He was speaking Friday to launch a two-day international conference on fatwas in modern society.
In Islam, a fatwa is a religious code to guide the Muslim community on various aspects of religious life and is a formal interpretation of Islamic law by a qualified religious scholar known as a mufti.
Islamic Affairs Minister Masagos Zulkifli also told reporters on the sidelines of the meeting that the issue of lab-grown meat has been studied by the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (MUIS) since 2022.
“We can be one of the first countries in the world to actually lead in this field by not only producing cultured meat, but ensuring that it is halal for consumption by Muslims,” the minister said. Today reported.
“New foods that can be produced in a more environmentally sustainable way compared to traditional agriculture and aquaculture offer a practical way to contribute to environmental sustainability,” MUIS said in a Saturday media stated in the release.
The report added that the religious guidance was drawn up after Singapore became the first country in the world to approve the sale of cultured meat products in 2020, which raised questions about whether consumption by Muslims was acceptable.
The conference was attended by Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat and approximately 400 guests, including international religious leaders, ambassadors, religious leaders and community leaders.
Singapore’s Mufti, Mr Naziruddin, said religious authorities should be allowed to adjust their rulings in response to technological developments and social changes.
“Rather than harboring exclusivist views that limit who and what we cooperate with, we strive for an Islam that seeks to preserve and protect all human life and ensure all forms of well-being. We can certainly strive to do so,” said a top Singaporean Islamic leader.
One such development is the development of alternative food sources.
He said while some argue that there is no need for such food sources and that Muslim communities should continue to enjoy “real” food such as real meat, the MUIS fatwa committee said He said that he had carefully considered whether the meat was harmful. Consumption by Muslims is permitted.
He said the committee he chairs visited a laboratory that grows meat in bioreactors. “These are originally animal cells, but we are essentially working with something fundamentally different,” he said. “So how should Islamic jurisprudence treat something that is familiar, but is it fundamentally different?” Delegation is an option, but he said doing so risks creating a bigger crisis in the future.
“The committee has determined that it is permissible to consume meat grown in a laboratory where the cells are halal or of Islamic permissible animal origin and where the final raw materials do not contain non-halal ingredients. “It has been decided that it is Halal,” he added. . PTI GS NPK AKJ NPK NPK
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