Here are some friends with simlar question as we.And I have this question for many days,anyone help us?
Kitty said: Yes.Why can't muslim eat pork?-I try seach this on internet but no results found.Maybe this is a stupid question.
Mike said: oh,no,you are wrong.I have found as below for this question(Why can't muslim eat pork?),it will help you,my kids.
please don't tell me because of religion because thats not specific, and also dont tell me muslims can't eat pork because of it's unhealthy because non-muslim eat pork and their fine with it.
Answer:
The only answer you're likely to get is because of the religion. You're asking why a certain religion prohibits it, and frankly, that's the answer, because it's in the Qur'an. That's like asking why Judeo-Christians take a Sabbath. Because it's in the Bible.
For reference:
"Forbidden to you for (food) are: dead meat, blood and the flesh of the swine and that which hath been invoked the name other than Allah. "
-Holy Qur'an 5:4
As for the unhealthy aspect, whether or not the pig is unhealthy doesn't matter... it only matters that Muslims believe it is unhealthy.
religion purpuse
Because their holy book says that they can't.
In the ancient world, one was likely to get sick from eating pork.
not sure exactly why, but it has something to do with the animal being "unclean"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/religious_r...
Muslims keep old testament "kosher". Split hoofed animals were unclean in the laws given to Moses.
It is indeed because it is stated in their bibles. The pigs are not considered clean animals to be eaten.
Below are the quotes from the bible
New International Version:
Leviticus 11:
6 The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a split hoof; it is unclean for you.
7 And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.
8 You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.
King James Version:
Leviticus 11
6 And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
7 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.
8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.
I am not sure why else they can not eat it but religion is pretty predominant principle in their lives
its the religion
Muslims follow the Quran.
The Quran is kind of a "New Testament" for them.
And, like the New Testament, their Bible contains the Old Testament.
The New Testament allowed non-Jews (later to become Christians) to eat pork.
The Quran did not allow its followers to eat pork. The Old Testament laws were kept.
They were thought to be unclean...
I don't know how they do it though!!!
I LOVE BACON!!! I LOVE PORK CHOPS!!!
i never met i pig i wouldn't eat.......
Not only in ancient times, but up until recent times eating pork carried a lot more dangers than most other meats if it was even slightly undercooked. Pork had to be done well, well, well done.
Pigs eat an omnivorous diet, much like people do, even more so, because pigs will eat stuff we wouldn't go near. As a result, either from rummaging and eating whatever they ran into, or from eating our throwaways, their food was much more likely to introduce various pathogens that, while the pig might be able to carry on without too much effect, would infect human eaters.
As a result, many older religions (including Judeaism) considered pork to be "evil," and proscribed eating it. Makes sense - eat it, get sick, it's evil.
Parasites, tapeworms and, in particular trichinosis were infamous pork-borne diseases.
Since science taught us from whence those pathogens came, standards improved on requirements for the pigs' diets. "Slop" now has to be thoroughly cooked and sterilized before feeding them to pigs, and many farmers focus more intensely on a vegetable-centric diet for the animals, since a lot of the dangerous bacteria and germs thrive more on meat than plants.
Nowadays, there's no physical or scientific reason for it, but religion is very much about traditions and belief. Now it's because it's considered necessary to be pure and holy, so it really does boil down to "because of the religion."
But at least we can see where it came from.
To abstain from consuming pork means to care about one’s health. The omnivorous pig, being by far the most slovenly and greedy domestic animal, devours virtually anything, including human excrement and is a breeding ground for various malignant microbes and parasites. Consumption of pork may result in many serious diseases. We are safe to assume that one of the main reasons behind the prohibition of pork consumption was the spread of trichinosis, - a disease caused by trichinella spiralis, a parasitic roundworm.
Trichinosis is caused by eating infected raw or insufficiently cooked pork, in which the immature parasite is encysted. When such a piece of meat is eaten, the encysted embryos are set free in the intestines, and develop into full-grown trichinae. From each pair of these, thousands of new embryos may arise in the course of several weeks. As soon as this new generation of embryos is produced, they make their way into the wall of the bowel, and thence wander through the circulation system, finally depositing themselves between the fibers of the voluntary muscles, where they become encysted. The first symptoms develop in the course of two weeks after the infection. The disease is characterized by fever and severe pain in the limbs and muscles, oedema of the soft tissues, and eosinophilia in the blood. The infection may result in severe damage to the nervous system (in the form of encephalitis), cardiac muscle (miocarditis), as well as other complications.
