”Muslims immuned from swine flu symptoms”…

**~~Äike~~** · 07-23-2009, 06:35 PM

Full article: ”Muslims immuned from swine flu symptoms”…

While the Arab world is on high alert in fear of the swine flu outbreak, many Muslims in the Middle East are certain they are safe and immune from the new strain.

Generally speaking, Islam prohibits the consumption of pork because it considers the pig to be "unclean". Many Muslim doctors and specialists have been claiming long before the present plight that pork is a harmful diet. In addition, according to the Islamic belief, consumption of swine-flesh leads to lowliness in soul and demolishes spiritual and moral faculties in any person.

Thus, the news about the symptoms and the infections from the current swine flu virus created a heated debate in the streets, the cafes and internet forums all across the Arab world - will the "scavenger pig" spread also among the Muslims?

A review of some posts loaded in recent days to the internet exposes some kind of optimism among the Muslims. For instance: "Anonymous Coward" wrote: "Muslims are better immune. Did you ever hear of SARS cases in Muslim countries?" Other posts support this view, claiming Muslims will not be infected as they don't eat the "dirty" pork. This is of course a wrong suggestion as humans do not get swine flu from eating pork.

**Inese** · 07-23-2009, 06:43 PM

Muslim have many illnesses and the swine flu is a wrong name for the illness because people infect each other and pigs are not involved! And 100% of Muslim are infected with allah flu --- far more dangerous illness!!

**Kempenzoon** · 07-23-2009, 06:48 PM

Over here the disease has been called Mexican Flu for like, ever. I much prefer that name.

But I fully support using them Muslims as labrats to test their immunity anyway.