Hat tip Vlad Tepes and Gates of Vienna
Warning: This story may be disturbing to some. (It sure is to me.)
In Naples this week, a Moroccan Muslim man and a woman were seen walking the down the street with a goat strapped into a baby stroller. Witnesses called the cops who intervened and saved the goat from being slaughtered in ritual Islamic style to celebrate the Islamic festival of Eid. The man has been charged with mistreatment of an animal in violation of Italian law.
The below article and video are translated by Fousesquawk with sub-titles by Gates of Vienna and Vlad Tepes.
http://www.ilsussidiario.net/News/Cronaca/2018/8/21/Capretto-in-passeggino-pronto-per-essere-sgozzato-Video-bufera-a-Napoli-per-la-Festa-islamica-del-Sacrificio/835543/
Islamic Festival, Goat in a Baby Stroller for Slaughter
Video "Stop- don't slaughter it"
A goat in a stroller ready to be slaughtered. Storm in Naples for the Islamic festival of sacrifice. A Moroccan is charged for mistreatment of an animal. August 21 2018 23:30. Silvana Palazzo
Photo: Goat in stroller ready to be slaughtered
The polemics continue in Naples for the "Id al-adha, the Islamic festival of sacrifice, which will continue to Saturday 25 August. The tradition provides that an adult animal is sacrificed, sheep, cows, and camels, Reporting the incident in Naples was Salvatore Iodice, a counselor who when he saw a boy with a goat in a baby stroller, confronted him, "Stop-don't slaughter it." "I have always done this ceremony in my country, and so I will continue to do it,"the young man declared. Immediately, 4 police cars showed up, but nothing could change the mind of the Moroccan. In Naples, the citizens continue to remain worried about this custom.
Storm in Naples
Polemics in Naples over the festival of sacrifice celebrated by the Islamic community. The tradition of Eid Al Adha provides for the sacrifice of goats and lambs, through slaughter. Therefore, the worry has grown among residents in the area of Garibaldi Square and animal rights activists,. "None of this has happened though attention has remained high" assured the representative of immigration, of Cgil* Campania, Jamal Qaddorah, as reported by The Messenger. But the video tells a story that was about to end with the killing of a goat. It was filmed by the counselor of the II Municipality, Salvatore Iodice, who told of having seen a youth with a stroller in which could be seen the legs of an animal. "Alarmed, I got out of the car shouting at the boy to let the animal free and I called the police who quickly intervened with four squad cars. The boy said that he had always done this ceremony in his country and that it was his intention to continue to do it." The intervention of the counselor and the police who identified and charged (without being taken in custody) the young man of Moroccan origin for mistreatment of animals, averted the worst. (Click here to see the video)
Naples, Goat in baby stroller ready to be slaughtered
The animal was visibly suffering and with the arrival of the police and next by Asl (Health Department), we succeeded in freeing it.," stated Iodice. The counselor of the Greens then added as to the Islamic festival of sacrifice, "We are for the freedom of religion, but we don't permit anyone to torture animals. The police checked the detained persons and called Asl . A report was taken for mistreatment of animals." Francesco Emilio Borelli, also from the Greens, also intervened in the issue: "We cannot consent, that in the name of of a religious rite, they commit injurious violence against animals. In Italy, violence against animals and slaughter in public are absolutely forbidden, fortunately. A religious rite doesn't render it legal." The ritual is explained by Rinaldo Sidoli of Animal Rights Italy: In ritual slaughter, the animal must be conscious at the moment of killing, turned upon itself, and subjected to cutting of the trachea and esophagus to allow the slow bleeding out. It is a cruel practice which should be replaced with alternative methods of electronarcosis."
* Cgil Campania Confederazione General Italiana del Lavoro (General Italian Labor Confederation of Catania Province)
Meat eaters have no basis to complain.
ReplyDeleteIn the US, the First Amendment protects any religion's right to slaughter animal sacrifices. (See Church of Lukumi Babalu Ay v. City of Hialeah Florida.) One of the funniest arguments referenced is a Hialeah city council member, originally from Cuba, who said that the Bible doesn't allow animal sacrifice.