The Hamtramck City Council, whose members are all Muslims, approved the practice, 3-2, Tuesday.
A Detroit-area city on Tuesday voted to approve allowing residents to sacrifice animals at home for religious purposes. The matter was put up for a vote in December, but city council members kept a ban in place. The issue was revisited this month after legal advice and objections from resident Muslims,“If somebody wants to do it, they have a right to do their practice,” Council Member Mohammed Hassan said.
“It’s not something new or novel,” explained Dawud Walid, director of the Michigan branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
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