Thanks for this. Yeah it’s tough—I’ve thought about this particular thing quite a bit and I don’t know what the right direction would be. This could be mitigated by “EA for Muslims” not taking a particular stance on anything and creating spin-off projects which do take a stance on things (e.g. maybe “EA Islamic Animal welfare initiative” does care about pigs.
On the one hand: Some (probably most) muslims would not want to help pigs because they’re specifically singled out as an unclean/non-prefered/dirty animal. I don’t know whether or not they’re sympathetic to pig suffering or if they’re indifferent (I’m sure some percentage would be pro-pig suffering but we’re probably not trying to reach those people in the first place).
but on the other hand: Some muslims (like me) think pigs are probably very capable of feeling suffering and the amount of suffering endured collectively by pigs is really really bad and we should try stopping it. I think a reasonable muslim could say something like “god made these pigs, and says lots of things about how we should prevent the suffering of animals, and he doesn’t say “except pigs”
Thanks for this. Yeah it’s tough—I’ve thought about this particular thing quite a bit and I don’t know what the right direction would be. This could be mitigated by “EA for Muslims” not taking a particular stance on anything and creating spin-off projects which do take a stance on things (e.g. maybe “EA Islamic Animal welfare initiative” does care about pigs.
On the one hand: Some (probably most) muslims would not want to help pigs because they’re specifically singled out as an unclean/non-prefered/dirty animal. I don’t know whether or not they’re sympathetic to pig suffering or if they’re indifferent (I’m sure some percentage would be pro-pig suffering but we’re probably not trying to reach those people in the first place).
but on the other hand: Some muslims (like me) think pigs are probably very capable of feeling suffering and the amount of suffering endured collectively by pigs is really really bad and we should try stopping it. I think a reasonable muslim could say something like “god made these pigs, and says lots of things about how we should prevent the suffering of animals, and he doesn’t say “except pigs”