Islamic Ethics and Rituals of Killing Non-Human Animals
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“Sharpen Your Blade and Put Your Animal at Ease”: Islamic Ethics and Rituals of Killing Non-Human Animals The Harvard community has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters Citation Friedlander, Nuri. 2020. “Sharpen Your Blade and Put Your Animal at Ease”: Islamic Ethics and Rituals of Killing Non-Human Animals. Doctoral dissertation, Harvard University, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. Citable link https://nrs.harvard.edu/URN-3:HUL.INSTREPOS:37365851 Terms of Use This article was downloaded from Harvard University’s DASH repository, and is made available under the terms and conditions applicable to Other Posted Material, as set forth at http:// nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:dash.current.terms-of- use#LAA ! ! ! ! ! "#$%&'()!*+,&!-.%/(!%)/!0,1!*+,&!2)34%.!%1!5%6(78!! ! 96.%43:!51$3:6!%)/!;31,%.6!+<!=3..3)>!?+)@A,4%)!2)34%.6! ! ! 2!B366(&1%13+)!0&(6()1(/! ! !CD! ! ?,&3!E&3(/.%)/(&! ! ! 1+! ! 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