Pigs all over.....

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In nearly all the western countries including, the primary

choice for meat is pig. There are a lot of farms in these countries to breed this animal. In alone, Pig Farms account for more than
42,000. Pigs have the highest quantity of fat in their body than any
other animal. The following report by a medical practitioner reveals
the extent to which pig fat might be unknowingly consumed by Muslims
throughout the world. One of my friends, Shaikh Sahib works in Pegal,
in the Department of Food. His work is to register all makes
of goods, foods and medicines. Whenever any company is putting
something in the market, its ingredients have to be approved by the
Department of Food, France, and as Shaikh Sahib works in the
Laboratory Quality Control, he knows about the ingredients. Many of
these ingredients contain scientific names, but some have mathematical
names, like E-904, E-141. At first, when Sheikh Sahib came across
them, he was curious and asked his Department Incharge, who was
French, and he replied, “Just do your job. Don’t ask questions.” This
aroused suspicion in Sheikh Sahib’s mind and he started looking-up for
them in the files. What he found was enough to astonish any Muslim in
the world. In nearly all the western countries including Europe, the
primary choice for meat is pig. There are a lot of farms in these
countries to breed this animal. In France alone, Pig Farms account for
more than 42,000. Pigs have the highest quantity of fat in their body
than any other animal. But Europeans and Americans try to avoid fats.
Thus, where does the fat from these pigs go? All pigs are cut in
slaughter houses under the control of the department of food and it
was the headache of the department of food to dispose of the fat
removed from these pigs. Formally, it was burnt (about 60 years ago).
Then they thought of utilizing it. First, they experimented it in the
making of soaps and it worked. Then, a full network was formed and
this fat was chemically processed, packed and marketed, while the
other manufacturing companies bought it. In the meantime, all European
States made it a rule that every Food, Medical and Personal Hygiene
product should have the ingredients listed on it’s cover. So, this
ingredient was listed as pig fat. Those who are living in Europe for
the past 40 years know about this. But, these products came under a
ban by the Islamic countries at that time, which resulted in a trade
deficit. Going back in time, if you are somehow related to South East
Asia , you might know about the provoking factors of the 1857 Civil
War. At that time, rifle bullets were made in Europe and transported
to the sub-continent through the sea. It took months to reach there
and the gunpowder in it was ruined due to the exposure to sea. Then,
they got the idea of coating the bullets with fat, which was pig, fat.
The fat layer had to be scratched by teeth before using them. When the
word spread, the soldiers, mostly Muslim and some vegetarians, refused
to fight. This eventually led to the Civil War. The Europeans
recognized this fact, and instead of writing ‘pig fat’, they started
writing ‘animal fat’. All those living in Europe since 1970’s know
this fact. When the companies were asked by authorities from the
Muslim countries, what animal fat is it, they were told it was cow and
sheep fat. Here again a question arose, if it was cow or sheep fat,
still it is haram to Muslims, as these animal were not slaughtered as
per the Islamic law. Thus, they were again banned. Now, these
multinational companies were again facing a severe drought of money as
75% of their income comes from selling their goods to Muslim
Countries, and these earn billions of Dollars of profit from their
exports to the Muslim world. Finally they decided to start a coding
language, so that only their Departments of Food Administration should
know what they are using, and the common man is left lurking in the
dark. Thus, they started E-Codes. These E-Ingredients are present in a
majority of products of multinational firms including, but not limited
to - tooth paste, shaving cream, chewing gum, chocolate, sweets,
biscuits, corn flakes, toffees, canned foods, fruit tins, and some
medications like multi-vitamins. Since these goods are being used in
all Muslim countries indiscriminately, our society is facing problems
like shamelessness, rudeness and sexual promiscuity. So I request all
Muslims to check the ingredients of the items of daily use and match
it with the following list of E-Codes. If any of the ingredients
listed below is found, try to avoid it, as it has got pig fat. E100,
E110, E120, E 140, E141, E153, E210, E213, E214, E216, E234, E252,
E270, E280, E325, E326, E327, E334, E335, E336, E337, E422, E430,
E431, E432, E433, E434, E435, E436, E440, E470, E471, E472, E473,
E474, E475, E476, E477, E478, E481, E482, E483, E491, E492, E493,
E494, E495, E542, E570, E572, E631, E635, E904. It is the
responsibility of each and every Muslim to follow the Islamic path and
also keep his fellow followers informed of anything that he comes
across. May Allah help us lead a halal life. (Contribution courtesy:

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Thanx for such informative post.

