We reported earlier about the bill pending before the Second Chamber of the States General of The Netherlands, which aims to ban the ritual non-anesthetized slaughter of animals, a ritual that belongs to the historic practice of Judaism and Islam. Our earlier report contained an explanation of both the process of and the justification for [...]
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Banning ritual slaughter (2): Reformed chutzpah in the face of colliding interests
Posted in Christianity and Culture, Church Polity, Ecclesial Ethics, Ethics of animal welfare, Translation (Dutch - English) on May 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Banning ritual slaughter is not justified
Posted in Ethics of animal welfare, Political Ethics, Religion and animal rights, Translation (Dutch - English) on April 16, 2011 | 2 Comments »
(The following was written by H. van den Belt, and appeared on 4 April 2011 in Reformatorisch Dagblad. Translated by Nelson D. Kloosterman.) In The Netherlands thousands of animals are killed each year by ritual slaughter. The carotid artery is slit while the animal is still conscious. The Animal Rights Party is protesting this practice [...]
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