I’d like to share a few quick thoughts this Eid-ul Adha. I’m not going to discuss the devastating impact raising and killing animals is having on the animals and environment. This is detailed in the article Don’t Kill An Animal This Eid. Please familiarize yourself with it if you would like a little background as to why I strongly feel it is highly irresponsible and negligent to continue this practice…
A question that often comes up from both Muslim, non-Muslim, and even ex-Muslim vegans is, “why did God allow humans to kill animals? “Why would God create something that can feel pain and suffer then allow you to harm it?! Any ideology that allows killing can’t be from God!” Many struggle with this, questioning why The Most Merciful would permit us to do something that, to our perceptions, isn’t…
As another Eid-ul-Adha arrives, the issue of mass animal sacrifice has once again become a point of debate among both Muslim vegans and non. Some Muslims insist killing animals must be done to commemorate Prophet Abraham’s experience. The story goes like this: Prophet Abraham was told by God in a dream to sacrifice his son Ismael (Isaac according Christendom). So as he was about to do it, God at the…
There is no reason why Muslims should kill and eat animals today. That statement may unsettle many readers causing a flurry of textual references from the Qu’ran and/or hadith to justify their position. However, I did not say Islam doesn’t permit it under certain circumstances. I’m contending there is no valid reason to do it today and if you bear with me, I’ll furnish my thoughts on precisely why I…
By: the Raggamuslims As salaamu alaykum and welcome! We’ve been waiting for you. Your reasons for arriving to this point may be varied. Perhaps an emotional documentary stirred a sensitivity to animal cruelty in your heart. Maybe health challenges arose that merited a plant-based diet or possibly the environmental pollution attributed to the meat and dairy industry has overwhelmed you. No matter what path brought you to this point, welcome….
Yes. We must set the example of how to be responsible global citizens and stop our heedlessness, gluttony and excuse making. Today we as a species are in the worst position in human history. 15,000 scientists from 184 different countries just signed “a warning to humanity” about the growing threats we face and not surprisingly; most of the problems listed: Climate change Deforestation Species extinction Loss of access to clean water…
Dear Muslim scholars, men and women alike. I write to you so you can wake the hell up. If you’ve taken offense to this opening statement, then great because I intend to lay out for you standard industry practices across the world in the meat, dairy and egg industries and then perhaps your offense won’t be as important as the suffering of billions of God’s creatures. I may…
Guest author Amna Bakhtiar shares her vegan journey and experiences while spending time with family in Pakistan. Time can change many things. Of the several significant changes in my own life in the past few years, switching to a vegan diet was the hardest for some people in my life to come to terms with. I wasn’t exactly sure how to explain it. I hadn’t watched any animal cruelty videos…