Two regions of Belgium are banning kosher and halal slaughter, arguing that not using stunning is cruel. But Jewish and Muslim leaders say their traditions minimize an animal’s suffering.
Tag: Muslims and Islam
Belgium Bans Ritual Animal Slaughter. Some See a Humane Move, Others Prejudice.
Animal rights groups praised the new law banning halal and kosher practices, but Muslims and Jews see it as part of a right-wing nationalist agenda.
China Targets Prominent Uighur Intellectuals to Erase an Ethnic Identity
The mass detention of Uighur artists, journalists and scholars has become an alarming symbol of the Communist Party’s most intense social-engineering drive in decades.
France Debates Where to Teach Arabic: Public School or Local Mosque?
Concerned that an increasing number of students are learning Arabic in mosques, the French state wants to take back control “to provide a secular curriculum.”
Pakistan Dispatch: They Once Danced for Royalty. Now It’s Mostly for Leering Men.
As religious conservatism deepens in Pakistan, Lahore’s famed dancers have been forced underground, and performers who took pride in their art form have turned to prostitution to survive.
Son of Yemeni Mother Dies Soon After She Won Visa Battle With U.S. to See Him
Shaima Swileh, a Yemeni citizen who lives in Egypt, fought to visit her only child in California, where he was receiving treatment for a brain disease.
In an Egyptian Courtroom, Two Ex-Presidents Face Off
Hosni Mubarak testified in a retrial of Mohammed Morsi on charges related to prison breaks at the height of the 2011 uprising.
Lebanon Dispatch: Christmas in Lebanon: ‘Jesus Isn’t Only for the Christians’
Few seasons frame the everyday give-and-take of religious coexistence quite like Christmastime in Lebanon, where hijab-wearing women snap selfies in front of Beirut’s colossal Christmas tree.
Denmark, With an Eye on Muslims, Requires New Citizens to Shake Hands
Lawmakers say the measure is aimed at those who refuse on religious grounds to touch members of the opposite sex. Some mayors plan to work around it.
In a Divided Bosnia, Segregated Schools Persist
Ethnic tensions are worsening in Bosnia two decades after a bloody, bitter war. The divide is most obvious inside the country’s segregated schools.