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I would like to add info regarding the pig / swine in islamic perspective.
the following extract is taken from a Tafsir which my sheikh wrote for the british community, named Imdad ul Karam by Sheikh Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada. (www.mihpirzada.com)

From Tafseer Imdad-ul-Karam by Shaykh Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada, January 2004

**Reference to pigs in the Qur’an

**There are four places in the Qur’an where the pig’s meat is declared as forbidden (2:173, 5:3, 6:145, 16:115). For instance, “Pig’s meat is forbidden because that is unclean.” (Qur’an 6, 145)

**Reference to pigs in the Bible

**Prior to the revelation of the Qur’an, the Bible too decreed the meat of pig as forbidden and impure:

  1. “You may not eat their meat or even touch their dead bodies; they are forbidden foods for you.” (The Living Bible, 1975, Leviticus, 11, 8)

  2. “And the swine … it is unclean unto you: You shall not eat their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.” (The Holy Bible, 1954, Deuteronomy, 14, 8)

It is to be noted that due to this clear commandment in the Old Testament of the Bible, the Jews too did not consume the meat of pigs.

**The harmful nature of pig meat

**Of course, it is sufficient for a Muslim to abhor pig meat because Allah (swt) has simply ordered us to do so and the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) declared it as haram. But Muslims also believe that Allah (swt) is aware of all the ingredients and effect of every thing. The food and drinks which have been declared forbidden by Islam are ultimately harmful for humans, regardless of whether we are actually aware of this or not. As a doctor prevents his patient from a particular food, he does so to benefit the patient, though the patient may not realise this at the time.

In the past, simply accepting knowledge of the unseen was sufficient, but today we can for ourselves witness the grave harm of pig meat, its effect on those who consume it and its link to diseases, through the means of medical knowledge and research. One particular disease associated with pig meat is Trichinosis.

“Trichinosis or Trichiniasis: A disorder resulting from infestation with the small roundworm Trichinella Spiralis, commonly acquired by humans by the eating of undercooked pork containing encapsulated larvae of the parasite. Trichinosis is more common in Europe and the United States than in other parts of the world. In the United States the incidence of infection may be as high as fifteen to twenty percent.” (The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th Edition, 1995)

“Trichina: Genus of Nematoda or threadworms … they give rise to the disease known as Trichiniasis. The eggs are hatched out in the intestines of the host, and the trichinae then migrate to the muscles, where they become encysted and develop no further unless the flesh of the host is eaten by some other animal. They are then set free in the alimentary canal, where they become sexually mature. The natural host of this parasite is the rat, but it is often found in pigs.” (The New Universal Encyclopaedia, London: The Caxton Publishing Company Ltd)

**The moral damage of pig

**Not only does the domestication of the pig cause illness in the human body, but also the consumption of its meat affects the person’s inner soul, and causes severe moral damage. This is because bad company and impure food greatly affect and influence a person’s physical and spiritual wellbeing. Consider this quote from the author of The English Pig:

Domestication alters the nature and behaviour of the controlled animal. (Similarly) Domestication also generates a familiarity with the animal that affects human consciousness. (The English Pig, London: The Hambledon Press, 1998, p. 129)

To test this observation, one should focus on the ethical and moral position of Europe, where pigs are kept and produced and where its meat is eaten with great pleasure and delight. Indecency and vice is rampant. The honour of women has been tarnished to unspeakable depths. European men fair no better but merely watch this façade. It will not be far-fetched to suggest that there is a correlation between this and the raising and consuming of pigs; it is common knowledge that when a male and female pig mate, then other pigs watch this nearby and await their turn. Whereas, other animals are very sensitive for their females and do not allow any other male to touch their females.

