Animal Welfare in Islam

B.A. Masri

Paperback

9780860375951

Contents:

1 - Islamic Concern for Animals

Nature, Metaphysics, Jusristic Rules, Human Needs, Vivisection, Factory-farming, Moral Appeal of Islam, Slaughter of Food Animals

2 - Vegetarianism Vs Meatarianism

Dialectics of Diet and Health, Vitamins, Economics of Food, Confucianism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism

3 - Animal Sacrifice

Other Religions, Atonement, Meaning of Sacrifice, Islamic Theology of Sacrifice

4 - Halal Meat: The Bone of Contention

Lawful and Unlawful Meat, Quranic Dietary Ordinances, Paradoxical Enigma of Pork, Blood