Showing posts with label Halal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Halal. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 13, 2024

European Court Says Ban on Halal and Kosher Slaughter Does Not Violate Human Rights Convention

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 In  Affaire Executife van de Moslims van Belgie et Autres c. Belgique , (ECHR, Feb. 13, 2024) [full opinion available only in French], the ...
Thursday, February 23, 2023

Alaska Supreme Court Reverses Dismissal of Muslim Inmate's RLUIPA Claims

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In Din v. State of Alaska, Department of Corrections , (AK Sup. Ct., Feb. 22, 2023) the Alaska Supreme Court vacated a trial court's dis...
Thursday, October 20, 2022

European Commission Holding Conference on Halal and Kosher Slaughter

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Jerusalem Post reports that today in Brussels, the European Commission, in partnership with the Council of Europe, the OSCE and the U.N. Co...
Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Belgian Regional Parliament Votes Down Ban On Kosher and Halal Slaughter

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JTA reports  that in the only portion of Belgium where kosher and halal slaughter is still legal, an attempt to ban those forms of slaughter...
Friday, November 05, 2021

Greek Top Court Bans Kosher and Halal Slaughter

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Last week, Greece's highest administrative court-- the Hellenic Council of State-- in a ruling essentially banned kosher and Halal slaug...
Friday, December 18, 2020

European Court Upholds Flemish Restrictions on Halal and Kosher Slaughter

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In a case referred to it by Belgium's Constitutional Court, the Court of Justice of the European Union in  Centraal Israëlitisch Consist...
Thursday, October 08, 2020

USCIRF Issues Fact Sheets On Rohingya Refugees and Ritual Slaughter Laws

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The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has issued two Factsheets of interest this week: Factsheet on Rohingya Refugees in So...
Sunday, September 13, 2020

EU Court of Justice Advocate General Says Ban On Ritual Slaughter Is Invalid

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The Court of Justice of the European Union last week released an Advocate General's opinion concluding that a decree of Belgium's F...
Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Imam's Interpretation of Halal Held Relevant To Sincerity of Inmate's Beliefs

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In Russell v. Pallito ,  (D VT, Nov. 25, 2019), a Vermont federal district court refused to exclude the testimony of Taysir Al-khatib, the m...
Thursday, February 28, 2019

EU Court of Justice: Halal and Kosher Meat Cannot Be Sold As Organic Without Pre-Slaughter Stunning

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In Œuvre d’assistance aux bêtes d’abattoirs (OABA) v. Ministre de l’Agriculture et de l’Alimentation , the Court of Justice of the European ...
Thursday, January 24, 2019

Belgium's Top Court Hears Arguments On Kosher/ Halal Slaughter Ban

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Hamodia reports on lengthy oral arguments yesterday before Belgium's Council of State-- the country's highest court-- on laws that ...
Wednesday, January 09, 2019

NYT Editorializes On Ritual Slaughter Restrictions

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The New York Times editorial board today stepped into the debate in some European countries over kosher and halal slaughter, as a law in the...
Sunday, September 23, 2018

European Court's Advocate General Says Halal and Kosher Meat Can Be Labeled "Organic"

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In a September 20 press release , the Court of Justice of the European Union announced the proposed finding of the Advocate General in a ref...
Wednesday, January 24, 2018

KFC Franchisee Loses Right To Advertise Halal Chicken

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In Lokhandwala v. KFC Corporation ,  (ND IL, Jan. 23, 2018), an Illinois federal district court strictly enforced the provisions of a franch...
Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Suit In Belgium Challenges Wallonia's Ban On Kosher Slaughter

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In Belgium yesterday, the Coordinating Committee of Jewish Organizations of Belgium (CCOJB) filed suit in the country's Constitutional C...
Tuesday, August 29, 2017

French Court Says School Must Offer Muslim Children An Alternative To Pork At Lunch

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According to The Guardian yesterday, in France a trial court judge has told local officials that they must re-institute a policy of offerin...
Wednesday, July 26, 2017

KFC Franchisee Sues Over Right To Sell Halal Chicken

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In Illinois, the owner of eight Chicago-area Kentucky Fried Chicken franchises sued the franchisor, KFC, Inc. in federal court after it atte...
Friday, May 26, 2017

Suit Charges Dearborn Pizza Store With Serving Pepperoni As Halal

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Detroit Free Press reports on a class action lawsuit filed yesterday in a Michigan state trial court against Little Caesars claiming that t...
Thursday, June 30, 2016

Belgian Council of State Says Proposed Ban On Ritual Slaughter Is Unconstitutional

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JTA reported yesterday that in Belgium, the Council of State has issued an advisory opinion that proposed legislation to ban ritual slaught...
Thursday, September 10, 2015

Guilty Pleas In Indictment For Exporting Meat Falsely Labeled As Halal

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According to the Des Moines Register , yesterday Midamar Corp. and Islamic Services of America each pleaded guilty in federal court in Iowa ...