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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ex-muslim Ahmed" data-source="post: 14213142" data-attributes="member: 179431">Dutch MPs effectively ban ritual slaughter of animalsThe Dutch lower house of  parliament has passed a law effectively banning the ritual slaughter of  animals, in a move condemned by Muslim and Jewish groups.         The legislation states that all animals must be stunned before being killed.         But the Islamic dhabiha and Jewish shechita methods of ritual slaughter require them to be fully conscious.         The legislation was proposed by an animal rights party with  two MPs, which argued that failing to stun the animals subjected them to  unnecessary pain.         But debate over the matter swiftly became a focus of  animosity towards the Netherlands' 1.2 million-strong Muslim community.  The country's Jewish population is comparatively small at 50,000.         Following months of debate a last minute concession was  offered - the Muslim and Jewish communities will have a year to provide  evidence that animals slaughtered by traditional methods do not  experience greater pain than those that are stunned before they are  killed.          However, observers say finding such proof will be virtually impossible.         The bill must still be approved by the upper house of parliament before it can become law.<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13947163" target="_blank">BBC LINK</a></blockquote>

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