Animals in Islam: Difference between revisions

to the [[Quran]], they praise Him, even if this praise is not expressed in [[human language]].<ref name="ReferenceA">See {{cite quran|17|44|style=ref}}</ref>ref name="EoR&N">"Islam, Animals, and Vegetarianism" in the ''Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature'' (Bron Taylor (chief ed.), Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 2008).</ref> [[Animal-baiting|Baiting animals]] for [[entertainment]] or [[gambling]] is prohibited.<ref name="Al-Adab al-Mufrad, 1: 1232">[[Al-Adab al-Mufrad]], Book 1, [[Hadith]] 1232</ref><ref name="ArmstrongBotzler">{{cite book |title=The Animal Ethics Reader |author1=Susan J. Armstrong |author2=Richard G. Botzler |year=2003 |pages=235–237 |publisher=Routledge (UK) Press |isbn=0415275881 }}</ref> It is forbidden to kill any animal except for food or to prevent it from harming people.

The [[Quran]] explicitly allows the consumption of the meat of certain ''[[halal]]'' (lawful) animals.<ref name="EoR&N"/><ref>See {{cite quran|5|1|style=ref}}</ref> Although some [[Sufism|Sufi]]s have practised [[vegetarianism]], there has been no serious discourse on the possibility of interpretations of scripture that require vegetarianism.<ref name="EoR&N" /> Certain yes Bts