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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I disagree with that. Cows are sacred to Hindus, pigs are abhorred by Muslims. Most (all?) Muslim countries have minority groups that eat pigs. That's fine. However, a Muslim eating a cow in India could easily lead to a really bad time.

There is no actual Islamic punishment for eating pigs, at least not one that I heard of. But who knows with the way people "laissez faire" do religion these days [see conservative Christian Americans calling some of Jesus' teachings too woke].

Some info, first response by Google: https://islamqa.info/en/answers/49688/why-is-pork-haram

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

conservative Christian Americans calling some of Jesus’ teachings too woke

I'm not even surprised.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

P.S even if they occasionally get things right, islamqa.info is a fundamentalist site that follows a very recent ideology that isnt what most muslims believe, and against the established schools of law in islam. Best not to use it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Aren’t cows what you reincarnate into if you fuck up enough? Like they’re the lowest of all, so being kind to them is virtuous.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interesting. I have never heard of that. I heard of a Hindu diety once being a cowherd in a specific incarnation however.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Honestly I don’t know if it’s true, hence the question. I saw an Indian person talking about it once, but it’s a hard topic to research in English.