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Belgian Kids Forced to eat Halal Meat

Antwerp, Belgium, community schools will from now on only serve halal food on their school outings, according to the newspaper De Morgen.

A few days ago, all parents with children in Antwerp community schools received a letter in which school headmasters explained that from now on, [b]there will be no more pork on the menu during school outings.[/b] [b]In addition to that, all meat will be ritually slaughtered in accordance with Islamic law.
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The measure has shocked a great number of parents. They believe [b]local community schools should remain neutral and not obey a law imposed by one or other religion.[/b]
The Antwerp alderman for Education, Robert Voorhamme (Flemish socialist) says he doesn't understand what all the fuss is about. "We could just as easily have kept this silent", he says.
"It's not because we serve halal food that the food is actually different. It certainly doesn't taste different."
[b]Voorhamme says that serving halal food is the only way to get children “raised Islamically” to take part in extra-curricular activities.[/b]
Until now, many children stayed at home because their parents feared their child wouldn't eat the right sort of meat. In Islam, it's forbidden or 'haram' to eat pork.

[b]What does 'halal' mean?[/b]

[b]Muslims can only eat meat that has been slaughtered in the name of Allah. In the same respect, the slaughterer has to be a Muslim. Islam further prescribes that the animals should be killed in a pure environment and the killing should be executed in the direction of the holy city of Mecca.[/b]
At the start of the killing, the slaughter man has to say the words "In the name of Allah" and "Allah is great". The animal’s throat is cut, and it is left to die, in exaclty the same way that the Jews slaughter animals to make the meat kosher.

Letter "a mistake"

Despite having initially said that all the meat served to children while they were away on school trips to the country or the seaside was to be halal, the Antwerp Alderman responsible for Education, Robert Vorhamme (socialist) has now changed his tune.

He says that the phrase in the letter stating that all meat served was to be halal was a mistake.

He adds that the intention was to assure Muslim parents that their children will be able to enjoy meals containing meat slaughtered according to the rules of halal.

He stressed that non-Muslim children would be able to choose to either eat the halal meals, a vegetarian option or meals containing meat slaughtered according to Western norms.

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