12 Scientific Reasons For Declaring Pigs Haram Debunked!

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Pigs Digest Faster, Lethal Touch, Bio-Weapons & Leak Pus, Lying Is A Sin In Islam

Scientific Claim #9 : Pigs Digest Faster So They Absorb More Toxins

Claim : A cow, with 4 stomachs, digests its food in good time – whilst, the pig takes 4 hours to digest its foul food, which turns into flesh.

12 Scientific Reasons For Declaring Pigs Haram Debunked — Photo credit : GlendilTEK

Verdict : Absolute BULLSHIT.

The Truth : Cows actually have a single stomach, with four compartments. They require four compartments because the fibrous plants they consume must be fermented in order to extract the nutrients.

That is also the reason why cows regurgitate the fermented plant matter (cud) to be chewed again. Yummy…

Pigs are omnivores so their stomach is similar to that of non-ruminant animals (like humans). They do not need to ferment their food, so there is no need for multiple compartments or the regurgitation of semi-digested food.

In both cases, nutrients are absorbed and used as building blocks for new muscles, fat, connective tissue, etc.

A quicker digestion does not imply that more toxins are absorbed. It merely means that pigs have a faster digestive process than cows.

Incidentally, the picture he included is an irrelevant picture of a wild pig with abdominal fat stained blue by a dye used in Anticoagulant Rodenticide (AR) baits. It was intentionally added so that we do not accidentally consume the meat of animals that have ingested the poisoned bait.

Scientific Claim No. 10 : Pigs Have A Lethal Touch

Claim : Pigs carry about 30 diseases which can be easily passed to humans. This is why Allah commanded us to not even touch their carcass.

Verdict : Absolute BULLSHIT.

The Truth : Animal diseases that can be spread to humans are called zoonotic diseases. Pigs, like other livestock, carry certain zoonotic diseases. However, most of them (salmonella, E. coli, Campylobacter jejuni, etc.) are common to other livestock.

There are a few zoonotic diseases that are specifically related to pigs, but they are no different to zoonotic diseases that are specific to other livestock species.

As far as we can tell, the prohibition in the Quran is specifically against the consumption of pork. Specifically, Al Quran verse 5:3 (Surah Al-Ma’idah)

“Prohibited to you are dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and…“

There is no actual prohibition against touching the meat or carcass of a pig.

Scientific Claim No. 11 : Pigs Are Walking Bio-Weapons!

Claim : Pork can cause diseases such as typhoid, arthritis, rheumatism, gastritis, MS, meningitis and permanent gall bladder trouble.

Verdict : Absolute BULLSHIT.

The Truth : If eating pork causes those diseases, then many Muslims who suffer from the same diseases must be sneaking a little bacon on the side!

We know what causes typhoid, arthritis, rheumatism, gastritis, multiple sclerosis, meningitis and gall bladder issues. Needless to say, none of them are related to the consumption of pork.

But anecdotally, it appears that the non-consumption of pork may lead to a lack of intelligence and honesty in some people.

Scientific Claim No. 12 : Pigs Leak Pus From Their Feet

Claim : Pig meat is so poisonous and filthy, they have sewer lines running down each leg with an outlet in the bottom of the foot.

Out of this hole oozes pus and filth his body cannot pass into its system fast enough, which gets into the meat.

Verdict : Absolute BULLSHIT.

The Truth : They misappropriated the picture above from the Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC).

It does not show the presence of a “sewer line outlet” at the bottom of a pig’s feet. Rather, it shows a ruptured vesicle on the foot of a pig afflicted with the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD).

In case you are wondering, this disease also afflicts other farm animals, like cows, water buffaloes, sheep and goats…

Lying Is A Sin In Islam

Religious apologists disgust me. Not because they are religious, but because they come up with the most ridiculous arguments to defend their faith.

In fact, many of them have no qualms LYING to defend their religious beliefs. Don’t they know that lying is a SIN in Islam?

In fact, it is considered the most wicked of crimes. Here are selected quotes from the Quran on lying and making false accusations :

“The curse of Allah be upon him if he should be among the liars.” [Quran 24:7]
“Indeed Allah does not guide one who is a transgressor and a liar.” [Quran 40:28]
“Do not mix the truth with falsehood or conceal the truth while you know [it].” [Quran 2:42]

Muslim apologists like Shahal Khoso Pakistan would do well to remember them.

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