On Tuesday 29 May (C-426/16), the Court of Justice of the EU ruled that ritual slaughter without stunning may take place only in an approved slaughterhouse.
Several Muslim associations complained to Belgian justice to denounce the fact that, during the traditional feast of sacrifice, the Flemish region has refused, since 2015, to issue approval for the ritual slaughter without stunning of sheep at temporary, unapproved sites of slaughter, citing Regulation 1099/2009 on the protection of...