Why eating pork is forbidden for Jews and Muslims?
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judaism: don't know, rules a bit complex and can be restrictive. upside is that kosher meat works for muslims (if you take a flexible view). \n\nislam: GENERAL rule is if an animal eats the flesh of another, i.e. carnivorous,  it is disallowed for human consumption. therefore, herbivorous animals are ok. pigs are forbidden because they're not fussy eaters, they'll eat anything left lying around, including decaying meat. far as i know lambs aren't like that. \ncan't give you an answer for marine animals as i honestly don't remember.
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of land animals, those which do not BOTH chew the cud and have a true split hoof are unclean.\n\nOf sea animals, those which do not BOTH have fins and scales are unclean.\n\nTherefore, here are some other examples:\nall shellfish (crabs, lobsters, clams, oysters,etc)\ncertain other fish, such as catfish (they don't have scales)\nrabbits,\ndogs,\ncats,\nhorses,\nsnakes,\nalligators,\n\nOf birds....The Bible just gives a long list of birds by name.  However, most or many of these birds are not identifiable today.  Therefore, Jews only eat those birds which they have a tradition of knowing that they are clean.  For example, chicken and turkey are known to be clean.  (In fact Israel is the place where people eat the most turkey per capita).\n\nAny bird for which there is not a known tradition to eat it, is not eaten.\n\n**Special note on locusts:\nA certain type of locust is kosher.  However, most Jews forgot which locusts were kosher and which were unclean, and therefore, they are not permitted to eat them at all, because the tradition was lost.  However, interestingly, there are Jews who lived in Yemen for many years who DID retain the tradition about which locusts were kosher.  And therefore, it is permissible for those Yemenite Jews to eat the clean locust.  (it is determined by a mark on the abdomen that looks like the Hebrew letter chet).
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No.  And they serve pork.  But you can ask for your child to have no pork if you like.  They can't do anything about the Halal beef, other than possibly (a) suggest that you send lunch for your child yourself or (b) suggest a vegetarian lunch instead.\n\nThere are 2 Muslim students at my school.  One of them eats vegetarian, because his parents do not want him to eat beef that isn't Halal.  The other one eats other beef, but just eats a special diet of "no pork" -- so that when we have sausage, pepperoni or ham, they will give her something else.\n\nWe are a state school, however, and your school may not do this for your children.  They may simply tell you that you have to provide your own lunches if you have this dietary requirement.\n\nHope it helps.
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Many things... but the biblical thing is a cow chews cud, pigs don't. That is why pigs are unclean in the old testament. Also, pig poo smells a lot worse then cow poo does!
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No Pork, No Shellfish, And Only Fish That Have  Scales! Only Kosher Meat, Most Anything Else Is OK, Good Luck!
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Muslims do not eat pig, since it is mentioned in the Quran\n\n"He has only forbidden you dead meat, and blood, and the flesh of swine, and that on which any other name has been invoked besides that of God. But if one is forced by necessity, without willful disobedience, nor transgressing due limits,- then is he guiltless. For God is Oft-forgiving Most Merciful."  Quran 2:173.
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As Christianity infected the world, it entered areas where pork had always been consumed, this continued. No source of protein that delicious would go un-utilized by hungry people who had a tradition of consuming it.
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It is not a double standard.  I am not a Muslim, but the prohibition sounds a lot like the Ten Commandments, followed by Christians and Jews, prohibiting "graven images."  There is no prohibition about other types of statues or images in these religions, either.  It is one of the unifying tenets of all these faiths.
