Islamic scholars consulted by a leading producer of cultivated meat say that the newfangled protein — which is grown from animal cells and doesn’t require animals to be slaughtered — can be halal, or permissible under Muslim law.

And the Jewish Orthodox Union this month certified a strain of lab-grown chicken as kosher for the first time, “marking a significant step forward for the food technology’s acceptance under Jewish dietary law,” as the Times of Israel put it.

  • Spzi
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    51 year ago

    If you agree with almost everything, would it be worthwhile to find a wording which preserves the good content while ditching the bad form?

    I also wonder how much of the annoying part is the speaker, and how much of it is the reluctance of listeners to question themselves.