Maltraitance animale et pratiques religieuses
For more than a century, the issue of the ritual slaughter of food animals, i.e. without prior stunning, in accordance with religious rites, has been a subject of controversy in Germany. The debate initially centered on the Jewish religion in the 19th century, in a context strongly tinged with anti-...
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Presses universitaires de Strasbourg
2025-07-01
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| Series: | Recherches Germaniques |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/rg/14595 |
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| Summary: | For more than a century, the issue of the ritual slaughter of food animals, i.e. without prior stunning, in accordance with religious rites, has been a subject of controversy in Germany. The debate initially centered on the Jewish religion in the 19th century, in a context strongly tinged with anti-Semitism, leading to the criminalization of this practice, which remains banned to this day, although exceptions, of a religious nature, are provided for in the law. The issue has lost none of its relevance today, as the arrival of large numbers of Muslims since the mid-twentieth century has reopened a debate that was thought to have subsided. The issue indeed crystallizes the tensions between the two constitutional principles of freedom of religion and animal protection (art. 4 and 20a of the German Constitution) in a country where the State has a special relationship with religious denominations. It is precisely this special relationship between the State and the churches that led the Federal Republic of Germany to give precedence to freedom of religion both before and after the constitutionalisation of animal protection in 2002. In recent years, however, European case law has opened the door to stricter interpretations, making the practice of ritual slaughter more complicated. |
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| ISSN: | 0399-1989 2649-860X |