Indeed, why shouldn't Muslims eat pork? The Koran forbids eating pork, and the same in the Bible: it lists which animals God gives to people and which ones are forbidden (a pig is prohibited). But in our enlightened age, many are asking the question “why shouldn't Muslims eat pork?” Does this ban have scientific prerequisites? After all, the word "iman" - "faith" in Arabic, cognate with the Arabic expression "to ensure security." Perhaps religious prohibitions should protect people from something. For example, it is often assumed that pork can be infected with worms, that pigs are “dirty”, eat garbage and excrement, etc. Some suggest (citing scientists) that pig meat is not digested and generally causes cancer.
Because of what, then, the question “why can't Muslims eat pork?” Arises again and again? Because these arguments do not stand up to criticism. In fact, many ethnic groups have been eating pork for centuries and are not sick more than Muslims, worms can be infected from unverified meat of any kind, and chickens also dig in garbage (and coprophagy - eating their own excrement - is biologically necessary for them). And yet, why not eat pork?
There is, perhaps, one significant difference between a pig and all other "allowed for food" animals. All of them are herbivores, and the pig is omnivorous, such as a bear, a monkey and ... man. Not only that, the pig has the same body temperature as humans, some pig organs are suitable for transplantation to humans. Cases have been recorded when, as a result of a mutation, children with pig atavism (for example, a pig snout) were born. And pigs have acute pain sensitivity (even higher than that of humans), herbivores have much lower sensitivity to pain.
True, it remains unclear why Muslims should not eat pork: for ethical reasons, because of the danger of contracting viruses common with the pig, or for some other reason known to God. And is it worth it to find out? As the saying goes, "God protects the safe."
The question often arises; Can Christians Eat Pork? In order to accurately and unequivocally answer it, you will have to tell a little about the history of religions.
The Muslim Quran, the Christian Bible and the Jewish Torah have common roots, they belong to the Abrahamic religions. That is, they all go back to Abraham and recognize the Old Testament (and Muslims believe that the revelation given by Allah to Muhammad is the religion of Abraham in its purest form). These religions are based on divine revelation, the proclamation of the laws and will of God to a chosen person and through him to other people. Moreover, God is considered to be one, incomprehensible and unknowable. The Mosaic Pentateuch also underlies all these religions. Christianity was separated from Judaism with the advent of Christ in the 1st century A.D., since it is customary to lead our reckoning from the Nativity of Christ, which the Jews do not recognize. Although according to Jesus himself quoted in the Gospel, he did not come to abolish the old commandments, but to supplement them.
Islam appeared in the 7th century AD, proclaiming itself a true religion, without distortion (as in Judaism and Christianity, that is, Islam does not deny them, but is called to correct and purify). The holy book of Muslims is the Quran; in addition to the laws and regulations given to Muhammad, it includes the scrolls of Abraham, the Torah, the Gospel and the Psalter. Theologians of Islam believe that Allah used to pass on sacred knowledge and covenants through Musa (Moses) and Isa (Jesus), but over time they were perverted by people. Only Muhammad revealed to the believers the true covenants of Allah. Islamic prophets include both Adam and Ibrahim (Abraham) and Iskander (Alexander the Great) and Isa (Jesus), Muhammad is considered the last prophet.
There is also a very young religion, also related to the Abrahamic. The Bahai religion continues all previous Abrahamic religions (at the beginning it was considered an Islamic sect). Its founder, Bahá'u'llá, is considered in this religion to be God's new messenger, continuing the work of the previous ones (Christ, Muhammad and even Krishna). Bahá'ís affirm that God is one and all religions are one.
Thus, it becomes clear that pork should not be eaten by all adherents of the above religions, since this prohibition is found in a common part of the Bible for them. It remains to add that, according to the oldest teaching in the world, Kabbalah (this is the hidden part of the Torah, the root of all world religions) in the Bible does not speak about our physical world, but about the spiritual. In this case, permission is some species of animals and not other species - in fact, it means spiritual processes and actions.