1) Young Muslims - The Message

3. Consumption of pork causes several diseasesThe other non-Muslims and atheists will agree only if convincedthrough reason, logic and science. Eating of pork can cause no lessthan seventy different types of diseases. A person can have varioushelminthes like roundworm, pinworm, hookworm, etc. One of themost dangerous is Taenia Solium, which is in lay man’s terminologycalled tapeworm. It harbors in the intestine and is very long. Its ovai.e. eggs, enter the blood stream and can reach almost all theorgans of the body. If it enters the brain it can cause memory loss. Ifit enters the heart it can cause heart attack, if it enters the eye itcan cause blindness, if it enters the liver it can cause liver damage. Itcan damage almost all the organs of the body.Another dangerous helminthes is Trichuris trichiura. A commonmisconception about pork is that if it is cooked well, these ova die.In a research project undertaken in America, it was found that outof twenty-four people suffering from Trichuris trichiura, twenty-twohad cooked the pork very well. This indicates that the ova present inthe pork do not die under normal cooking temperature.4. Pork has fat building materialPork has very little muscle building material and contains excess offat. This fat gets deposited in the vessels and can causehypertension and heart attack. It is not surprising that over 50million Americans suffer from hypertension.5. Pig is one of the filthiest animals on earthThe pig is one of the filthiest animals on earth. It lives and thrives onmuck, feces and dirt. It is the best scavenger that God hasproduced. In the villages with no modern toilets, villagers excrete inthe open air. Very often, the excreta are cleared by pigs.Young Muslims, What they should know about Islam Page - 121