When religion overrules common sense, humanity is the loser

 

                                                                                 

When religion overrules common sense, humanity is the loser

   Image the West Australian

 

Those  Australian sheep could have been humanely shot. Pakistan is a country full of guns and bullets.

But no, religious dogma reinforced by armed police insisted that the poor sheep had to be slaughtered in the Islamic halal way - their throats cut while conscious. Many of us saw the cruel and inhumane way that was done on the ABC  four corners programme.

Whatever the politics of the issue, it would have been so much quicker, and more humane to kill each sheep with a single bullet in the forehead. They were never going to be eaten so there was no need to kill them in the Islamic halal way. 

But  religion overruled common sense and humanity, and demanded that they had their throats cut while still alive. However it was not according to Islamic Law as the  heads of the dead animals did not face Mecca, and I did not notice the saying of Gods blessing, before trying to kill  them.

It was just blatant stupid cruelty.

The Australian government is funding a programme to educate us non muslims about Islam, to increase our understanding, well I am not sure I want to learn.