1.   Judaism and Islam have many parallel dietary restrictions, including ritual slaughter and a prohibition against pork, and many Muslims eat kosher meat.

2.   There are also the borderline xenophobic or racist statements, as in her criticism of the Muslim ritual slaughter of sheep, which seems underlaid with more extreme feelings.

3.   Those who could afford to do so performed ritual slaughters of goats, sheep, and cows, and began three days of feasting.

4.   German law states that animals must be stunned before slaughter, but allows exceptions for religious communities whose customs prescribe ritual slaughter.

5.   The lunch began with the ritual slaughter of a sheep in the family courtyard, and the burning away of its coat with a propane blowtorch.

6.   They usually include the sacrifice of chickens on the smallest scale, and large-scale ritual slaughter of many kinds of animals held on rare occasions.

7.   Thousands of British sheep have been secretly shipped to France to be sacrificed in a ritual slaughter that is banned under EU law, The Independent reported Saturday.

8.   Moslem community leaders in Rangoon are cancelling the ritual slaughter of livestock at an upcoming religious festival, following recent religious unrest in the city, sources said Saturday.