Matarr,
We are not allowed to eat pork nor drink alcohol because it is forbidden by our creator. I can give you all the specific verses in the one and only aunthentic book actually revealed to the prophet by the angels directly The holy Quran.
We must abide by the rules of God . It is also forbidden to Christians and Jews alike . Check the Torah and the old testiment ( book of Leviticus for example). There are Christians who follow the bible like the Sevenday Adventists and do not eat pork or drink alcohol plus eat only halal meats ( ie properly slaughtered with only Allah's name invoked)
Habib
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>Yus
>Well said and i agree with you.
>I remember when i was a teacher in the gambia, a christian colleague
>of mine
>lost his father. During assembly, the head teacher asked the Ustass
>to pray
>for the deceased and he said no categorically and when asked why not
>he said
>because he was not a muslim.
>I was very pist with the ustass because on several occassions it was
>the
>very non-muslim teacher who use to give him money to buy food for
>his
>family,Then he was good to be a christian.
>Talking of religious extremism, you take Saudi Arabia as an example
>wwhere
>women are not allowed to drive cars and that is nowhere in the
>Koran.
>
>Anyway, I am often met with questions like why muslims are not
>allowed to
>drink alcohol or eat pork and to be very honest i dont know. I have
>heard
>different explanations and i dont know which is right.
>If there is someone out there who can help explain this to me then i
>would
>be very grateful
>
>God bless you all
>Matarr
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>>Subject: Re: Celebrating or Participating in Holidays of the
>>Disbelievers
>>Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 17:56:06 EST
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>>Brother Malamin:
>>I would like to start by wishing you a happy New Year.
>>
>>I simply cannot accept the rigid fundamentalist stance of these
>>learned
>>mean
>>of the Islam. I celebrate most holidays. Christians and Muslims
>>in The
>>Gambia have always enjoyed all religious holidays. We received
>>awesome
>>helpings of 'Nan Mburu" from our Christian relatives and friends
>>and during
>>Tobaski we returned the favor with nice portions of the sheep we
>>slaughtered.
>>
>>I have grown up to be very tolerant of all religions, including
>>obscure
>>ones
>>such as Rastafarianism, Buddhism, Shintoism etc etc. I make sure
>>that on
>>Christmas day, we have a good meal on the table in my house.
>>
>>I seriously believe that Islam needs a facelift. We need more
>>progressive
>>thinking religious scholars and leaders to lead us out of these
>>dark times
>>
>>Yus
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