**The nature of pigs

**Pigs are extremely dirty, idle, disliked and indecent animals. Here are a few references to highlight this fact. The irony is that these quotes come from exactly those people who raise and consume pigs:

  1. “The pig is a fat, sleepy, stupid, dirty animal, wallowing constantly in the mire.” (Ibid, p. 1)

  2. “They will eat small quantities of many materials from a very early age, including feed, earth and the faeces of the dam.” (Fream’s Agriculture, London: Butler & Tanner Ltd, 16th Edition, 1983, p. 684)

  3. “A man from St Helens, Lancashire, born in 1893, recalled of the houses: ‘Not only was there the open lavatory in the back yard, many of the people when I was young, kept a pig in the yard’.” (The English Pig, p. 42)

  4. “The pig is the Husbandman’s best Scavenger, and the Huswives most wholesome sink; for his food and living is by that which will else rot in yard …; for from the Husbandman he taketh pulse, chaff, barn dust, man’s ordure, garbage, and the weeds of his yard: and from the huswife her draff, swillings, whey, washing of tubs, and such like, with which he will live and keep a good state of body, very sufficiently.” (Ibid, p. 34)

  5. “The hog during life does not render the least service to mankind, except in removing that filth which other animals reject.” (Ibid, p. 30)

  6. “It would be accurate to say that the pig was generally acknowledged to have a character, but that this character was not considered in any way attractive or admirable.” (Ibid, p. 1)

**The word ‘pig’ as a form of insult

**Muslims and Jews abhor pigs and consider the word as a grave insult. In fact, the word is used as an insult in the English language:

Indeed the pig was usually thought to be brutish, insensitive and filthy – so much so, in fact, that it became a commonplace metaphor for human greed, grossness and intemperance. (Ibid, p. 1)

Pig, swine and hog all have a similar usage in English. When these words are used in reference to a human, then it means the person is greedy, dirty, ill-mannered, selfish, unpleasant, obnoxious, foul-smelling and disliked. (The Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, 4th Edition, 1989)

**Why is pig meat haram?

**It is clear from this analysis that the pig – physically and literally – has no appeal, and nor its behaviour or food is worthy of any praise. Its meat opens the door to several illnesses. Such is the extent of its filth and gross impurity that if it was left in a clean place, it would excrete and then eat this to feed its sickening appetite. For Muslims, even to think about consuming its meat is extremely vile; even looking at it is nauseating.

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I recall reading some time ago on this site work by some scholar who said that if something s so processed that it is just become a diff product then it is not the same as the product it came from. I mean everything is made of chemicals, and if you keep breakng it down to its basic blocks at some point it has no real resemblance to where it was sourced from right?

I have to find that link and post it here.

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To make it easy consider that like every living thing else Pigs too die and undergo decomposition which returns the Nitrogenous/Organic compounds that once made up said pig back to the earth which are taken up by plants that we either eat directly or are eaten by those that in turn end up in our bellies. So ultimately, everyone of us in fact eats a little bit of that which was gasp once part of a Pig. Actually, we’re breathing a little pig too, because some of the nitrogen and carbon that made up this paragon of filth is released back into the atmosphere as N2 and CO2 respectively.

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Ever considered why pig is just simply forbidden to eat? If somebody locks you up in the same box as a pig, would you stop breathing?

Who cares what happens to it…We are forbidden to eat it and that’s that…

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Aji kiya ho gaya…aaj halway mein cheeni kamm thee ya koi Murgh e mussallam haath mein naheen aaya? Where did I say Pigs are permissible to eat?

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I got triggered for a moment there. Then I read a few lines of the thread. Misleading title...

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alternate view..
http://www.paklinks.com/gs/showthread.php?t=226974&highlight=gelatin