Details : On Tuesday, the Hellenic Council of State banned kosher and halal slaughter. Animal preparations like kosher and halal are essential to Jewish and Muslim religious traditions. What happened : The courts found that the religious preparation of animal products did not outweigh the suffering of them, and the exemption was a breach of the law’s provision that animals be slaughtered under anesthesia. The court has delegated regulation of the relationship between animal rights and religious freedom to the government, and they will oversee the country’s slaughterhouse operations. What else : Rabbi Menachem Margolin, leader of the European Jewish Association (EJA), expressed his anger over the decision on Wednesday, “Jewish freedom of religion is under direct attack across Europe from the very institutions that have vowed to protect our communities,” said Margolin.