Yeeeooow!
Hot topic!
Anyhow, all religions have skelitons in the closet, but they all have good points as well, and in general encourage a good and honest life. They provide a moral compass that can ground and help people (especially if they have none of their own.)
I have a problem with any religion or person who would claim exclusive audience with whatever higher power they espouse. Furthermore, I certainly do not believe in forcible conversion.
BTW, a pig is considered an unclean animal in Islam, but it is not favored in the Torah or the old testiment of the Bible either. I consider this to be due to the high incidence of trycanosis. The old holy books were simply trying to keep people alive, so pork was disallowed. I do not believe that God (Allah, Yaweh etc.) will smite me for eating pork, but I think (for its time) it was a fair warning.
For a devout Muslim, eating pork would be tantamount to a practitioner of Vedic Hindu slaughtering and eating a cow.
Me, I am a carnivore, so it's all good to me...
