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Islamic scholars consulted by a leading producer of cultivated meat say that the newfangled protein — which is grown from animal cells and doesn't require animals to be slaughtered — can be halal, or permissible under Muslim law.

And the Jewish Orthodox Union this month certified a strain of lab-grown chicken as kosher for the first time, "marking a significant step forward for the food technology's acceptance under Jewish dietary law," as the Times of Israel put it.

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[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In all these commands the principle is to not mess with the naturally created order of things.

Is it, or did you just cherry pick a few of the hundreds or thousands of rules in the priestly books that support your point? And honestly I don't see how mixing textiles or seeds is unnatural in any way. Have you ever seen a big block of monoculture in the wild?

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