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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ex-muslim Ahmed" data-source="post: 14213100" data-attributes="member: 179431">Halal and Kosher slaughter 'must end'                                                                                                                                                             <img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39117000/jpg/_39117097_meat203.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />                                                                                The method of animal slaughter used by Jews and Muslims should be banned  immediately, according to an independent advisory group.  The Farm Animal Welfare Council (FAWC), which advises the government on  how to avoid cruelty to livestock, says the way Kosher and Halal meat is  produced causes severe suffering to animals.  Both the Jewish and Muslim religions demand that slaughter is carried out with a <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2977086.stm#" target="_blank">single</a> cut to the throat, rather than the more widespread method of stunning with a bolt into the head before slaughter.  Kosher and Halal butchers deny their method of killing animals is cruel and have expressed anger over the recommendation.    'Clearly suffering' One worshipper at the Central London Mosque told BBC <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2977086.stm#" target="_blank">Radio</a>  4's Today programme: "Everything about the Islamic way of life is under  attack so it makes you wonder if this is actually about humanity to  animals."  Peter Jinman, president of the British Veterinary Association said vets  respected people's religious beliefs, but urged Muslims to be respectful  of animals too.                    "We're looking at what is acceptable in the moral and ethical society we live in," he told Today.  FAWC said it wanted an end to the exemption currently allowed for Kosher  and Halal meat from the legal requirement to stun animals first.   It says cattle can take up to two minutes to bleed to death - amounting to an abuse of the animals.   "This is a major incision into the animal and to say that it  doesn't suffer is quite ridiculous," said FAWC chairwoman, Dr Judy  MacArthur Clark. Compassion in World Farming backed the call, saying: "We believe that  the law must be changed to require all animals to be stunned before  slaughter." <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2977086.stm" target="_blank">LINK</a></blockquote>

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