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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Terry" data-source="post: 2193309" data-attributes="member: 212629"><p>Because it is haram or treif depending on the religion.  Simply put, they are forbidden.  People like to make up reasons such as trichinosis, which is rather silly since the people in surrounding areas could eat pork and it would be learned fairly quickly that cooking it thoroughly makes it safe.  So, at least in Judaism, it's a chok, that is it has no apparent reason, though mekubalim do provide one.  I don't know the tradition Muslims have decide on as their reason though it may be as simple as it was originally forbidden in the Torah and so they do it too.</p></blockquote><p></p>