Egypt and Swine Flu, can you spot the back-story?
"Egypt began slaughtering the roughly 300,000 pigs in the country Wednesday as a precaution against swine flu even though no cases have been reported here, infuriating farmers who blocked streets and stoned vehicles of Health Ministry workers who came to carry out the government's order."
Ah here it is:
"Most in the Muslim world consider pigs unclean animals and do not eat pork because of religious restrictions. One Islamic militant Web site carried comments Wednesday saying swine flu was God's revenge against "infidels."
Pigs are banned entirely in some Muslim countries including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Libya. However in other parts of the Muslim world, they are often raised by religious minorities who can eat pork.
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In Egypt, pigs are raised and consumed mainly by the Christian minority, which some estimates put at 10 percent of the population. Health Ministry spokesman Abdel-Rahman Shaheen estimated there are between 300,000-350,000 pigs in Egypt."
Oh what a surprise...
2 comments:
Egypt again proves it's incapacity to do anything except the facade of responsibility. Also, this is a good way to abolish the pig, pig farmer and his trash dump. Why isn't the Egyptian Government reacting to the increases in HIV, the health menace of the illegal dumping of toxic materials, filthy vendors or even filthier clinics?? Hmmmmm
What a retarded religion(Islam). These idiots just find anything to hurt the christians. Why didn't they slaughter all the chicken, rabbits, ducks, etc. when they had the birds flu!!!!!!! The Egyptian Government should be ashamed of themselves.
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