1) Young Muslims - The Message

Some may argue that in advanced countries like Australia, pigs arebred in very clean and hygienic conditions. Even in these hygienicconditions, the pigs are kept together in sties. No matter how hardyou try to keep them clean they are filthy by nature. They eat andenjoy their own as well as their neighbor’s excreta.6. Pig is the most shameless animalThe pig is the most shameless animal on the face of the earth. It isthe only animal that invites its friends to have sex with its mate. Ifyou eat pigs then you may behave like pigs. This behaviour is seenin the west in the form of so called “wife-swapping”.Why is the consumption of AlcoholProhibited in Islam?Alcohol has been the scourge of human society since timeimmemorial. It continues to cost countless human lives, and causesterrible misery to millions throughout the world. Alcohol is the rootcause of several problems facing the society. The statistics ofsoaring crime rates, increasing instances of mental illnesses andmillions of broken homes throughout the world bear mutetestimony to the destructive power of alcohol.1. Prohibition of alcohol in the Qur’anThe Glorious Qur’an prohibits the consumption of alcohol in thefollowing verse:“O ye who believe! Intoxicants and gambling, (dedication of) stones,and (divination by) arrows, are an abomination – of satan’shandiwork; eschew such (abomination), that ye may prosper.” [SuraAl Maidah, 5:90]Young Muslims, What they should know about Islam Page - 122