Despite the therapeutic advances, contemporary medicine does not provide an effective cure for trichinosis. The only efficient protection, therefore, is based on prevention, or giving up eating pork. Although the meat is subject to thorough inspection in slaughter-houses, as well as by the Sanitary Inspection, this procedure does not give a one hundred percent guarantee, as was clearly shown by the recent outbreak in Moscow.
The list of the microbes and parasites found in pork is vast. It should be emphasized that many of these diseases as yet remain incurable.
Taenia Solium (tapeworm). The taeniasis is caused by the brain’s infestation by the larvae form of the pork tapeworm, the gastrointestinal parasite, and may constitute up to 1.3 percent of the intracranial volume. The parasite’s onchosphere travels through the mucous membranes of the blood vessels into the portal circulatory system, and is thence transported throughout the body, infecting various internal organs, as well as the brain. The course of the disease is remittent and, symptomatically, is characterized by the presence of several niduses. The infestation may often be manifested in the development of the epileptic syndrome, meningism and the increase of the intracranial pressure.
Roundworms. Ascariasis may result in appendicitis, and some types of jaundice. The infestation is known to cause dyspepsia.
Schitosoma Japonica. This disease is manifested in hemorrhages and anemia. In the case of the ova infesting the brain or bone marrow, the disease may bring about paralysis or death.
Paragonimus Westermani. Infestation may result in haemoptysis, or the coughing up of blood, due to the worm setting in the lungs.
Paciolepsis Buski. This parasite causes dyspepsia, severe diarrhea and general edema.
Clonorchis Sinensis. Infestation by this parasite may be manifested in some types of jaundice.
Metastrongylus Apri may cause bronchitis or the inflammation of the lungs’ tissue.
Gigantorinchus Gigas causes anemia and dyspepsia.
Balantidium Coli is known to cause acute dysentery, resulting in the severe emaciation.
Bacterial diseases
Tuberculosis.
Fusiformis Necrophulus, which causes a serious disease of the lower limbs.
Salmonella Cholera Suis (cholera)
Brucellosis, - the disease results in the irreversible loss of the victim’s capabilities.
Erysipelas, or St. Anthony’s fire.
Viral infections
Small pox.
Japanese encephalitis (B-type).
Influenza.
Protozoan infections
Toxoplasma Goundii. This microorganism causes a very serious disease of toxoplasmosis. In the congenital form the unborn child is infected by the mother. Toxoplasmosis often results in the sudden death within several days or weeks after birth. In the case of survival, the infection may result in mental retardation, loss of sight or deafness. The acquired form in adults may manifest itself in chronic fever, marked by liver and spleen malfunction, pneumonia, and hydrocephalus. This disease may also affect sight and hearing.
Those who consume pork are more prone to obesity due to the high percentage of fat in pork. In this group, blood cholesterol level is frequently higher than normal; pork-eaters are more susceptible to arteriosclerosis, which may result in cardiovascular diseases, malfunction of the brain blood-circulation, vascular pathology of the lower limbs, etc.
Pork is difficult to digest, which may be the cause of many chronic diseases of the digestive system. Ulcerous skin infections are more frequently found within the pork-consuming group. Of great interest is the research into the hydrolysis of pork fat, its deposition in the human body, and the extent of its utilization. There is a theory that animal fat, acquired by the consumption of the herbivorous animals’ meat, undergoes a process of hydrolysis and is thence synthesized anew and deposited in the body as human fat. Pork fat, however, is not subject to hydrolysis and is consequently deposited in the human fat tissue as pork fat. Since the proper utilization of this fat deposit is problematic, in order to produce energy, the body burns up the stock of glucose, which is essential for brain activity. This process brings about a chronic feeling of hunger, which, in turn, results in a vicious circle: although having a substantial fat build-up, the person is constantly consuming additional food without feeling satisfied.
In Ehiopia it's the Christians who aren't supposed to eat pork and the Muslims who do. I bet it's the same reason Europeans don't eat horse!
Ages ago, it ticked off some leader that people were paying the wrong people money to buy these animals but the only way to get a boycott going was to declare that they were religiously unclean.
Catholics eat fish on Fridays because a certain Pope wanted to support the coastal communities who supported him.
Those people who eat pork aren't aware of the harms pork causes, that's why. Many of my non-Muslim science teachers don't eat pork for the same logical reasons that we Muslims don't.
