns, it is a slippery slope to populism, extremism and anti-Semitism,” Kantor warned. “We call on Dutch politicians to carefully consider the ramifications of this bill and what it could do to Jewish life in Holland.”

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I've read up on the movement

Vivian's picture
Submitted by Vivian on Mon, 02/21/2011 - 06:55.

I've read up on the movement to try and ban ritual slaughter in the Nederlands, from most of the Dutch papers, Political Parties and people in general, there is not much support for such a ban. Mainly due to it going against freedom of religion and expression of religion. The main drivers to try and get the ban is what I would call the lunatic fringe left (in the Netherlands it would be Groenlinks, SP and other very small parties), 95% of the "gemeente" public do not support the ban.

CDA - Against
ChristenUnie - Against
SGP - Against
VVD - Against (freedom of religion)
PvdA - hinted that this ban is against freedom of religion (the members will probably vote according to their own conscious).
D66 - Against, stated that this party is against the unsupervised and incorrect slaughtering procedures.

Even the paper "Joods Actueel" from Belgium also gave an update on the voting of the proposed ban, the majority was against such a ban.

PS - the party to introduced the initiative is :Party for the Animals, direct translation from: Partij voor de Dieren = lunatic fringe

Nice early-bird update -

MyShtetl's picture
Submitted by MyShtetl on Mon, 02/21/2011 - 08:26.

Nice early-bird update - thanks. It sure puts it in a different context. "Partij voor de Dieren" indeed! Conjures up thoughts that we could have an "Aliyah Party" here - we'd also have one MP (no names, no packdrill).

Currently the debate looks a

Vivian's picture
Submitted by Vivian on Mon, 02/21/2011 - 07:05.

Currently the debate looks a little like the storm in a tea cup variety

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