[theDentist]

Hey Belgium, just remember, for now they're just practicing on those sheep...

[wideawake]

"It's not normal to have thousands of sheep slaughtered like this in the middle of a major European city," says Ann De Greef, a Belgian animal-rights campaigner.

Get used to it, hippy.

Or wake up.

Your choice.

[nctexan]

"Mr. Mimoun was fined by a policewoman for transporting a live sheep in the closed trunk of his Toyota. By law, it should have been in the back seat.

Was it EU law or muslim law... I believe it to be the latter: The sheep had to ride inside, but his wife could have been in the trunk.

[Psycho_Bunny]

I'm guessing the only countries on Earth having running water, electricity, toilets and a need to enforce laws against the ritual sacrifice of animals also have populations of Our Friends From The Religion Of Peace.

Pigs are too good for islam.  I wonder why there are humans that believe in it.

[workerbee]

I bet dinner parties in Brussels are a riot -- all those Euros behind closed door, where you just know the PC mask comes off faster and more angrily than ever.

[blam]

Anything to get blood all over their hands.

[Cicero]

The article doesn't mention which son Abraham offered to sacrifice, perhaps because it conflicts with the story in the Bible. According to Muslims, Ishmael was the chosen son. Here's an extract from a Muslim sermon given this past month:

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‘Eid Al-Adha’ is a symbol of obedience. It signifies submission to Allah. On this day, we commemorate together the acts of obedience and submission performed by Prophet Abraham and his family when he was commanded to take Hajar and their son Ishmael to an uninhabited, barren, distant land and leave them there alone. He submitted and obeyed. When Hajar realized what was happening, she cried out, “Abraham! Are you going to leave us in this valley where no people live?” She repeated the question yet she received no answer, so she asked him, “Did Allah order you to do this?” He replied, “Yes.”

So she said, “Then Allah will not let us perish.” Thus she submitted. Furthermore, when his son Ishmael became older, Abraham received a command from his Lord to sacrifice him. He submitted and so did his son. The family of Abraham was a family of obedience and submission. They were tested and tried again and again, but the result was always submission and obedience. Both ‘Eid al-Adha’ and ‘Eid al-Fitr come after performing a pillar of Islam and an act of obedience. Hence ‘Eid Al-Adha and ‘Eid al-Fitr are annual reminders that this life is a test and we must be obedient if we wish to be successful.

[Old Professer]

"On his way to the slaughterhouse, Mr. Mimoun was fined by a policewoman for transporting a live sheep in the closed trunk of his Toyota. By law, it should have been in the back seat."

Did it weigh over 80 pounds?

[Parmy]

You have to remember that the son Abraham was to sacrifice wasn't the son that Abraham fathered from which Arabs are decended.

[CottShop]

wonder how long it will be before that starts here? Probably already is in some communities http://sacredscoop.com

[Paleo Conservative]

"I should have done this at home, like everyone else," he moaned.

[GovernmentIsTheProblem]

"At a slaughterhouse here last week, Mohamed Mimoun wrestled a sheep between his legs..."

I had to stop reading at that point!

[OB1kNOb]

"Mr. Mimoun was fined by a policewoman for transporting a live sheep in the closed trunk of his Toyota. By law, it should have been in the back seat."

Mohamed Mimoun wrestled a sheep between his legs...

Ya' just can't make this stuff up! LOL!

[stevio]

This is a somewhat confusing ritual. Abraham was going to sacrifice Isaac to God, the son of his wife Sara and the birth of the Jewish nation. Ismael(sp?) was the son of his concubine, which angered God because he did not wait for his wife to conceive and thus the diversion into Islam.

[Sam Hill]

The Eid Festival Around The World - Graphic Photos | Sweetness & Light
http://www.sweetness-light.com/archive/the-eid-festival-around-the-world-graphic-photos#comments

[GOP_1900AD]

The scope of so called "religious tolerance" in Western Europe and North America was highly engineered and narrowly prescriptive. It's intent was to prevent the sort of bloodshed and internal conflict which caused the 30 Years' War, and The Troubles in the UK. Those who brought forth writ and Constitutional provisos guarantying separation of Church and State, and religious freedom, were driven 100% by such considerations. They never intended for such things to be used to allow strange religions from the non Western world to be allowed full unfettered exercise in their communities and nations. Yes this is possibly bigotted. And right. We have the right to defend the core elements of Western Civilization. Failure to do so imperils our civilization and our very rights and freedoms.

[Tijeras_Slim]

By law, it should have been in the back seat.

And a CD of "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" in the player.

[Candor7]

Whether at a slaughterhouse or at home, the practice raises the ire of animal-rights activists.>>>>>>>>>>

OMG! The poor PETA activists over there must be having magic moment, confronting the barbarism of the Islamic culture. On the one hand the liberal socialists are pressed to accomodate multi-culturalism, and on the other to exercise a faux compassion for the benefit of all animals. Enough to cause some serious cognitive dissonance there!

I keep a sheep in my bedroom, just in case I have to offer one , should Allah call on me! Its my go to sheep. Well...oh, nevermind!

Of course without the sheep , I would have to grab a family member and make do!