I have been brought up in the Moslem faith. My parents to the best of my knowledge have practiced their religion as closely as common sense will permit in any civilised Western society. Our religion states that we must not eat pork, a man should never wear gold, alcohol is not permitted, women must be covered in public etc. etc.
When is somebody going to wake up to realise that the ground rules were laid down when there were no refrigerators to prevent the pork from becoming going bad and becoming contaminated quickly? (This at best would prevent you from going to work and at worst would kill you)Alcoholic drinks were produced by the side of the mud road or in someones tent, so were very likely to contain the kind of impurities that would at best prevent you from going to work, or maybe kill you. Gold is and has always been considered a display of wealth. ``Dont wear the gold trinket that you bought with the extra money that I am paying you Mustafa, the other blokes will want a pay rise too!" And while I am here ..... it might be a good idea to keep that wife of yours under wraps buddy, if the other blokes don't see her they won't fancy her will they? That way she will never have the chance to find out just how inadequate you are in bed will she? And remember... no pork or booze Mustafa, I don't want you being off sick.