Council Forced to Continue Supplying Non-Stun Halal to Christian Schools
by Liam Deacon, Breitbart:
A democratic decision to ban the sale of non-stun halal meat in Lancashire schools could be blocked after Muslims threatened a judicial review, forcing its continued supply for the time being.
Lancashire County Council voted to stop using the meat in 27 council-run schools, including Church of England and Roman Catholic faith schools, in October 2017.
Currently, up to 12,000 children across the county are served around 1.2 million meals a year containing the shariah-compliant meat, the Burnley Express reports.
Taking the decision, the council agreed with the vast majority of animal welfare groups in saying it was “cruel” and “inhumane” not to stun animals before slaughter.
However, thousands of Muslim children, under instructions from the Lancashire Council of Mosques, quickly threatened to boycott meals in the schools, as they did back in 2012 when a similar restriction was attempted.
The group claimed the issue had been “politicized unnecessarily” and that the ban would “increase Islamophobia and anti-Semitism”.
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