Following its significant gains in last month's local elections, the French Front National leader, Marine Le Pen, swiftly announced that school cafeterias would no longer serve non-pork substitution meals to children living in towns won by FN candidates.
Targeting Muslims for another ritual round of public humiliation, while also excluding Jewish children, Le Pen declared: "There is no reason for religion to enter the public sphere."
[A COMMENT] Regardless of whether or not you believe Halal slaughter is any worse than our traditional methods (I think it is), we have had a tradition in the UK of moving gradually towards more humane methods of farming and slaughter.
This move back to a religious-driven (as opposed to evidence-driven) method of slaughter should be discussed openly. If this adoption is occurring through state-provided services it is even more of a public concern. [Guardian Cif] Read more
