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In Islam, Pork is forbidden to eat.

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[edit] Why Muslim can’t eat pork

The pig is one of the filthiest animals on earth: Our purpose is nothing more than a way to identify Muslims as Muslims, since we cease to be Muslims much as the rite of circumcision was said to have done. The abstention from pork, for example, would keep strict Moslems from intermingling (and hence intermarrying and interbreeding) with the pork-eating Gentiles, keeping the faith pure and free from outside influence.

The pig is one of the filthiest animals on earth. It lives and thrives on muck, filth and dirt. In the villages they don’t have modern toilets and the villagers excrete in the open air. Very often excreta are cleared by pigs.

Some may argue that in advanced countries like Australia, pigs are bred in very clean and hygienic conditions. Even in these hygienic conditions the pigs are kept together in sties. No matter how hard you try to keep them clean they are filthy by nature. They eat and enjoy their own as well as their neighbor’s excreta. ”

Many Christians believe that this verse was directed only at the Jews only. But the prophet Isa Upon. Him. Be. Peace. (Jesus) himself says during the Sermon on the Mount of the Sinai; "Think not that I am come to destroy the Law, or the Prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill." Some Christians say that, after a vision by St. Peter, God cleansed all animals and made them fit and lawful for human consumption. If ALL animals are cleansed by Peter's vision, this includes the closet relatively Sus scrofa’s cousin the Warthog and Wild boar, dogs, cats, vultures, chimps, asses, and rats: please note here that the word scrofa is the corruption of the English slang word of scruff but you just don't see people getting excited about a cat-meat sandwich like they do over barbecued pork or bacon. Others say that it was the Apostle Paul who rescinded the law forbidding pork to humans, in order to appease the Romans, who enjoyed the taste of pig-meat. Many excuses have been given, but none are very sound.

Many Far Eastern traditions also discourage the eating of pork. The 3,000-year-old Confucian Book of Rites says, "A gentleman does not eat the flesh of pigs and dogs." Although many Chinese are avid eaters of pork today, physicians of Ancient China recognized pork-eating as the root of many human ailments. Buddhists, Jains and Hindus usually avoid eating any kind of meat.

[edit] Kindness to animals

(Qur'anic View): Allah created every creature for a purpose. The final Prophet (p.b.u.h.) always encouraged being kind to animals. Although we must definitely not eat the meat of the pig, it doesn't mean that we should loathe or exterminate pigs. We should show them the same kindness as any other animal, and not abuse or torture them. Pigs score high on tests devised to determine animal intelligence; in other words, they are very smart. It used to be that native European peoples believed that pork would taste better if the pigs were kept in a state of filth, but this is not the natural inclination of the pig. When left to their own devices, it is said that pigs do not like to soil their sleeping quarters. As for their tendency to wallow in mud, that is done mainly to keep cool.

Personality argument: Winston Churchill he said, "Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals."

[edit] Benefits of Pork

Pork contains numberous nutrients that are helpful in building and maintaining a healthy body, including six essential vitamins, four important minerals, protein and energy. Pork contains Riboflavin, Thiamine, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Pantothenate, Phosphorus, Magnisiu, Iron and Zinc and is an excellent source of protein. [1].

[edit] Verses in Quran forbidding the consumption of Pork

Several Qur'anic verses, after interpretation from scholars, prohibit the consumption of pork.

Muslims are forbidden by God to eat the meat of the pig (pork).

This is detailed in the Qur'anic verses 2:173, 5:3, 6:145, and 16:115 of the Holy Qur'an. An exemplary verse is quoted here: "He has only forbidden you dead meat, and blood, and the flesh of swine, and any (food) over which the name of other than Allah has been invoked. But if one is forced by necessity, without willful disobedience, nor transgressing due limits, then Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."

Al-Baqarah The Cow 2:173. He hath only forbidden you dead meat, and blood, and the flesh of swine, and that on which any other name hath been invoked besides that of Allah. But if one is forced by necessity, without willful disobedience, nor transgressing due limits,- then is he guiltless. For Allah is Oft-Forgiving Most Merciful.

The Food 5:3. Forbidden to you (for food) are: dead meat, blood, the flesh of swine, and that on which hath been invoked the name of other than Allah; that which hath been killed by strangling, or by a violent blow, or by a headlong fall, or by being gored to death; that which hath been (partly) eaten by a wild animal; unless ye are able to slaughter it (in due form); that which is sacrificed on stone (altars); (forbidden) also is the division (of meat) by raffling with arrows: that is impiety. This day have those who reject faith given up all hope of your religion: Yet fear them not but fear Me. This day have I perfected your religion for you, completed My favor upon you, and have chosen for you Islám as your religion. But if any is forced by hunger, with no inclination to transgression, Allah is indeed Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.

The Cattle 6:145. Say: "I find not in the Message received by me by inspiration any (meat) forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it, unless it be dead meat, or blood poured forth, or the flesh of swine,- for it is an abomination - or, what is impious, (meat) on which a name has been invoked, other than Allah's". But (even so), if a person is forced by necessity, without willful disobedience, nor transgressing due limits,- thy Lord is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.

The Bee 16:115. He has only forbidden you dead meat, and blood, and the flesh of swine, and any (food) over which the name of other than Allah has been invoked. But if one is forced by necessity, without willful disobedience, nor transgressing due limits,- then Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.


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  1. ^ The Benefits of Pork

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This is a sub-article to Islamic dietary laws and Religious restrictions on the consumption of pork.

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