Netherlands: Jews, Muslims appeal ritual slaughter plan

Netherlands: Jews, Muslims appeal ritual slaughter plan Via AFP: Jewish and Muslim representatives Thursday appealed to Dutch lawmakers not to enforce plans requiring animals to be stunned before halaal and kosher slaughtering rituals. "We are against any form of stunning because it's against our religion," Yusuf Altuntas, president of the CMO -- an organisation that links the Muslim community with the Dutch government -- told a parliamentary commission. (source)