Are we eating Pork?

[Nader]

- Dr. M. Amjad Khan
One of my friends, Shaikh Sahib works in Pegal, France, in the Department of Food. His work is to register all makes of goods, foods and medicines. Whenever any company is putting something in the market, its ingredients have to be approved by the Department of Food, France, and as Shaikh Sahib works in the Laboratory Quality Control, he knows about the ingredients. Many of these ingredients contain scientific names, but some have mathematical names, like E-904, E-141. At first, when Shaikh Sahib came across them, he was curious and asked his Department Incharge, who was a French, and he replied, "Just do your job. Don't ask questions." This aroused suspicion in Shaikh Sahib's mind and he started looking-up for them in the files. What he found was enough to astonish any Muslim in the world. In nearly all the western countries including Europe, the primary choice for meat is pig. There are a lot of farms in these countries to breed this animal. In France alone, Pig Farms account for more than 42,000. Pigs have the highest quantity of fat in their body than any other animal. But Europeans and Americans try to avoid fats. Thus, where does the fat from these pigs go? All pigs are cut in slaughter houses under the control of the department of food and it was the headache of the department of food to dispose of the fat removed from these pigs. Formally, it was burnt (about 60 years ago). Then they thought of utilizing it. First, they experimented it in the making of soaps and it worked. Then, a full network was formed and this fat was chemically processed, packed and marketed, while the other manufacturing companies bought it. In the meantime, all European S tates made it a rule that every Food, Medical and Personal Hygiene product should have the ingredients listed on it's cover. So, this ingredient was listed as pig fat. Those who are living in Europe for the past 40 years know about this. But, these products came under a ban by the Islamic countries at that time, which resulted in a trade deficit. Going back in time, if you are somehow related to South East Asia, you might know about the provoking factors of the 1857 Civil War. At that time, rifle bullets were made in Europe and transported to the sub-continent through the sea. It took months to reach there and the gunpowder in it was ruined due to the exposure to sea. Then, they got the idea of coating the bullets with fat, which was pig fat. The fat layer had to be scratched by teeth before using them. when the word spread, the soldiers, mostly Muslim and some vegetarians, refused to fight. This eventually lead to the Civil War. The Europeans recognized this fact, and instead of writing 'pig fat', they started writing 'animal fat'. All those living in Europe since 1970's know this fact. When the companies were asked by authorities from the Muslim countries, what animal fat is it, they were told it was cow and sheep fat. Here again a question arose, if it was cow or sheep fat, still it is haram to Muslims, as these animal were not slaughtered as per the Islamic law. Thus, they were again banned. Now, these multinational companies were again facing a severe drought of money as 75% of their income comes from selling their goods to Muslim Countries, and these earn billions of Dollars of profit from their exports to the Muslim world.
Finally they decided to start a coding language, so that only their Departments of Food Administration should know what they are using, and the common man is left lurking in the dark. Thus, they started E-Codes. These E-Ingredients are present in a majority of products of multinational firms including, but not lim ited to - tooth paste, shaving cream, chewing gum, chocolate, sweets, biscuits, corn flakes, toffees, canned foods, fruit tins, and some medications like multi-vitamins. Since these goods are being used in all Muslim countries indiscrimately, our society is facing problems like shamelessness, rudeness and sexual promiscuity.
So I request all Muslims to check the ingredients of the items of daily use and match it with the following list of E-Codes. If any of the ingredients listed below is found, try to avoid it, as it has got pig fat.
E100, E110, E120, E 140, E141, E153, E210, E213, E214, E216, E234, E252, E270, E280, E325, E326, E327, E334, E335, E336, E337, E422, E430, E431, E432, E433, E434, E435, E436, E440, E470, E471, E472, E473, E474, E475, E476, E477, E478, E481, E482, E483, E491, E492, E493, E494, E495, E542, E570, E572, E631, E635, E904.

It is the responsibility of each and every Muslim to follow the Islamic path and also keep his fellow followers informed of anything that he comes across. May Allah help us lead a halal life.
(Contribution courtesy: Ayesha Siddiqua, Gulbarga)

to Further with the Pig it is observed that
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.

