Animal Rights in Islam
To everything in this world are rights, guaranteed by the sacred laws of Islam. Everywhere we look around us today, we see cruelty to animals. Especially, in the food industry, where animals are treated with extreme inhumanity in "civilized" nations in the name of wealth and profit! Such atrocities are widespread, well-documented and a sad fact of the materialistic modern world. Even though such actions are extremely disturbing, in spite of us closing our eyes, they will not disappear. Therefore, it is our duty to reform our outlook and attitudes in order to change this world for the better. Lest we transgress against the rights of others; and by others, in the context of this article I mean "animals". One day, the prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) saw a man overloading his donkey, so the prophet (peace be upon him) became very angry and said, "Do not overload your animal! Verily, he who is not merciful shall not be shown mercy (by ...