Poland: Agriculture minister says he won’t ban religious slaughter

Poland: Agriculture minister says he won’t ban religious slaughter

Via JTA (h/t Al-Kanz):

Poland's minister of agriculture said he will not bow to activists and ban ritual slaughter in the country.

Polish Agricultural Minister Marek Sawicki said May 16 that banning ritual slaughter would be contrary to the Polish Constitution, which guarantees freedom of religion.

"Under European Union law, ritual slaughter is acceptable and there is no reason to prohibit it," Sawicki also said. 

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Poland: Thugs attack Turkish kebab shop

Poland: Thugs attack Turkish kebab shop

 

Via The Austrian Times:

Black and Asian England football fans at next month's Euro 2012 are at risk from racist thugs in host country Poland after a series of attacks on ethnic fast food eateries, police fear.

In one attack - filmed on CCTV - the white thugs are seen beating the Turkish-born owners of a kebab shop in Opole with sticks and a chair in a frenzied attack.

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Poland: Poster apologizing for anti-Saudi sentiments

Poland: Poster apologizing for anti-Saudi sentiments

A poster in the town of Olsztyn, put up after anti-Arab posters were posted on the homes of Saudi students (see here and here)

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Poland: Pizza delivery boy left hate notes to immigrants

Poland: Pizza delivery boy left hate notes to immigrants

Via the Austrian Times:

A pizza delivery boy who left racist notes inside boxes he took to customers he thought were immigrants is facing three years in jail, say prosecutors in Olsztyn, Poland.

Lukasz Miechowicz, 25, left hate notes saying "Choke and Die" or "Get Out of Mt F***ing Country" whenever he made a delivery to a home where he thought Asian or Arabic people were living.

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