Posted on 12/19/2020 9:38:26 PM PST by nickcarraway
In October, Indonesian diplomats and Muslim clerics stepped off a plane in China. While the diplomats were there to finalize deals to ensure millions of doses reached Indonesian citizens, the clerics had a much different concern: Whether the COVID-19 vaccine was permissible for use under Islamic law.
As companies race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine and countries scramble to secure doses, questions about the use of pork products - banned by some religious groups - has raised concerns about the possibility of disrupted immunization campaigns.
Pork-derived gelatin has been widely used as a stabilizer to ensure vaccines remain safe and effective during storage and transport. Some companies have worked for years to develop pork-free vaccines: Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis has produced a pork-free meningitis vaccine, while Saudi- and Malaysia-based AJ Pharma is currently working on one of their own.
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I don’t know. Are aborted fetal cells halal?
Pretty sure that the culture medium is bacon fat...
Shows who rates, and who doesn't.
The Israelis will probably develop a pork-free vaccine. LOL
Likely hyper-ventilation by a small number of clerics. Islam allows for in extremis exceptions related to life-threatening situations. Vaccines qualify.
If anyone could make a stink of this it’s Islam. Will the men be forced to wear masks?
I seem to remember when this all started, they were out and about bragging how they were immune.
They shouldn’t need a vaccine.
Fine.
They don’t have to take it.
They can just get the virus and take their chances.
Don’t they claim to be such great inventors; language, math, etc.? I’m guessing they have top men almost ready with a halal version of the vaccine.
Many centuries ago.
Recently? Not so much.
Just extensive practice with explosives.
I think there is debate about their discoveries from centuries ago too.
And yet camel urine is halal!
Benedict XVI’s Regensburg address contains a quote that is really funny on the subject if you know the history, though I think it didn’t make it into the current official translations-—
Islam Contributed Nothing to CUlture-
Why this is funny is that one of their biggest claims to fame is the zero, but, appropriately enough, even that was stolen, and from all places in terms of appropriateness, India—home of Hinduism.
Here is the text of the address
Wouldn’t surprise me.
Aborted fetal cells are not an ingredient of the vaccine. The problem is they were used for testing it.
At least Muslims will follow their religion. Sadly, the majority of Christians don’t care about their religion.
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