Any religion inevitably prescribes certain rules of behavior and relationships "in the world" to its adherents, imposes restrictions and even prohibitions. The latter can be exclusively spiritual, as in Buddhism, or quite earthly, as in Islam or Christianity. So, Muslims Islam prescribes to refrain from alcohol and the use of pork.
Muslims are people who base their perception of the world and thinking on the religion that the Prophet Muhammad “brought”, also called Magomed and Mohammed. In Islam, the name has its meaning, it seems to be embedded in a person’s spiritual destiny, the name Muhammad means "praised", "worthy of praise."
The Prophet Muhammad is especially revered in Islam, he is the last to whom the revelations of Allah were available.
Muhammad is a prophet of Islam, but he was also a politician, the founder of the Muslim community. Muslims believe all the instructions contained in the holy book of the Qur'an - a set of rules and revelations that Mohammed preached from the mouth of God himself (Allah). Naturally, Muslims honor the Koran and try to comply with all its prohibitions so as not to anger Allah. One of these is the categorical ban on eating pork.
Revelations of the Quran
As stated in the Qur'an, one should not use a believer: "carrion, blood, pork and what was stabbed with the name of others, not Allah." There is a note in the Qur'an that one who eats pork without his will will not be sinful, as he was forced to do this, and he himself did not want to do so.
The ban on pig meat was by no means accidental; during the time of the Prophet Muhammad's life, the world was shocked by epidemics of plague and cholera, diphtheria, brucellosis and other diseases, to which animals are exposed, literally mowing entire cities. It is believed that the pig is a dirty animal, feeds on pasture and excrement. Accordingly, the meat of an animal may contain pathogenic bacteria that cause various diseases.
In addition, in hot countries such as Iran, Iraq, Tunisia and other countries of the Islamic world, pork quickly deteriorated and became a cause of poisoning.
However, the faithful Muslims and Jews tend to explain the ban in a slightly different way: refusing to use pork helps a person to approach physical and spiritual perfection, to get away from the "past" life of dirty animals.
Refusal is also a path of sacrifice; it is not so expressed in Islam as in Orthodoxy, but it occupies no less important place in the religious consciousness of a church / mosque adherent. The ability to keep oneself within the prescribed rules, to observe the prohibitions and commandments of the prophets, to lead an ascetic lifestyle, to sow goodness and mercy - this is a step into the arms of Allah.
The Jews have another, not meaningless, version of the rejection of pork. Based on medical research, they say that pig blood cells are similar in structure and biological activity to human ones, their organs have the same reproductive capacity as human ones. Not likening the pig to the “pinnacle of divine creation, ” even the Torah forbids Jews to eat its meat.
