www.islam-watch.org

The Dutch animal protection party, Party for the Animals, introduced a bill into the Dutch Parliament in June, which will ban halal slaughter, a cornerstone of Sharia law. This Islamic ritual involves slaughtering animals by slowly slitting their throats without pre-stunning, and then letting them slowly bleed to death. The bill will also ban kosher slaughter, which uses the same, extremely cruel, way of killing animals.

Eid Sacrifice: Barbaric Islamic cruelty to animals to earn Allah's blessing

As this article on the Party for the Animals website points out, the Lower House of the Dutch Parliament has voted to back the bill, and it now has to clear the Upper House on December 13 to become law.

These articles point out that halal and kosher slaughter have been illegal in New Zealand, Switzerland, and Scandinavian and Baltic countries for decades, and that it is also illegal in Luxembourg.

In 2002, Germany's highest court overturned a lower court's 1995 ban on halal slaughter. This ruling not only ignored the extreme cruelty, which that type of slaughter involves, but also ignored the fact that it is a part of Sharia law, which the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in a  February 13, 2003 judgement ruled to to be "incompatible with the fundamental principles of democracy", when it rejected an appeal by Turkey's Refah Party against its banning by Turkey's Constitutional Court for trying to introduce Sharia (see point 123).

This 2003 ECHR ruling would, of course, be a good basis for lawsuits against the British Government for legalising Sharia courts, and against the German Government for re-legalizing an aspect of Sharia, because the British and German Governments are legally required to abide by ECHR rulings. It would also be a good basis for lawsuits against organisations, like the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), which start undemocratic efforts to overturn bans on Sharia, introduced by American states.

By legalising Sharia courts, re-legalising an aspect of Sharia, and trying to overturn bans on Sharia, the British and the German Governments, and American Islamic organisations, like CAIR, are effectively saying that the wishes of the British, German, and American publics and their political representatives today have less worth than the beliefs and behaviour of Muhammad, who lived in the Arab Desert 14 centuries ago -- given the Sharia Law is based on his book, "The Koran", and on his other words and deeds.

Sharia also violates the US Constitution, which separates religion from the state.

This American documentary about human cruelty to animals, "Earthlings", narrated by Hollywood actor Joaquin Phoenix, includes stomach-churning footage of entirely legal kosher slaughter in an American slaughterhouse. Britons are far more supportive of animal welfare causes than a country with a halal and kosher ban like Norway, which is still killing whales. So, British politicians ought to not only stop pandering to totalitarian Islamists by helping them to achieve their undemocratic Sharia law goal, but also ought to be following the example of Holland and other European countries by banning ritual slaughter. Doing that would send a powerful message to radical Islamists that all of their effort to introduce Sharia law in the West will never succeed and that Britons will never accept cruelty to animal and would, instead, also everything to improve animal welfare.

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written by vbv , November 04, 2011

Islam like judaism is barbaric as both insist on the socalled 'halal' butchering of animals. They have a vicarious ,sadistic pleasure in subjecting animals to such painful,torturous death in the name of their respective bspooks. All this goes to show the destructive and hideously barbaric mentality of islam and its criminal founder Muhamad. It is a passport to crime and mindless violence.It is a tool of destruction of civilisations and ushering in of cruel barbarianuism of the arabs and the monotheistic madness of the west asia.

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written by Dwito , November 04, 2011

They say this is their religion. And they say it's their way of living normal life. That's right. it's their life to live themselves. AND NOT OURS. Why should we allow them to do all these which are not our way of normal living and more contradicts and disturbs our normal life?

kosher and halal
written by MAchmoed , November 04, 2011

All this goes to show the destructive and hideously barbaric mentality of islam and its criminal founder Muhamad.

Yes, but in this regard we know where he got his inspiration from. Yahweh like Allah are nothing but infants the way people wrote about them.

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written by duh_swami , November 04, 2011

Animal slaughter is disgusting, which is one reason I am a vegan...

Is Islamic style of slaughtering less painful?
written by Dr Radhasyam Brahmachari , November 04, 2011

Blockhead Islamic clerics argue that Islamic style of slaughtering (or halal killing) is less painful for the animal than killing by a single stroke. How funny?

Perhaps
written by Tanstaafl jw , November 04, 2011

..halal slaughter had some function 1400 years ago. But the darn infidels invented freezers and refrigerators and so it is not needed today. But, of course, Islam cannot change.

Disgusting!
written by Marilyn Tatarelli , November 05, 2011

I find that most of the things done in the name of religion are extreme, indeed. How could any human being "torture' and animal, or another human for that matter. Just don't understand that kind of mentality, or any religion that could get me to have such a belief. As a psychotherapist, I know that people's behavior is mostly determined by their childhoods. This includes religious beliefs, and child abuse. However, we also have a free will, and an intellect to "think" about what we do. I would think that torturing animals would come under the heading of "things G-d would NOT accept". Makes sense to me.

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written by infidela , November 10, 2011

The original reasons for kosher and halal slaughter,such as sanitation,diseases,spoilage and freshness no longer apply in most civilizations.
There is nothing sacred or religious in the cruelty and torture of innocent animals.

Dr Radhasyam Brahmachari
written by Dwito , November 10, 2011

Respected sir,
I got the same argumentation earlier also. I didn't believe, but after your question, posted above on 04.11.11 I did talk to some professional surgeons about practical reality of such claim. They all deliberately rejected the logic with scientific clarifications. the points they raised are -

Those who give these sort of logic actually deceives under some medical perspectives. This is true that there are a very particular nerve exists at throat which, if slited properly, can cause death within just seconds. But they also said that, that kind of slitting needs high accuracy which is in no way available with an ignorant butcher. Such skill is available with highly practiced professional surgeons only thus claims of painless death is a sort of obfuscation behind this truth. They also showed me some med sites from their net systems that established their judgments. So it is evident that such claims are nothing but cruel deception only and nothing related to ground reality.

