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In the historical Vedic religion, the predecessor of Hinduism, meat-eating was not banned in principle, but was restricted by specific rules. Several highly authoritative scriptures bar violence against domestic animals except in the case of ritual sacrifice.
Islamic vegetarianism and veganism is the practice of abstention from meat (and other animal products in case of vegans) among Muslims.The vast majority of Muslims eat meat; many Islamic jurists consider vegetarianism permissible but not superior to meat-eating.
This is a list of religions, denominations, and sects that require vegetarianism. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. R.
In many societies, controversies and debates have arisen over the ethics of eating animals. Some people, while not vegetarians, refuse to eat the flesh of certain animals due to cultural taboo, such as cats, dogs, horses or rabbits. Others support meat eating for scientific, nutritional and cultural reasons, including religious ones.
The USDA gave two brands, Good Meat and Upside Foods, the green light last week to start producing and selling lab-grown, or cultivated, chicken in the United States. But is that kosher, literally?
There are several religious and philosophical arguments used by modern Jewish vegetarians regarding the ethics of eating meat. [49] According to some, vegetarianism is consistent with the sacred teachings and highest ideals of Judaism, including compassion, health, life, conservation of resources, tzedakah, kashrut, peace, and justice.
The Islamic dietary laws and the Jewish dietary laws (kashrut; in English, kosher) are both quite detailed, and contain both points of similarity and discord.Both are the dietary laws and described in distinct religious texts: an explanation of the Islamic code of law found in the Quran and Sunnah and the Jewish code of laws found in the Torah, Talmud and Shulchan Aruch.
In Abrahamic religions, eating pig flesh is clearly forbidden by Jewish , Islamic and Christian Adventist (kosher animals) dietary laws. Although Christianity is an Abrahamic religion, [ 5 ] most of its adherents do not follow these aspects of Mosaic law and do consume its meat.