Joseph Mayton writes a thought provoking article in the Guardian about the concept of vegetarianism within Islam and why Muslims eat so much meat. He cites as his authority Sheikh Hamza Yusuf someone I have a lot of admiration for along with verses from the Quran.
I have to say I'm not convinced with the argument that eating less meat is more Islamic. While there are health benefits for those with high cholesterol avoiding red meat Islam does not advocate vegetarianism not that I have any problem with a Muslim avoiding meat for compassionate grounds. My initial suspicion is the animal lobby seem to now be equating Muslims as a problem in terms of our meat consumption and appear to be attempting to establish an Islamic argument - where none exists for the advocacy of Vegetarianism.
MONOTONE CRUSH
1 day ago
One to ponder on LM?
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What is the muslim community going to do to persuade these people to be peaceful?
i don't think its a question of religion. Culturally muslims ate less meat years ago, and that included the rich, who consumed it maybe once a week. But christians, jews and most the world did the same, it wasn't limited to muslims. Today meat is readily available and affordable for most people regardless of wealth. But i would agree that it is healthier to eat less meat, and consume vegetarian meals more. We know from prophetic traditions there are ill effects in comsuming too much meat, and our prophet (Saw) if he wished could have consumed a lot of it, but he gave us a different example to follow.
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