That the reason for the no pork issue has little to do with religion and has more to do with region . Pigs don't have functioning sweat glands so don't do so well in these areas as they need a water source (mud puddle preffered) to keep themselves cool. Given that before modernization came to these areas there was little to no water during the heat of the summer so no way for them to cool off....So given this I might add , would give anyone that doesn't know this pearl of wisdom it would appear that hey are filthy animals ( and correct me if I am wrong but I have it on good authority that in both the Torah and Qu'ran the word used is filthy not disgusting) and if you take into consideration that Judaism, Islam and Christianity (yes even hard line Christians don't eat pork) came out of this region....well Draw your own conclusions.....

"Your born, You Live, You Die, given this premise, one can conclude since we have no control over when we are born and when we die, the only thing that matters to us should be how we live, simple really?" Mis-Cat to her philosophy Lecturer.