On air at 1700 GMT: Should animal rights trump religious rights & reaction to the Greek vote.
| 14:59 UK time, Wednesday, 29 June 2011
Two parliaments, two votes, thousands of tweets, posts and comments.
The Greek parliament have just voted in favour of proposed austerity measures but the clashes between protesters and the riot police continue.
@paulmasonnews tweets
ppl gather at cafes to watch vote + riot splitscreen - while riot rages at end of street #greece
We will be following how it develops on the ground. We'd also like to get your reaction to the outcome of the vote during the show. We have a live page with all the latest updates
Also today: Should animal rights trump religious rights?
The Netherlands' parliament voted Tuesday to ban ritualised slaughter of animals, in a move that will make the Islamic halal and Jewish kosher methods of slaughter illegal. It does still need to pass through the Dutch senate before becoming law. The main argument is that animals should be anaesthetised or "stunned" before killing.
As you can imagine, there has been fierce debate from the Muslim and Jewish communities.
Ron Eisenmann, chairman of the Jewish Community of Amsterdam told the Financial Times: "It's a very disappointing infringement on freedom of religion,"
"This is a low point in Dutch history, in terms of how the country treats religious freedom. It means we Muslims have no place here anymore," said Mohamed Ben Hammouch, spokesman for the National Commission of Muslim Organisations, Mosques and Imams.
But Marianne Thieme from Party for the Animals who initiated the bill says:
This way of killing causes unnecessary pain to animals. Religious freedom cannot be unlimited," ... "For us religious freedom stops where human or animal suffering begins."
What's your take on the vote? Would you like to see it implemented in your country?
I hope you'll take a couple of minutes to post your thoughts.
