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French actress Brigitte Bardot poses with a huge sombrero she brought back from Mexico, as she arrives at Orly Airport in Paris on May 27, 1965. (AP/File)
December 28, 2025, 1:53 pm
Brigitte Bardot, sultry ’60s sex symbol-turned-militant animal rights activist, dies at 91
Iconic French actress abandoned the screen to campaign for animals, including controversial calls to ban Jewish and Muslim ritual slaughter; was convicted 5 times of inciting racial hatred
By Thomas Adamson and Elaine Ganley
Illustrative: An Orthodox rabbi checks the quality of poultry meat in a Kosher slaughterhouse in Csengele, Hungary on January 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh)
June 18, 2022, 3:08 am
Belgian lawmakers ditch bill to ban kosher and halal slaughter in Brussels
Local parliament votes to scrap proposal, keeping Belgium’s capital as the only part of the country where ritual slaughter is still legal
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Illustrative: Staff work on the production line of Kosher poultry meat in a Kosher slaughterhouse in Csengele, Hungary on Jan. 15, 2021 (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh)
April 15, 2022, 3:03 pm
Fears Le Pen could ban ritual slaughter unite French Jews, Muslims
Far-right presidential candidate says animals should be stunned to reduce suffering, which is incompatible with kosher and halal rules
By John Leicester
Using part of the Pittsburgh International Airport parking lot that has been left vacant by the COVID-19 pandemic, volunteers from the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank load boxes of food into cars during a drive-up food distribution, on April 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
September 16, 2021, 11:50 pm
US lawmakers backed by Jewish, Muslim groups push for kosher, halal food relief
Effort calling to assist observant individuals amid the COVID-19 pandemic is backed by Jewish, Muslim groups and lawmakers including Deutsch, Omar
By Ron Kampeas
Rabbis examine the production line at Quality Poultry KFT in Csengele, Hungary, February 2017. (Zsolt Demecs/ via JTA)
June 29, 2021, 4:16 pm
An EU ruling on kosher slaughter tells rabbis how to go about their business
The decision suggests Jews and Muslims find a way to make electronic stunning of animals consistent with religious law — despite the fact that it’s prohibited
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Illustrative: A butcher in Jerusalem, April 26, 2010. (Abir Sultan/Flash90)
December 18, 2020, 3:25 am
Israel, Jewish groups blast EU court ruling against kosher and halal slaughter
European Court of Justice says authorities can effectively ban religious ritual slaughter; Israeli Foreign Ministry says decision sends ‘a harsh message to all European Jewry’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative image of a man preparing meat at a kosher slaughterhouse (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
December 17, 2020, 12:59 pm
EU court rules authorities can ban kosher and halal slaughter in Belgian region
European Jewish groups decry ruling, say it puts ‘animal welfare above… freedom of religion’; Israel: Decision signals to Jewish communities that they aren’t wanted in Europe
By AFP and ToI Staff
Leader of Poland's ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski reacts after the first exit polls during the party's electoral evening in Warsaw, Poland, on October 13, 2019 (Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)
October 15, 2020, 9:37 am
Poland will end its kosher and halal meat export industry in 2025
Most of Poland’s kosher, halal slaughterhouses produce meat for export; under new law, ritual slaughter will be allowed only if meat is sold locally
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Illustrative image of a man preparing meat at a kosher slaughterhouse (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
September 10, 2020, 8:26 pm
Top EU jurist says countries should not be allowed to ban ritual slaughter
Advice from advocate general Gerard Hogan seen as a blow against efforts to end Jewish and Muslim ritual slaughter across the Continent
By Cnaan Liphshiz
US Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (R) speaks as Sen. Bernie Sanders (L) looks on during a news conference at the US Capitol on March 14, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
July 10, 2020, 11:41 am
2 US senators seek to add kosher, halal options to emergency food programs
Kirsten Gillibrand and Debbie Stabenow send letter to Agriculture Department to ensure coronavirus aid will accommodate Jewish, Muslim recipients
By Marcy Oster
Illustrative image of a man preparing meat at a kosher slaughterhouse (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
May 16, 2019, 4:07 pm
Dutch animal party begins 2nd attempt to ban slaughter without stunning
Party files bill after Senate scrapped 2012 ban; Netherlands’ highest general administrative court warns legislation will unreasonably compromise religious freedoms
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Illustrative image of a man preparing meat at a kosher slaughterhouse (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
February 28, 2019, 3:19 pm
Halal, kosher meat cannot be labeled organic, EU court rules
Slaughtering conscious animals ruled not humane enough in symbolic victory for opponents of the practice
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Library at Somerville College, Oxford, Library (Aivin G via Wikimedia Commons)
February 17, 2019, 5:27 pm
Students at Oxford college call for kosher meat ban
Spokesperson for Somerville says college is looking into the request, but will also be expanding its meat offerings which fulfill dietary needs of Jewish and Muslim students
By Ben Sales
Illustrative: Orthodox Jewish rabbis clean slaughtered chickens at the Jerusalem Chicken Factory March 20, 2006 in Jerusalem, Israel. (Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)
January 4, 2019, 9:51 pm
Belgian ban on kosher slaughter has Jews worried about what comes next
Many in the community see new law as both a declaration that Jews are not welcome and an opening shot portending further restrictions on religious life
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Illustrative: A ritually slaughtered lamb being delivered to a halal butcher shop in The Hague, Netherlands, December 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
May 29, 2018, 3:13 pm
Muslim animal slaughter must occur in approved abattoirs: EU court
European Court of Justice upholds 2014 ban by Belgian region against temporary slaughterhouses set up to cope with demand during Muslim feast of sacrifice
By AFP
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