Polish kosher ban: up to Constitutional Court to decide The Constitutional Court of Poland has the sole authority to decide whether ritual slaughter, banned in the country, can still be performed for the needs of Jewish and Muslim communities, said Monday the Polish Minister of Administration, Michal Boni. Europe's Jewish leaders on Thursday asked the European Union to back their call for a Polish ban on the ritual slaughter of animals for food to be overturned. Jewish community and religious leaders from across Europe also urged the EU to review its own legislation on animal slaughter to strengthen the rights of Jews and Muslims to eat meat killed in line with their religious requirements. Images and soundbites