Irish Examiner View: A culture clash we can’t avoid

A litany of red-button issues come together in legislation just enacted in Denmark. The latitude religious freedom affords, charges of veiled opposition to immigration, anti-Semitism — and who defines that odious mindset — and animal rights conflate in a decision to outlaw the religious slaughter of animals to produce halal or kosher meat.

The decision mirrors a similar prohibition introduced in Belgium last month.