I see you have been having fun over the holidays. :-)
Muslims don't eat pork because it is prohibited in the Quran i.e. Allah said don't do it so we will not do it. Simple the same way that Jews don't either... but as you said it also prohibits it in the Bible. Who allowed it or abrogated the law that made most Chritians began to eat pork?
Now thats not to say we don't have free will or are perfect... because I know Muslims who drink, smoke weed, commit adultry and eat/sell pork. Are they correct in their actions- no? They will even tell you this.
We however as a whole will not take the words of Allah and try to change them to allow us to eat pork now. Yeah the hog plants are cleaner than most chicken coops but if our creator created the pig and said to stay away from it not just in the Quran then.... I think I am going to do so.
You studied engineering what can that type of tinkering without fully understanding the make up or the reason why a set of instructions was given fully lead to? You can say modern medicine and modern science says this about worms and parasites but do we truly know everything that it causes.. nope. I know in the South my friend.. home of the Heart Attack, High Blood Pressure-- what is the first thing the doctor tells most people????? Stop eating the pork so enjoy it if you want.
I had one of my Plumbers make a joke about this last year while we were doing some work. He made the same arguments I have heard so far from many of the expats on this board.. I don't get to hear his jokes or laugh anymore because he died right after I left.
We are here to enjoy ourselves but in moderation if something is prohibited for most Muslims we may not understand it but we have that much love for our creator that we try to obey it. The same as a kid listens to their parents. If your mom tells you the stove is hot and not to touch, some will listen and not touch- some will try it get burnt and not touch it again- some will touch it get burnt and keep on touching it and getting burnt just to prove how smart they are.
and yes I say the same about cigarettes or Alcohol. Have you ever seen some one with the shakes or in the cancer ward on oxygen trying to get a cigarette.
Man most of you have only been here a little while and probably are not going to stay too long. If I complained about all the problems I had growing up Muslim in America.... Where everything from the candy, chips, and vegetables was laced with pork, like you guys complain about the simple stuff here in Qatar I think I would be schizo by now. Stop complaining and enjoy your time in a crazy traffic, pork free :-) environment.
I see you have been having fun over the holidays. :-)
Muslims don't eat pork because it is prohibited in the Quran i.e. Allah said don't do it so we will not do it. Simple the same way that Jews don't either... but as you said it also prohibits it in the Bible. Who allowed it or abrogated the law that made most Chritians began to eat pork?
Now thats not to say we don't have free will or are perfect... because I know Muslims who drink, smoke weed, commit adultry and eat/sell pork. Are they correct in their actions- no? They will even tell you this.
We however as a whole will not take the words of Allah and try to change them to allow us to eat pork now. Yeah the hog plants are cleaner than most chicken coops but if our creator created the pig and said to stay away from it not just in the Quran then.... I think I am going to do so.
You studied engineering what can that type of tinkering without fully understanding the make up or the reason why a set of instructions was given fully lead to? You can say modern medicine and modern science says this about worms and parasites but do we truly know everything that it causes.. nope. I know in the South my friend.. home of the Heart Attack, High Blood Pressure-- what is the first thing the doctor tells most people????? Stop eating the pork so enjoy it if you want.
I had one of my Plumbers make a joke about this last year while we were doing some work. He made the same arguments I have heard so far from many of the expats on this board.. I don't get to hear his jokes or laugh anymore because he died right after I left.
We are here to enjoy ourselves but in moderation if something is prohibited for most Muslims we may not understand it but we have that much love for our creator that we try to obey it. The same as a kid listens to their parents. If your mom tells you the stove is hot and not to touch, some will listen and not touch- some will try it get burnt and not touch it again- some will touch it get burnt and keep on touching it and getting burnt just to prove how smart they are.
and yes I say the same about cigarettes or Alcohol. Have you ever seen some one with the shakes or in the cancer ward on oxygen trying to get a cigarette.
Man most of you have only been here a little while and probably are not going to stay too long. If I complained about all the problems I had growing up Muslim in America.... Where everything from the candy, chips, and vegetables was laced with pork, like you guys complain about the simple stuff here in Qatar I think I would be schizo by now. Stop complaining and enjoy your time in a crazy traffic, pork free :-) environment.
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