Consumption of pork causes several diseases
The other non-Muslims and atheists will agree only if convinced through reason,
logic and science. Eating of pork can cause no less than seventy different types
of diseases. A person can have various helminthes like roundworm, pinworm,
hookworm, etc. One of the most dangerous is Taenia Solium, which is in lay
man's terminology called tapeworm. It harbours in the intestine and is very long.
Its ova i.e. eggs, enter the blood stream and can reach almost all the organs of
t he body. If it enters the brain it can cause memory loss. If it enters the heart it
can cause heart attack, if it enters the eye it can cause blindness, if it enters the
liver it can cause liver damage. It can damage almost all the organs of the body.
Another dangerous helminthes is Trichura Tichurasis.
A common misconception about pork is that if it is cooked well, these ova die.
In a research project undertaken in America, it was found that out of twenty-four
people suffering from Trichura Tichurasis, twenty two had cooked the pork very
well. This indicates that the ova present in the pork do not die under normal cooking temperature.
Pork has fat building material
Pork has very little muscle building material and contains excess of fat. This fat
gets deposited in th e vessels and can cause hypertension and heart attack. It is
not surprising that over 50% of Americans suffer from hypertension.

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 neig hbour'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.


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Note :- I request to every Muslim (who would / wouldnt say "who cares nowadays")to check for items which he/she intends to buy and if he finds any items with the ingrediants with the abov e mentioned codes then add it to the end of the list below so as to alert fellow brothers/sisters (Items which are not included in the list below) and mail it back to the sender also.

There are lot more products to be verified .

Here is a list of few products which I happen to find with some of the codes in Saudi Arabia( this list is not exhaustive/complete).


1 Cadburrys chocolate - E476
2 Igloo Ice Cream -E471,E433
3 Baskin Robbins Ice Cream E471
4 Foster Clarks Custard Powder-E110
5 Fadeco Ice Cream-E471
6 Nova Chewing Gum -E422
7 Dema h Fresh -E422
8 Big Babool Chewing Gum

new items to be added here and with the format

Allah Hafiz

[أحمد الشامي]

Salam....

Dear Brother Nader:

I've discussed this topic with many people, because I've always been interested in pork additives (E-codes) and useful lipids and oils.

Of course I agree with you on the fact that pigs are dirty animals (by nature).. and even if they were raised in a clean environment, the content of their meat is always carried with fungus that affect the liver and other organs... etc... but when I tell Americans and others.. about this fact, they answer by saying... It tastes so good, and it is cheaper than chicken and beef...bla bla bla...

The fact that eating pork removes a jealousy is not certainly true.

Why?

well, Jealousy is not related to our body directly, because it is part of our Physcolgical, Socicolgoical, and feelings structures. Eating Pork might affect our health, right... but how come would it affect our Jealousy...I discussed this point with some Yemeni scholars whom always use this argument, that doesn't make sense to a person living in the west.

So, Pork is bad...but why is it bad?... and I already mentioned this above.

About the additives used in our food, drinks and MEDICINE that contain pork.. or some of its ingredients are useful, because they don't include whats included in the pork meats... there are alot of medicines that include pork oils, and we always consume them... (Tylenol for example).. and they are used here as pain killers, which is beneficiary for us, and doesn't affect us, except that it makes our liver works harder, because of the amount of chemicals in the tablets themselves, and not only pork oil.

pork here is not the only issue... Alcohol is also used in some Gum products and Chocholates and alot of food products....and we still consume them!!... they are not harming us anyways... and they are not affecting our health in a direct way (at least)... e7m

My point here, even though, I am pretty sure that my explanation is confusing....my point is... WHAT IS WRONG WITH USING PORK OILS AND LIPIDS...that can be useful? (Excluding Pork meat and dairy's) ..

The prohibtion was clear for pork meat and not its oils and lipids... just like the dogs saliva...but not the dogs hair for Taharah...

I will organize my thoughts better and rewrite my points in a more organized way it this one is not understood...

Thank you very much

[Nader]

Dear there is no need to reorganize it; it is already clear and pretty neat.
I put that article to discuss about it.
I understood from what you said that the food we're eating cannot affect our feeling like jealousy or whatever. Where blues, damp and nerves are treated with food and medicine.
By the way, I heard before people say that only pork meat is prohibited not there fat. Can you please prove that from Quran with the help of the Arabic roles? Because I can say that MEAT in the ayah means everything can be eaten from pork. Plus one important point which is: Fat is not separated from meat, so they can share the same harms.
Thanks and Regards .

[زيدي للابد]

I have read this article earlier and I went and checked almost all the food material that
we consume, the codes did not corrospond to the pork containing items listed above

To be honest it is better to be on the safe side and boycott these products ,
but i really want to know how true the codes are!?!

Thank You very much brother for this informative article

May Allah bless you,

alhashimy alzaidi

[Nader]

May Allah bless you all too
Thanks for reading

Regards,