Belgium bans halal and kosher slaughter methods which see animals killed without being stunned first

Flanders, northern Belgium, bans un-stunned halal and kosher slaughter
Animals must now be stunned before their throats are cut in religious ritual
Jewish and Muslim groups say it violates EU law of freedom of religion

Both the Muslim halal and Jewish kosher rituals require that butchers slaughter the animal by slitting its throat and draining the blood.

Under the new law, animals will have to be stunned electrically before being killed, which most animal rights campaigners say is more humane than the halal and kosher rituals.

Belgium's Muslim and Jewish communities have expressed their opposition to the law, saying halal and kosher requires the animal to be in 'perfect health' when its throat is cut - which would rule out stunning the animal first.

Some say that the ban is less about animal rights, and more about anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.

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