They also said that beheading is the best way to painless death as the victim just cant feel anything if beheaded in a single stroke. It may be painful for the spectators but for the victim it is euthanasia.

They also stated -

1. When a throat gets slighted in the hand of an untrained inexpert person, the blood oozes out slowly, not spill over instantly. for that time, the victim feels extreme inflammatory pain.
2. The gasping of air make them horrendous pain impossible to express in words.
3. Apologetics argue that non-supply of blood causes them brain death within few seconds. But Surgeons said it takes quite some time for the victim to get brain dead. For that duration of time the pain is extreme.
4. Apologetics argumentation of nervous breakdown is also refuted by them on the ground of stupidity and ignorance.
They told me that if the nerves of victim gets unconscious, then how they reel so terribly and gasp for air? The throat slited chickens stir their wings for a long time, if they get unconscious of the feelings why do they shakes wings so horribly? Besides the eyes of the victim tells the truth of their extreme grief and sufferings.

Only sadists cruel perverts come up with such false bogus arguments.

BIAS
written by anonymous critical thinking , November 14, 2011

YOU ARE BIAS
YOU ARE ISLAMAPHOBICS
YOU WILL GET YOUR HITLER REINCARNATION
AND YOU WILL THEN KNOW TRUE REGRET
MAY WHATEVER GODS YOU BELIEVE IN HAVE PITTY ON YOU FOR YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING !!

RE: Bias
written by Kishen Singh , November 15, 2011

Jo boley so Nihal.... Sat Sri Akal

YOU ARE BIAS
YOU ARE ISLAMAPHOBICS
YOU WILL GET YOUR HITLER REINCARNATION
AND YOU WILL THEN KNOW TRUE REGRET
MAY WHATEVER GODS YOU BELIEVE IN HAVE PITTY ON YOU FOR YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING !!

Thus proclaims the follower of a pedophile, narcissist, lecher, mass murderer, All in one, Mohammad (PBUH) (May his name be obliterated.)

PBUH - Perpetual Brutality and Unlimited Hagarism... Pisslam

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written by Cerebrum123 , November 15, 2011

Another question about this is other than the necessity of slaughtering in this way to preserve food is this. Is this the actual way the animal is to be slaughtered as practiced during OT times? Due to things like the Talmud even circumcision has been changed dramatically from what it once was. I am going to search for this answer elsewhere ,but it would be nice if someone had the whole story here. As a Christian and in this day and age I agree that this way of slaughtering seems barbaric. However remember that we are talking about animals that are going to be eaten ,and not human beings. Animal suffering is not the same as human suffering. Duh you might find it interesting that when God created this earth He created us as vegetarians. He did the same with all of the animals. Of course I never see people hating other animals for their brutal ways of killing and eating other animals. And if we are all just animals as some people like to claim ,then why not reform the carnivorous animals too? Teaching them to be vegetarian should also be a goal of the animal activists. Don't you think? If as Hindu's believe that those animals may have been human in a past life they should be just as eager to stop this as they are of stopping humans from eating other animals. The Bible teaches that after the Tribulation that the "lion will eat grass like the ox". All animals will become vegetarian again. There will be no more death ,disease ,and destruction. Everyone who lives in that time will be living under the rule of Jesus Christ ,and will be in perfect harmony. Wouldn't that be something worth hoping for more than an endless cycle of death and rebirth? I have a question. How can a Hindu even know if he's getting close to being out of this endless cycle? How can he even know it truly exists? How can a Hindu be sure of any of these things? I am honestly curious. I have been studying Islam for some time. I think I will move on to studying Hindu beliefs. Can someone here suggest a good site?
Trying one last time to post this for now.

HINDUISM TEACHINGS SOURCE
written by NAGARAJU BAJJURI , November 16, 2011

http://www.woodlands-junior.ke...nduism.htm

Good on the Dutch, I hope this is passed into law.
written by ANon , November 27, 2011

Humans should try not to cause needless pain to other animals, especially not farmed animals; humane killing demonstrates empathy and intelligence, and as a side benefit the dying animal is not thrashing around in pain, so butchery becomes much easier and more hygienic. Any religion which rationalises needless cruelty is obviously sadistic, and makes that religion disgusting for that alone, apart from any other harmful parts of its ideology.

Predators in the wild may seem cruel, however a predatory kill in wild nature is by necessity a battle for life between predator and prey, so will be brutal; however we often have a choice and the means not to be cruel when we must kill.

@Cerebrum123: no carnivores and omnivores will never willing become vegetarians unless forced to, because they instinctively know that it will make them stunted and sick; it is always cruel and abusive to force any carnivores and omnivore become vegetarians, including humans, unless as a last resort when animal food is scare. Humans are omnivores, so we must eat some animal flesh regularly to not become stunted and ill; "vegan" and "vegetarian" humans are delusional masochists and become sadists when they needlessly force any carnivores or omnivore to eat only vegetation e.g. cats, dogs and children.

Halal and Kosha butchery clearly demonstrate the primitiveness and stupidity of both Islam and Judaism for just butchery, let alone all the other offensive practices and stupidity they support!

Love them, not eat them
written by Joy , December 28, 2011

All life fear death and all shall not cause harm to them. Look into their eyes and you know they will beg for mercy. They are part of existence and so are we. They share this only place with us and so let them live with us. All killings should be stop for whatever reasons.....they are other ways for us to live harmlessly, with peace and with compassion.