Why Billions of People Around the World Do Not Eat Pork |
A Hadith states; “There are Muslims who fast and get nothing from their fast except hunger, and there are those who pray and get nothing from their prayer but a sleepless night.” Prophet Muhammad.
Millions of people spend billions of dollars on pills, diet books, and gym memberships but still lack the self-discipline to control themselves. Young people are leading the way in increasing self-indulgence.
Yet billions of people around the world don’t eat pork. Their reasons vary. Most of those who avoid pork cite religious beliefs. Others avoid eating pork because of its environmental impact. Still others, are upset by the treatment of both pigs and humans in pork processing plants. And many can’t forget how filthy pigs are inside and out.
The Biblical opposition to eating pork is best known as Kosher; and is actually a whole set of rules that exist behind that label, including many types of divergent meat, that kosher eaters can consume. Pork stands at the forefront is the types of meat that kosher eaters will and won’t eat.
Pork, song birds, along with shellfish, are considered unclean animals. As such, the 22% of American Jews (and countless others around the world) who follow kosher........