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A stunning ruling against religious freedom

What exactly is the Europeans' problem with kosher and halal ritual slaughter?

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Melanie Phillips
Dec 25, 2020
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Force-fed ducks being farmed for general production of foie gras, France 2012

The European Union likes to pose as the avatar of tolerance, freedom and all civilised values. Now it has ripped off its own disguise to reveal something rather more ugly.

Its highest judicial body, the European Court of Justice, has issued a ruling upholding the ban on kosher a…

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