Austrian province faces controversy over kosher meat

BERLIN (AP) – Proposals in an Austrian province for possible restrictions on the killing of animals according to Jewish and Muslim religious customs are hotly criticized

An official from the province of Lower Austria, Gottfried Waldhaeusl of the Nationalist Freedom Party, told the newspaper Wiener Zeitung "we are considering whether the demand for meat can be coupled with the residence." He is opposed to neighboring people from Vienna coming to slaughter animals.

Max Lercher, a senior official of the center-left Austrian opposition, said Wednesday that Waldhaeusl was planning to register Jews who want to eat kosher meat. a clearly antisemitic demand. "The Jewish community in Vienna was also critical

Klaus Schneeberger of the conservative People's Party, which heads the regional government, told the Austrian news agency that the authorities would not create such a register.