Also, you should know that eating pork is also forbidden in the Bible:
"And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be cloven footed, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you. Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcass shall ye not touch, they are unclean to you." [Leviticus 11:7-8]
"And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you. Ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcass." [Deuteronomy 14:8]
A similar prohibition is repeated in the Bible in the book of Isaiah chapter 65 verse 2-5.
REASONS why consumption of pork is not allowed:
-- It causes several diseases: Eating of pork can cause no less than seventy different types of diseases. A person can have various helminthes like roundworm, pinworm, hookworm, etc. One of the most dangerous is Taenia Solium, which is in lay man’s terminology called tapeworm. It harbours in the intestine and is very long. Its ova i.e. eggs, enter the blood stream and can reach almost all the organs of the body. If it enters the brain it can cause memory loss. If it enters the heart it can cause heart attack, if it enters the eye it can cause blindness, if it enters the liver it can cause liver damage. It can damage almost all the organs of the body.
Another dangerous helminthes is Trichura Tichurasis. A common misconception about pork is that if it is cooked well, these ova die. In a research project undertaken in America, it was found that out of twenty-four people suffering from Trichura Tichurasis, twenty two had cooked the pork very well. This indicates that the ova present in the pork do not die under normal cooking temperature.
--- Pork has fat building material: Pork has very little muscle building material and contains excess of fat. This fat gets deposited in the vessels and can cause hypertension and heart attack. It is not surprising that over 50% of Americans suffer from hypertension.
--- Pig is one of the filthiest animals on earth, by nature. It lives and thrives on muck, faeces and dirt. It is the best scavenger that I know that God has produced. In the villages they don’t have modern toilets and the villagers excrete in the open air. Very often excreta is cleared by pigs.
(AND you are what you eat. So imagine what happens to your health/body when you eat pork.)
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 neighbour’s excreta.
---Pig is the most shameless animal, by nature. It is the only animal that invites its friends to have sex with its mate.
God made our bodies so He knows what's healthy for us and what's not. When He says not to eat pork, He knows what He's talking about.
Simple! Because "you are what you eat".
some people believe (i've heard) that the pig was the beings the and evil spirits were cast into that ran over the clif- and pigs do not sweat and making them a bit unclean in people eyes ...
They don't eat Pork because in the old days, when people ate their meat almost raw, well they got Trichinosis.
Then, as many other traditions this got to be like a cannon, and was incorporated in the Koran...
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Kitty said: Yes.Why can't muslim eat pork?-I try seach this on internet but no results found.Maybe this is a stupid question.
Mike said: oh,no,you are wrong.I have found as below for this question(Why can't muslim eat pork?),it will help you,my kids.
please don't tell me because of religion because thats not specific, and also dont tell me muslims can't eat pork because of it's unhealthy because non-muslim eat pork and their fine with it.
Answer:
The only answer you're likely to get is because of the religion. You're asking why a certain religion prohibits it, and frankly, that's the answer, because it's in the Qur'an. That's like asking why Judeo-Christians take a Sabbath. Because it's in the Bible.
For reference:
"Forbidden to you for (food) are: dead meat, blood and the flesh of the swine and that which hath been invoked the name other than Allah. "
-Holy Qur'an 5:4
As for the unhealthy aspect, whether or not the pig is unhealthy doesn't matter... it only matters that Muslims believe it is unhealthy.
religion purpuse
Because their holy book says that they can't.
In the ancient world, one was likely to get sick from eating pork.
not sure exactly why, but it has something to do with the animal being "unclean"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/religious_r...
Muslims keep old testament "kosher". Split hoofed animals were unclean in the laws given to Moses.
It is indeed because it is stated in their bibles. The pigs are not considered clean animals to be eaten.
Below are the quotes from the bible
New International Version:
Leviticus 11:
6 The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a split hoof; it is unclean for you.
7 And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.
8 You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.
King James Version:
Leviticus 11
6 And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
7 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.
8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.
I am not sure why else they can not eat it but religion is pretty predominant principle in their lives
its the religion
Muslims follow the Quran.
The Quran is kind of a "New Testament" for them.
And, like the New Testament, their Bible contains the Old Testament.
The New Testament allowed non-Jews (later to become Christians) to eat pork.
The Quran did not allow its followers to eat pork. The Old Testament laws were kept.
They were thought to be unclean...
I don't know how they do it though!!!
I LOVE BACON!!! I LOVE PORK CHOPS!!!
i never met i pig i wouldn't eat.......
Not only in ancient times, but up until recent times eating pork carried a lot more dangers than most other meats if it was even slightly undercooked. Pork had to be done well, well, well done.
