Tag: Ritual
German Court Ruling over Ritual Circumcision: Kulturkampf against Muslims and Jews
A court in Germany has ruled that circumcision on religious grounds amounts to bodily harm, making it potentially punishable by law. Sociologist of religion...
Update: Dutch Senate Rejects Ritual Slaughter
12 June 2012
The Dutch Upper House has rejected a ban on ritual animal slaughter without anaesthetizing animals first. Earlier this month Jewish and Islamic...
Ritual Slaughter Reforms Established in Netherlands
June 5 2012
Religious leaders in the Netherlands have signed an agreement with Deputy Minister Henk Bleker amending the terms of ritual animal slaughter in...
Update: Dutch MPs to Oppose Ban on Ritual Slaughter
14 December 2011
A debate in the Netherlands over a proposed ban on ritual slaughter continues with a majority of senators in the upper house...
