Current meat production damages our planet through deforestation and methane emissions while reaping untolled animal suffering. On the technological horizon we can envision no-kill cultured meat that could solve numerous ecological problems. Might no-kill cultured meat replace today's burgers and wings?
There is no silver bullet that when shot will immediately fix what's broken in global food production and distribution. Yet, I hope that inexpensive no-kill cultivated meat might meet essential protein needs that would contribute to mitigation of food insecurity. Might food insecurity be mitigated by no-kill cultivated meat?
In this interview with Professor Mahjabeen Dhala, we learn that Muslims are likely to eat cultivated meat if it meets existing jurisprudence standards already in place to govern slaughtered meat. Cultivated meat will meet halal standards if it conforms to existing Islamic jurisprudence standards.