Pigs eat an omnivorous diet, much like people do, even more so, because pigs will eat stuff we wouldn't go near. As a result, either from rummaging and eating whatever they ran into, or from eating our throwaways, their food was much more likely to introduce various pathogens that, while the pig might be able to carry on without too much effect, would infect human eaters.
As a result, many older religions (including Judeaism) considered pork to be "evil," and proscribed eating it. Makes sense - eat it, get sick, it's evil.
Parasites, tapeworms and, in particular trichinosis were infamous pork-borne diseases.
Since science taught us from whence those pathogens came, standards improved on requirements for the pigs' diets. "Slop" now has to be thoroughly cooked and sterilized before feeding them to pigs, and many farmers focus more intensely on a vegetable-centric diet for the animals, since a lot of the dangerous bacteria and germs thrive more on meat than plants.
Nowadays, there's no physical or scientific reason for it, but religion is very much about traditions and belief. Now it's because it's considered necessary to be pure and holy, so it really does boil down to "because of the religion."
But at least we can see where it came from.
To abstain from consuming pork means to care about one’s health. The omnivorous pig, being by far the most slovenly and greedy domestic animal, devours virtually anything, including human excrement and is a breeding ground for various malignant microbes and parasites. Consumption of pork may result in many serious diseases. We are safe to assume that one of the main reasons behind the prohibition of pork consumption was the spread of trichinosis, - a disease caused by trichinella spiralis, a parasitic roundworm.
Trichinosis is caused by eating infected raw or insufficiently cooked pork, in which the immature parasite is encysted. When such a piece of meat is eaten, the encysted embryos are set free in the intestines, and develop into full-grown trichinae. From each pair of these, thousands of new embryos may arise in the course of several weeks. As soon as this new generation of embryos is produced, they make their way into the wall of the bowel, and thence wander through the circulation system, finally depositing themselves between the fibers of the voluntary muscles, where they become encysted. The first symptoms develop in the course of two weeks after the infection. The disease is characterized by fever and severe pain in the limbs and muscles, oedema of the soft tissues, and eosinophilia in the blood. The infection may result in severe damage to the nervous system (in the form of encephalitis), cardiac muscle (miocarditis), as well as other complications.
Despite the therapeutic advances, contemporary medicine does not provide an effective cure for trichinosis. The only efficient protection, therefore, is based on prevention, or giving up eating pork. Although the meat is subject to thorough inspection in slaughter-houses, as well as by the Sanitary Inspection, this procedure does not give a one hundred percent guarantee, as was clearly shown by the recent outbreak in Moscow.
The list of the microbes and parasites found in pork is vast. It should be emphasized that many of these diseases as yet remain incurable.
Taenia Solium (tapeworm). The taeniasis is caused by the brain’s infestation by the larvae form of the pork tapeworm, the gastrointestinal parasite, and may constitute up to 1.3 percent of the intracranial volume. The parasite’s onchosphere travels through the mucous membranes of the blood vessels into the portal circulatory system, and is thence transported throughout the body, infecting various internal organs, as well as the brain. The course of the disease is remittent and, symptomatically, is characterized by the presence of several niduses. The infestation may often be manifested in the development of the epileptic syndrome, meningism and the increase of the intracranial pressure.
Roundworms. Ascariasis may result in appendicitis, and some types of jaundice. The infestation is known to cause dyspepsia.
Schitosoma Japonica. This disease is manifested in hemorrhages and anemia. In the case of the ova infesting the brain or bone marrow, the disease may bring about paralysis or death.
Paragonimus Westermani. Infestation may result in haemoptysis, or the coughing up of blood, due to the worm setting in the lungs.
Paciolepsis Buski. This parasite causes dyspepsia, severe diarrhea and general edema.
Clonorchis Sinensis. Infestation by this parasite may be manifested in some types of jaundice.
Metastrongylus Apri may cause bronchitis or the inflammation of the lungs’ tissue.
Gigantorinchus Gigas causes anemia and dyspepsia.
Balantidium Coli is known to cause acute dysentery, resulting in the severe emaciation.
Bacterial diseases
Tuberculosis.
Fusiformis Necrophulus, which causes a serious disease of the lower limbs.
Salmonella Cholera Suis (cholera)
Brucellosis, - the disease results in the irreversible loss of the victim’s capabilities.
Erysipelas, or St. Anthony’s fire.
Viral infections
Small pox.
Japanese encephalitis (B-type).
Influenza.
