Why is the eating of pork forbidden in Islam? A Muslim scholar answers

A Muslim scholar answers the question--
Why is the eating of pork forbidden in Islam?



The fact that consumption of pork is prohibited in Islam is well known. The following points explain various aspects of this prohibition:











Pork prohibited in Qur’an
The Qur’an prohibits the consumption of pork in no less than 4 different places. It is prohibited in 2:173, 5:3, 6:145 and 16:115. "Forbidden to you (for food) are: dead meat, blood, the flesh of swine, and that on which hath been invoked the name of other than Allah." [Al-Qur’an 5:3]

The above verses of the Holy Qur’an are sufficient to satisfy a Muslim as to why pork is forbidden.


Pig is one of the filthiest animals on earth


The pig is one of the filthiest animals on earth. 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.

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


The pig is the most shameless animal on the face of the earth. It is the only animal that invites its friends to have sex with its mate. In America, most people consume pork. Many times after dance parties, they have swapping of wives; i.e. many say "you sleep with my wife and I will sleep with your wife." If you eat pigs then you behave like pigs.

A Beautiful Picture

From my all-time favorite movie "Wuthering Heights"

My Favorite LA kiddieTV Programs from the 1950's

Beany and Cecil




Beany, voiced by Daws Butler, was a cheery bright-eyed lad dressed in blue coveralls and wearing a cap with a propeller on top, who was forever running into precarious situations. Cecil, voiced by Stan Freberg, was a large, lovable green sea creature, a protective soul who became ill during storms, but was ever vigilant when it came to his buddy Beany. Along with Crowy the Crow, they sailed the seven seas in pursuit of adventure, exploring the universe from the undersea world to outer space.

Albert Einstein, addressing a group of Nobel prize winners in 1950, stopped abruptly at 5 pm, telling his audience he had to leave as it was "Time for Beany".

During its run the series garnered three Emmy awards and a Peabody award. The three Emmy's were won in 1949, 1950, and 1952. Stan Freberg was nominated for a best actor award (as Cecil), but did not win, in 1950. The series was nominated again for an award in 1954.

The puppet show left the air in 1955, but the characters refused to die.




RED LIGHT........ GREEN LIGHT......RED LIGHT...... GREEN LIGHT.... GREEN LIGHT......

"ENGINEER" BILL STULLA has to be our all time favorite engineer. Junior Engineers all over the Los Angeles area learned about drinking their milk via his "Red Light, Green Light" game. That was the game that reminded children they could only drink their milk on the green flashing light but never, ever on the red one, because as every good engineer knows, you never go on a red light.

The lights were all green when Mr. Stulla came up with the idea of playing an engineer for a cartoon show that needed a host. Incorporating his love (and hobby) of trains, "Cartoon Express" was born.





"Sheriff John's Lunch Brigade" and his afternoon show "Sheriff John's Cartoon Time" premiered in 1952 on KTTV and both were highly successful. The afternoon show being extremely popular, that it attracted more viewers than all the other programs during the same time period added together. The same year (1952) he won an Emmy Award for Best Children's Program and five other nominations.



Jimmy Weldon and Webster Webfoot

Webster's adventure in Hollywood started the first week in September of 1952 on KLAC-TV Channel 13. His Producer was George Tibbles who later was the sole writer for fourteen years on "My Three Sons".

Jimmy and Webster were nominated the outstanding children's show for 1952, 1953, and 1954. They also did numerous parades in the Southern California area, such as the 1953 Huntington Park Christmas Parade.

I was on this show in the early fifties!