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The Vita Center asks the mayor of Moscow to ban public animal sacrifices during Muslim holidays
On February 22, Interfax published a letter from the Vita Animal Rights Protection Center to Moscow Mayor Yu.M. Luzhkov with a request to ban ritual animal sacrifices during Muslim holidays in the capital. The authors of the document refer to "numerous appeals from Muscovites about ritual animal sacrifices during the celebration of the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha" (and not only in 2005, but also in 2004).
“We believe,” the letter says, “that cruelty cannot be justified by religious norms and traditions or any other dogmas. The perception of scenes of cruelty and violence as a norm contributes to the bitterness of people and affects the well-being of society as a whole. Based on these facts, in England, Austria and other countries have not only banned public animal sacrifices, but also introduced a ban on their killing without prior stunning.This year, the authorities of Nizhny Novgorod banned public animal sacrifices on the days of Eid al-Adha, including in order to avoid moral injury to people (We note that on January 24, the DUMNO demanded that journalists from a number of media outlets refute the information that the sacrifice on Eid al-Adha was allegedly canceled in Nizhny Novgorod. - Ed. )
After all, if you follow the path of respect for the whole variety of traditions, then some religious norms allow human sacrifice?!"
Therefore, the Vita Center asks the mayor "to ban this practice in Moscow, especially since Russia provides for criminal liability for cruelty to animals (Article 245 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation)".
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