Cultivated or lab grown meat has been touted as one of the solutions to global warming. Cultivated meat is now being produced in Singapore, with a Malaysian company preparing another start-up in Penang this year. This brings up questions for Muslim communities as to the halal and ethical aspects of this new food source.
Supporters of ISIS and those assorted Jihadi groups might have to look into the matter of their eating human hearts, livers, spleens... something they do quite hastily while their victims are only half-dead or not dead at all.
Until the censors and well-meaning ruined the show by culling the graphic feasts on the internet, it was full of happy guys eating their food fresh from the killing fields *burp*.
Not just questioning the halal aspect but are human parts on the menu of the discerning gourmet joints (restaurants, not human parts)?
Mind you, cannibalism is still practised in many places, some really close to us. A friend who went out to PNG to assist in studying tree species and mowing the lovely rainforest down, was offered a fresh human leg (nicely wrapped with banana leaves) in exchange for some Coke and canned food.
No, the friend was too terrified to ask if the leg was halal, gave his side of the bargain for free, and buggered off home the following day.
Murray, the advent of lab-grown meat offers a promising avenue for reducing the need for traditional animal slaughter, a development many advocates for animal welfare welcome with open arms.
To digress from the topic, in 2016, the Islamic Development Bank in Jeddah devised a computerised coupon system where Muslims can "make their Eid Al-Adha sacrifice without even seeing the animal."
Through this system, when a coupon is purchased, it electronically triggers the abattoir to carry out the sacrifice. The meat is then distributed to those in need, while the purchaser receives a receipt from the bank confirming their contribution.
While the evolution of the Eucharist, which turned Bread and Wine into a white flake at Communion, is not quite the analogy, this novel Islamic sacrificial system in Saudi Arabia reflects a similar shift towards symbolic participation in religious practices.
Cultivated meat is grown from animal cells, and while it is not identical to the tissues of a living animal, it is made from the same materials and has nearly the same structure. For all intents and purposes, lab-grown meat is indeed actually meat.
Supporters of ISIS and those assorted Jihadi groups might have to look into the matter of their eating human hearts, livers, spleens... something they do quite hastily while their victims are only half-dead or not dead at all.
Until the censors and well-meaning ruined the show by culling the graphic feasts on the internet, it was full of happy guys eating their food fresh from the killing fields *burp*.
Not just questioning the halal aspect but are human parts on the menu of the discerning gourmet joints (restaurants, not human parts)?
Mind you, cannibalism is still practised in many places, some really close to us. A friend who went out to PNG to assist in studying tree species and mowing the lovely rainforest down, was offered a fresh human leg (nicely wrapped with banana leaves) in exchange for some Coke and canned food.
No, the friend was too terrified to ask if the leg was halal, gave his side of the bargain for free, and buggered off home the following day.
No, he didn't take the leg.
Murray, the advent of lab-grown meat offers a promising avenue for reducing the need for traditional animal slaughter, a development many advocates for animal welfare welcome with open arms.
To digress from the topic, in 2016, the Islamic Development Bank in Jeddah devised a computerised coupon system where Muslims can "make their Eid Al-Adha sacrifice without even seeing the animal."
Through this system, when a coupon is purchased, it electronically triggers the abattoir to carry out the sacrifice. The meat is then distributed to those in need, while the purchaser receives a receipt from the bank confirming their contribution.
While the evolution of the Eucharist, which turned Bread and Wine into a white flake at Communion, is not quite the analogy, this novel Islamic sacrificial system in Saudi Arabia reflects a similar shift towards symbolic participation in religious practices.
Peace!
https://www.arabnews.com/node/984256/saudi-arabia
Is Lab-Grown Meat Actually Meat? Yes.
Cultivated meat is grown from animal cells, and while it is not identical to the tissues of a living animal, it is made from the same materials and has nearly the same structure. For all intents and purposes, lab-grown meat is indeed actually meat.
Cheaper too.