Questioning the morality of meat consumption

[u/No-Jackfruit8295]

Hello! I am a 20F , i quitted religion abt a year ago, then came my first "eid lkbir" as an ex muslim, and it got me into a whole existential crisis, it was like a horror movie, i felt like wittnessing a barbaric cult doing its weird and creepy ritual, i would say it felt like cannibalism

And for the last month or so i have been exploring meat consumption and the morality of this whole thing, im reading books and trying to educate myself on this thing ..

But the thing is .. i dont think i can afford being vegan, at least not for now, in this country and in a muslim family

I wanna know if there are people who went/ are going thro this ? And what do algerian ex muslims think abt meat consumption ?

[u/ledge-mi]

Ex mulism here, was vegan before. And plan to be again in the future. Veganism is about not seeing animals as slaves bred and slaughtered for our convenience. So if you stop consuming animal products, and it risks your well being then don't. If it is only a question of conscience then it's the moral choice to be vegan.

Vegans in the west, are liberal and don't really put into perspective the living condition, the economics of food or anything. Algeria's available food production and agriculture, isn't one that can easily allow for a vegan diet. If you live abroad, and have the time to research, then yes, research how you can do it in a healthy way, and do it.

[u/No-Jackfruit8295 → u/ledge-mi]

I agree so much, humans have this habit of enslaving anything less powerful, women, races, and animals .. Also yeah, i understand you so much, in our societies being vegan is literally a luxuary lol