The early Church Father Clement of Alexandria (c. 150–215 CE) writes:
“For it is not fitting for a woman to wear garments that end above the knee, as the Spartan maidens are said to have done; for no part whatsoever of a woman's body should be left exposed.
Yet one may very properly give that graceful reply to anyone who offers such praise: “Your arm is beautiful.” — “But it is not public property.” “Your legs are beautiful.” — “But they belong to my husband alone,” she says. “Your face is fair.” — “But only to the man who married me.”
For my part, I would never wish modest women to provide an opportunity for those who, by means of flattery, hunt after shameful gratification. For it is not merely the ankle that must remain covered; it has also been commanded that the head be veiled and the face be shaded. For it is not right that beauty should become a snare for men.”
— Paedagogus (“The Instructor”), Book II, Chapter X.
In the Iliad and the Odyssey, it is often mentioned that the gods savoured the smell of burnt sacrifices (lamb).
This must have been a persistent theme in antiquity, because the Quran addresses it:
The President of Burkina Faso—Ibrahim Traore—finally ripped off his mask and declared his hatred for Islam.
When he’s not massacring entire villages of Muslims in northern Burkina Faso with the help of Russian mercenaries, Ibrahim Traore likes to give speeches defaming Islam.
He doesn’t even control 70% of his own country, but he advertises himself as a modern day Pan-African strongman.
The gullible masses of Muslims on TikTok need to stop praising this criminal and enemy of Allah. He dresses in military outfits and criticizes the West, and somehow that’s convinced millions of people that he’s a visionary.
May Allah destroy him and his terrorist army.
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Muslims avoid pork primarily because the Quran explicitly commands it, categorizing the animal as inherently impure (Najis al-Ayn). This classification means the impurity is a fundamental part of the pig's essence, not a temporary state caused by mud or neglect.
Consequently, no amount of physical scrubbing, bathing, or pristine living conditions can alter the spiritual status assigned to it by divine decree.
While washing a pig three times a day makes it superficially clean, it does not change its ritual status under Islamic law.
Furthermore, Islamic teachings emphasize that an animal's outward behaviour and biological design reflect its inner nature. Even in a sterilized enclosure, a pig retains its anatomical traits, such as a highly unselective digestive system and a lack of functional sweat glands to expel toxins.
Islamic dietary laws operate on the principle that the food a person consumes physically and spiritually influences their character. Therefore, the animal's natural disposition as a scavenger makes its consumption incompatible with the spiritual purity a Muslim aims to maintain.
The Islamic restriction serves as a test of faith and a reminder of the boundaries set by Allah. Islamic jurisprudence views divine commands as inherently beneficial to humanity, even when the exact physical wisdom is not fully apparent to the human mind.
Refraining from pork helps believers practice self-discipline and reinforce their reliance on revelation over subjective logic.