Jews and Muslims join forcesīut back to kosher and halal slaughter. Yet the introduction of nighttime curfews in parts of Germany, even on Christmas Eve, has irked many Christians, for whom Christmas services are among the most cherished events of the year. Sure, German Health Minister Jens Spahn, Foreign Minister Heiko Mass and Justice Minister Christine Lambrecht joining Berlin's Jewish community to light Chanukah candles - all while social distancing - sent a strong message of solidarity. Measures to curb the coronavirus outbreak, and how they have been publicly communicated, have not always been easy to stomach for religious people. This makes a mockery of religion, even though some may have secretly admired the protesters for thinking on their feet. This pertains to certain rituals, religious needs and sensitivities religion is no longer taken as seriously as it once was.Ī recently planned protest march of coronavirus deniers and conspiracy theorists, for instance, was allowed to go ahead after being rebranded as a religious service. This right, therefore, applies to Jews and Muslims alike, as this is a question of religious freedom broadly speaking.Īs European societies grow progressively secular, more and more people take offense to certain religious practices. The court has upheld the ban on stun-free slaughter - but with exceptions that may apply for those who, for religious reasons, say they can only consume kosher or halal meat. Within the past 20 years, Germany's constitutional court often examined the issue, reaching wise verdicts in favor of religious freedom. Several courts have ruled on the issue as well - including in Germany. Toleranceįor decades, there have been heated political discussions in Europe over whether to outlaw ritual slaughters. The bloc's top court ruled the ban legal, dealing a blow to pious Jews and Muslims across Europe. without stunning the animal - is compatible with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU and its enshrined principle of religious freedom. They welcome the fact that liberal, conservative and orthodox Jews are once more part of Europe's social fabric.īut for how much longer, given the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling that upheld a ban on kosher and halal slaughter in Belgium? The practice is only banned in two or three Belgian regions.īelgium's top court had called on the ECJ to determine whether the ban on kosher and halal slaughter - i.e. Not only that, 75 years after the industrial mass murder of European Jews in the Shoa, German and European leaders celebrate the return of flourishing Jewish life on the continent. In Europe, leaders often laud the continent's Judeo-Christian heritage.
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