Dervish

Well, we at the Umm and Abu Yasmin household are trying to become better global citizens and have been inspired by various environmentally-conscious efforts such as No-Impact Man, the Compact, Freecyle, and more.

I confess, we (well…. I) don’t think toooooo much about the environmental impact of the “stuff” we buy.  A while back we finally decided to get rid of a table that was so wobbly it was in danger of collapsing at any moment, so as I was brushing my teeth I contemplated a trip to Ikea to get a new table.  But then, I thought, “hang on, what about this trying not to buy any new stuff” business, and so I’m going to track down a second-hand table thru Freecycle or at a second-hand shop.

We are also going to go pretty much vegetarian.  For a long time now I have struggled with the meat issue.  See, meat at “halal” butchers where I live is treated in the same unethical manner that meat at normal butchers are treated (caged chickens etc.) and so I don’t feel ethically good about buying meat from “halal” butchers. 

But meat from organic butchers is not slaughtered in the Islamic manner, and whilst there is a Maliki permission to buy meat from a butcher that is Christian or Jewish, I’d prefer to eat dhabiha meat, and cross-contamination with pork products is highly likely at organic butchers (eg. when salespeople handle pork products and non-pork products with the same gloves, on the same benches etc.).

So, rather than sit on the fence, after chatting with some fellow Muslims that feel like me, I’ve decided to be inspired by their example and move to a mostly organic vegetarian / fish based diet.  So I’ve been trawling the website for good Vegie recipes. 

Speaking of recipes, Abu Yasmin created this VERY nifty website called Nassles that allows me to put in recipes, meal-plan and create shopping lists.  So do check it out, it’s very handy.

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