Veganism and Women's Rights Activism: Kufr or Hasanāt?
Women’s rights activism and have many similarities from a particular Islamic point of view. Both can be seen as kufr or as hasanāt. Let me explain why this isn’t contradictory. For voluntary thought, an idea generally precedes an action, hence an action is a manifestation of an idea. For example, I think that Allah will punish me if I don’t pray, hence I pray. However multiple thoughts a result in a single action and vice versa. For an example of multiple ideas resulting a single action: I might pray because I want to show off. For an example of a single idea manifesting multiple actions: I might want to give zakat out of fear of God’s wrath. Similarly, is that topic of veganism. If you become a vegan because you believe that it is morally wrong to kill animals to eat them, then you have committed a type of kufr because you now think you are a better legislator than the Ultimate Legislator. This type of veganism with this moral justification is haram. However,...