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Islam and Animals in the Postdomestic Context

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Animals, Race, and Multiculturalism

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In this chapter, I analyze the discourse on animal ethics from the perspective of Islamic teachings and traditions. I discuss the tension in a multicultural society between animal rights/welfare and the practice of Islamic animal slaughter, where the latter is often considered as inhumane and inferior to modern slaughter practice. I argue for a different way to formulate a richer multicultural conversation about human–animal relationships that challenges the marginalization of religion in general, and Islam in particular, by critically analyzing the way the current discourse reduce the issue to a matter of an accommodation to religious minority rights.

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  1. 1.

    Abdullah Ali Yusuf, The Qur’an: A Translation, 25th edition (Elmhurst, NY: Tahrike Tarsile Qur’an, 2001).

  2. 2.

    Mian M. Riaz and Muhammad M. Chaudry, Halal Food Production (Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2004), p. 68.

  3. 3.

    Pablo Lerner and Alfredo Mordechai Rabello, “The Prohibition of Ritual Slaughtering (Kosher Shechita and Halal) and Freedom of Religion of Minorities,” Journal of Law and Religion, Vol. 22 No. 1 (2006/2007) p. 11.

  4. 4.

    Temple Grandin, “Recommended Captive Bolt Stunning Techniques for Cattle” (2014) from http://grandin.com/humane/cap.bolt.tips.html.

  5. 5.

    Temple Grandin and Gary C. Smit,” Animal Welfare and Humane Slaughter” (2004) from http://grandin.com/references/humane.slaughter.html.

  6. 6.

    Temple Grandin, “Discussion of research that shows that Kosher or Halal Slaughter without stunning causes pain” (2010) from http://grandin.com/ritual/slaughter.without.stunning.causes.pain.html.

  7. 7.

    Al-Hafiz Basheer Ahmad Masri, Animal Welfare in Islam (Leicestershire: The Islamic Foundation, 2009) pp. 49–50.

  8. 8.

    Nadia Arumugam, “The Eco-Halal Revolution,” Culinate, November 4, 2009 from http://www.culinate.com/articles/features/the_eco-halal_revolution; Christina Power, “Ethical, Organic, Safe: The Other Side of Halal Food,” The Guardian, May 18, 2014, http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/may/18/halal-food-uk-ethical-organic-safe.

  9. 9.

    Richard Foltz, Animals in Islamic Tradition and Muslim Cultures (Oxford: Oneworld, 2006); and Kecia Ali, “Muslims and Meat-Eating: Vegetarianism, Gender, and Identity,” in Journal of Religious Ethics Vol. 43, No. 2, 2015, pp. 268–288.

  10. 10.

    Richard Foltz, Animals in Islamic Tradition and Muslim Cultures (Oxford: Oneworld, 2006), p. 219.

  11. 11.

    Richard Foltz, Animals in Islamic Tradition and Muslim Cultures (Oxford: Oneworld, 2006), p. 123.

  12. 12.

    Kecia Ali, “Muslims and Meat-Eating: Vegetarianism, Gender, and Identity,” in Journal of Religious Ethics Vol. 43, No. 2, 2015, p. 280.

  13. 13.

    Nadia Arumugam, “The Eco-Halal Revolution,” Culinate, November 4, 2009 from http://www.culinate.com/articles/features/the_eco-halal_revolution.

  14. 14.

    Magfirah Dahlan-Taylor, “Beyond Barbarity and Concealment: Animal Sacrifice and Religious Slaughter in Islamic Responses to Postdomesticity,” Culture and Religion, (2016), DOI:10.1080/14755610.2016.1216456.

  15. 15.

    Richard W. Bulliet, Hunters, Herders and Hamburgers: The Past and Future of Human-Animal Relationships (New York: Columbia University Press, 2005).

  16. 16.

    Id. at 3.

  17. 17.

    Magfirah Dahlan-Taylor, “Beyond Barbarity and Concealment: Animal Sacrifice and Religious Slaughter in Islamic Responses to Postdomesticity,” Culture and Religion, (2016). DOI:10.1080/14755610.2016.1216456, p. 11.

  18. 18.

    Magfirah Dahlan-Taylor, ““Good” Food: Islamic Food Ethics beyond Religious Dietary Laws,” Critical Research on Religion, (2015). doi:10.1177/205030214567670.

  19. 19.

    Magfirah Dahlan-Taylor, “Beyond Barbarity and Concealment: Animal Sacrifice and Religious Slaughter in Islamic Responses to Postdomesticity,” Culture and Religion, (2016). DOI:10.1080/14755610.2016.1216456, p. 11–13.

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  1. Philosophy and Religious Studies, Craven Community College, 800 College Ct., New Bern, NC, 28562, USA

    Magfirah Dahlan

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  1. Department of Philosophy (Zhuhai), Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, South Africa

    LuĂ­s Cordeiro-Rodrigues

  2. University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa

    Les Mitchell

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Dahlan, M. (2017). Islam and Animals in the Postdomestic Context. In: Cordeiro-Rodrigues, L., Mitchell, L. (eds) Animals, Race, and Multiculturalism . The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66568-9_11

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