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Student shares his experiences as a vegan Muslim

22/04/2024
student Yasir Ahmed

Yasir Ahmed, a student from the School of Mathematics and Computer Science, is a vegan Muslim. In this Birmingham Mail news publication, Yasir talks about the reasons for his plant-based choices and the reaction from his community. 

Yasir, 21, from Selly Oak is vegan for mainly ethical, but also environmental benefits. As a student at the University of Wolverhampton, he is lucky to find many cheap, vegan options. He said: "I am vegan because meat is not a necessity for me" but often finds bewildered reactions from members of his community, as meat consumption is closely tied to Islam. 

Yasir said: "I believe there is not enough attention in Muslim communities around how the producers of the animal products they consume should be indulging in halal practices and attention is only put on meat.

"Many animals are killed in dairy and egg farming in entirely non-halal methods, and this issue is ignored. There's also the issue of how much of a necessity eating animal and meat products is nowadays."

Yasir goes on to say about the consumption of animal products: "For some other people it still is a necessity, but this doesn't include me personally and I am very grateful to have the freedom on what to eat."

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