بريطانيا: اعتراضات على مقترح بحظر التذكية الشرعية

خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

أعرب المجلس الإسلامي البريطاني إلى جانب المجتمع الإسلامي ومنظماته - عن استنكارهم ورفضهم البالغ لمقترح "جون بالكويل" - رئيس جمعية الطب البيطري الجديد - وذلك بعد اقتراحه حظر التذكية الشرعية، إذا لم تقم على ما أسماه "الطرق الأكثر إنسانية" في الذبح.

وقد أكد المسؤولون الإسلاميون أن هذا المقترح يتعارض مع الحرية الدينية وممارسة الشعائر، وأن الإسلام يحترم ويحافظ على الإنسان والحيوان، وأن نحو هذه المقترحات تسلب الإنسان حقوقه، وخاصةً إذا ما كان الألم الذي يشعر به الحيوان عند التذكية مقارنةً بالصعق قبل الذبح لا يُذكر، وفقًا لعلماء الأعصاب؛ المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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A proposal by Britain's leading vet to ban halal and kosher slaughter in UK has sparked angry condemnations from the Muslim and Jewish communities, arguing that any such ban would endanger their religious freedoms.

“Zabiha is a humane method of slaughter where an animal’s welfare is at the core of one’s belief," Dr Shuja Shafi, deputy secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), said in a statement cited by Arutz Sheva on Sunday, March 9.

"Islam preserves the sanctity of both human and animal life."

“We do not accept [John] Blackwell’s comments as there are clear, precise methods of carrying out religious slaughter which takes due diligence so as not to cause suffering to an animal," he added.

Controversy erupted after John Blackwell, the newly elected head of the British Veterinary Association, called for a ban on all forms of “ritual animal slaughter.”

He demanded that the exemptions for Jews and Muslims over their methods of religious killing, which is enshrined in UK law, be ended and “ritual slaughter” methods banned if both religions refuse to adopt what he termed “more humane methods.”

British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg provided political support for the defense of ritually slaughtered meat on Saturday night, warning that "no government of which I'm [he's] part" would follow Denmark's and Poland's footsteps in banning the practices.

"These are ancient beliefs handed down over generations," Clegg noted.

"As a liberal, I believe in trying to protect that kind of diversity, not trying to quash it.”

Reacting to the calls, Jewish and Muslims leaders independently and jointly rejected them.

The concept of halal, -- meaning permissible in Arabic -- has traditionally been applied to food.

Muslims should only eat meat from livestock slaughtered by a sharp knife from their necks, and the name of Allah, the Arabic word for God, must be mentioned.

Muslim scholars agree that Shari`ah provides a divine law of mercy that should be applied on all Allah’s creations, including animals.

Islam also provides details about avoiding any unnecessary pain.