ECI applauds Finnish Parliament’s decision to reverse plan to ban religious slaughter | European Coalition for Israel

Helsinki, February 20th, 2023 – The Finnish parliament has reversed its plan to ban religious slaughter as part of a broader overhaul of its animal welfare legislation.
After the Constitutional Law Committee voted 10-5 against the ban late last week, the Agricultural Committee, which had prepared the legislation for more than a year, reversed its plan and voted 10-3 for allowing meat production compatible with Jewish and Muslim religious traditions, that is shechita and halal slaughter.
In a statement in Helsinki on Monday ECI Founding Director Tomas Sandell welcomed the decision which he called “a major victory for minority rights, especially the right for the Jewish and Muslim communities to practice their religions.”