Originally Posted by
etch5895
I hope this does not come off as an ignorant question, but being neither Jewish nor Muslim, I don't know the answer.
Do either methods (Halal and Kosher) specify the killing of the animal about to be eaten must be done in a humane, pain-free manner (or as pain-free as possible)?
Both require them to be killed as humanely as possible but the methods to insure this were those known in the days of the Old Testament (not stunning them before killing them). There may well be more humane methods today but the Old Testament requirements still are in effect.
If the PETA/Greens proposals which Alex mentioned are put into law, the practical effect will be that all religious Jews and Moslems will be forced to leave Germany (and England, where there is a similar push).