Protozoan infections
Toxoplasma Goundii. This microorganism causes a very serious disease of toxoplasmosis. In the congenital form the unborn child is infected by the mother. Toxoplasmosis often results in the sudden death within several days or weeks after birth. In the case of survival, the infection may result in mental retardation, loss of sight or deafness. The acquired form in adults may manifest itself in chronic fever, marked by liver and spleen malfunction, pneumonia, and hydrocephalus. This disease may also affect sight and hearing.
Those who consume pork are more prone to obesity due to the high percentage of fat in pork. In this group, blood cholesterol level is frequently higher than normal; pork-eaters are more susceptible to arteriosclerosis, which may result in cardiovascular diseases, malfunction of the brain blood-circulation, vascular pathology of the lower limbs, etc.
Pork is difficult to digest, which may be the cause of many chronic diseases of the digestive system. Ulcerous skin infections are more frequently found within the pork-consuming group. Of great interest is the research into the hydrolysis of pork fat, its deposition in the human body, and the extent of its utilization. There is a theory that animal fat, acquired by the consumption of the herbivorous animals’ meat, undergoes a process of hydrolysis and is thence synthesized anew and deposited in the body as human fat. Pork fat, however, is not subject to hydrolysis and is consequently deposited in the human fat tissue as pork fat. Since the proper utilization of this fat deposit is problematic, in order to produce energy, the body burns up the stock of glucose, which is essential for brain activity. This process brings about a chronic feeling of hunger, which, in turn, results in a vicious circle: although having a substantial fat build-up, the person is constantly consuming additional food without feeling satisfied.
In Ehiopia it's the Christians who aren't supposed to eat pork and the Muslims who do. I bet it's the same reason Europeans don't eat horse!
Ages ago, it ticked off some leader that people were paying the wrong people money to buy these animals but the only way to get a boycott going was to declare that they were religiously unclean.
Catholics eat fish on Fridays because a certain Pope wanted to support the coastal communities who supported him.
Those people who eat pork aren't aware of the harms pork causes, that's why. Many of my non-Muslim science teachers don't eat pork for the same logical reasons that we Muslims don't.
Also, you should know that eating pork is also forbidden in the Bible:
"And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be cloven footed, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you. Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcass shall ye not touch, they are unclean to you." [Leviticus 11:7-8]
"And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you. Ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcass." [Deuteronomy 14:8]
A similar prohibition is repeated in the Bible in the book of Isaiah chapter 65 verse 2-5.
REASONS why consumption of pork is not allowed:
-- It causes several diseases: Eating of pork can cause no less than seventy different types of diseases. A person can have various helminthes like roundworm, pinworm, hookworm, etc. One of the most dangerous is Taenia Solium, which is in lay man’s terminology called tapeworm. It harbours in the intestine and is very long. Its ova i.e. eggs, enter the blood stream and can reach almost all the organs of the body. If it enters the brain it can cause memory loss. If it enters the heart it can cause heart attack, if it enters the eye it can cause blindness, if it enters the liver it can cause liver damage. It can damage almost all the organs of the body.
Another dangerous helminthes is Trichura Tichurasis. A common misconception about pork is that if it is cooked well, these ova die. In a research project undertaken in America, it was found that out of twenty-four people suffering from Trichura Tichurasis, twenty two had cooked the pork very well. This indicates that the ova present in the pork do not die under normal cooking temperature.
--- Pork has fat building material: Pork has very little muscle building material and contains excess of fat. This fat gets deposited in the vessels and can cause hypertension and heart attack. It is not surprising that over 50% of Americans suffer from hypertension.
--- Pig is one of the filthiest animals on earth, by nature. It lives and thrives on muck, faeces and dirt. It is the best scavenger that I know that God has produced. In the villages they don’t have modern toilets and the villagers excrete in the open air. Very often excreta is cleared by pigs.
(AND you are what you eat. So imagine what happens to your health/body when you eat pork.)
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 neighbour’s excreta.
---Pig is the most shameless animal, by nature. It is the only animal that invites its friends to have sex with its mate.
God made our bodies so He knows what's healthy for us and what's not. When He says not to eat pork, He knows what He's talking about.
Simple! Because "you are what you eat".
some people believe (i've heard) that the pig was the beings the and evil spirits were cast into that ran over the clif- and pigs do not sweat and making them a bit unclean in people eyes ...
They don't eat Pork because in the old days, when people ate their meat almost raw, well they got Trichinosis.
Then, as many other traditions this got to be like a cannon, and was incorporated in the Koran...
correctness,It's Non-profit and only for informational purposes.
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