Pass the Tofu and Hold the Kebabs:Muslims Embrace Vegetarianism
Ruqaya Izzidien writes that with the production of meat as it is today, there are plenty of of good reasons for Muslims to cut down on meat, or even go vegetarian, that stem from Islamic history, Quranic injunctions and problems afflicting the modern food industry.
Walk into any restaurant in the Middle East today and you’ll be offered an array of diverse dishes: burgers, kofta, chicken tawook, shwarma, kebab and even pigeon and rabbit.
But few restaurant chains offer vegetarian equivalents — ask about non-meat options and you will usually be read a list of chicken dishes. Chicken, it seems, is not real meat.