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This is the way it should be done.....very effective....\n\nOne important thing to note beforehand is that Muslims detest pork because they believe pigs are filthy animals. They simply refuse to eat it, most won't even touch pigs at all, nor any of their by-products. To them, eating or touching a pig, its meat, its blood, etc., is to be instantly barred from paradise and doomed to hell.\n\nJust before World War I, there were a number of terrorist attacks on the United States by, you guessed it, Muslim extremists. So General Pershing captured 50 terrorists and had them tied to posts execution style. He then had his men bring in two pigs and slaughter them in front of the now horrified terrorists. The soldiers then soaked their bullets in the pigs blood, and proceeded to execute 49 of the terrorists by firing squad.The soldiers then dug a big hole, dumped in the terrorist's bodies and covered them in pig blood, entrails, etc. They let the 50th man go.\n\nFor the next forty-two years, there was not a single Muslim extremist attack anywhere in the world.\n\nPeace!
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Depends on the law of the specific countries. I have certainly seen in some of the muslim countries they do sell pork.
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pork in many religions is considered unclean
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The only place that researching the Holocaust may be forbidden is in Muslim Countries that wish to believe that it never happened and do not want researchers proving their stand otherwise.  It is a subject that is studied extensively throughout the rest of the world in order to learn to recognize what causes this kind of activity in order to keep it from happening again.
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IT DEPENDS ON WHAT MEAT YOU EAT. GOD HAS CHOSEN ONLY CERTAIN FOODS TO EAT.\n** TEXTS THAT INVOLVE THE CLEAN AND UNCLEAN MEATS:\nGEN.18:7-8; LEV.11; 20:25; DEUT.14; ISAIAH 66:17; EZEK.22:26; DAN.1:8; MATT.3:4; LUKE 24:41-43; ACTS 10:10-14; 1COR.3:16-17; 9:27; 2COR.6:17; AND REV.21:8.\n\n**ALSO YOU CAN'T EAT THE BLOOD OF THE MEAT (LEV.17:14).\n \nJUST A NOTE FOR OTHERS----TO ME; IF THE CLEAN AND UNCLEAN MEATS WEREN'T VALID FOR TODAY; THEN WHY OH WHY WOULD THE LORD PLEAD WITH FLESH NOT TO EAT UNCLEAN MEAT--(ISAIAH 66:15-17). ALSO NOTICE DEUT.14:4 "SHALT NOT EAT ANY ABOMINABLE THING" AND REV.21:8 "...THE ABOMINABLE SHALL HAVE THEIR PART IN THE LAKE WHICH BURNETH WITH FIRE AND BRIMSTONE: WHICH IS THE SECOND DEATH."
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With Mad Cow disease, pumping antibiotics and growth hormones into cattle to fatten them, how can it be safe to consume their flesh?  That's not counting the cancer that runs through their muscles after the "spot" was removed from the carcass.  Chickens pass on Leukemia, and pork was never intended for human consumption if you believe the Word of God.  There ARE "clean" and "unclean" flesh foods of the land, sea, and air, mentioned specifically in Deut. & Leviticus.  If you look up the life-span of pre-flood human beings who were mostly vegetarians you'll be surprised to find they lived hundreds of years.  After the flood, when God gave man permission to eat animal flesh, man's life-span diminished quickly, until 70 years was the "norm."  It's an interesting study.  And yes, I'm a vegan and happy to be one.
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Jesus ate no unclean meats.\nIsaiah 66:15-17For, behold, the Lord will come with fire, and with His chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.16- For by fire and by his sword will the Lord plead with all flesh: and the slain of the Lord shall be many,17- They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, EATING SWINE'S FLESH, AND THE ABOMINATION, AND THE MOUSE, SHALL BE CONSUMED TOGETHER SAYS THE LORD.\n  I don't think we have seen the Lord come back with such fury, as spoken in these verses, so this  is yet to come, and we can see quite clearly from these verses, unclean meat is still considered unclean meats today as well as in the Old Testament.
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They don't have to eat it!!....j/k\nSeriously, it's the principle of defending your ideals. That's why they always refer to those individuals as "infidels", the are seen as a threat to their belief system.\nAlways keep in mind that, unfortunately, people use religion and interpret those beliefs in a manner that justify their actions.
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In the Muslim world, pigs are the lowest, dirtiest animals and it is forbidden to eat them.  To give a pig the human qualities of speech, intelligence and a personality is highly blasphemous!