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Halal meat sold in France can’t be called organic, EU rules

Wed, 27 Feb 2019 11:06:18 +0100

Halal meat from animals slaughtered by religious ritual without having first been stunned cannot be labelled organic, on animal welfare grounds, a top European Union court ruled Tuesday.

UN slams French 'burqa ban' for 'violating' rights

Tue, 23 Oct 2018 14:43:02 +0200

The UN Human Rights Committee on Tuesday criticised France's so-called burqa ban, saying the law "violated" the rights of two women who were fined for wearing full-face veils in public.

UN set to lambast France for its 'discriminatory' 2010 burqa ban

Thu, 11 Oct 2018 23:44:33 +0200

The UN Human Rights Committee is set to rule that France's 2010 law which forbids people from concealing their face in public is 'discriminatory' and 'goes against religious freedom', the French media has revealed.

Halal tax and Arabic in French schools: New plan to stop Islamic fundamentalism in France

Mon, 10 Sep 2018 15:01:36 +0200

A new report by a Paris think-tank underlines "the progress of Islamist ideology among Muslims in France", suggesting that Salafi Islam can be stamped out through a “halal tax” and Arabic being taught in French schools.

Could France fund new mosques by a 'tax on halal'?

Mon, 14 Mar 2016 11:55:06 +0100

A French MP and member of France's Republican Party has argued that a tax on halal products would allow for "an autonomous French Islam".

A Made in France 'Halal test' to check for pork

Mon, 20 Oct 2014 15:57:00 +0200

A French company has developed a so-called “Halal test” which will allow Muslim consumers to detect, within a matter minutes, the presence of pork or alcohol in food.

French court rules no halal meals in prison

Wed, 23 Jul 2014 11:05:00 +0200

A controversial ruling that ordered a French prison to serve up halal meals to inmates was overturned by a court in Lyon this week in the latest issue to pit the country's secular tradition against Islamic practice.

No halal meat in town canteens: far-right mayor

Mon, 07 Apr 2014 13:02:00 +0200

A newly elected far-right mayor in a town in southern France has vowed that no municipally-run cafeterias will serve halal meals, adding fuel to a growing controversy in the wake of the National Front's success in last month's local elections.

French prison ordered to serve up halal meals

Tue, 25 Mar 2014 19:22:00 +0100

A French prison has been ordered to provide halal meals for Muslim prisoners pending a definitive ruling on the latest issue to pit the country's secular tradition against Islamic practice.

French court orders jail to serve halal meals

Thu, 28 Nov 2013 11:13:00 +0100

A French court has made legal history by ordering a prison to offer halal meals to its Muslim inmates, saying that France’s traditional secularism “guarantees the free exercise of religion,” it was reported this week.

Trader fined for selling horsemeat as halal beef

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:55:55 +0200

Disgraced meat trader Jan Fasen who knowingly sold horsemeat falsely labelled as Islamic halal beef to butchers in France was slapped with a €50,000 fine and handed a suspended prison sentence on Thursday.

Pupils at French school told: 'It's pork or no meat'

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:38:00 +0100

Pupils at a school in France will no longer be given a substitute meat if they don't eat pork, as local authorities try to cut down on food waste and costs. Parents have complained about the measure.

Halal toothpaste to be produced in central France

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:52:00 +0100

A factory in the centre of France has been given the green light from Brussels to start producing Europe’s first halal toothpaste, due to be available in shops later this month.

Fillon: scrap halal and kosher slaughter

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 11:53:00 +0100

French Prime Minister François Fillon has called on French Jews and Muslims to change their eating habits and scrap halal and kosher slaughter rules.