• @mightyfoolish@lemmy.world
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      810 months ago

      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

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        710 months ago

        conservative Christian Americans calling some of Jesus’ teachings too woke

        I’m not even surprised.

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        10 months 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.

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        110 months ago

        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.

        • @mightyfoolish@lemmy.world
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          110 months ago

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

          • Quokka
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            210 months 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.

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              110 months ago

              I don’t know myself. However, it does seem unlikely that being a cockroach is somehow an improvement to an animal that is treated and protected well.