mahmud: There hasn't been pork eaten anywhere in Egypt for the last 1500 years or so.
mahmud: Fact: pork is something the urban poor just resorted to recently, never part of their heritage or long-term diet.
So which is the fact? That pork hasn't been eaten in Egypt for 1500 years or that it has only been eaten their recently.
You know what water hasn't been drunk in Egypt since the time of the pharoahs - go on prove me wrong find a Egyptician recipe for water ...
The recipe for pork is this. Take pig, cook over heat, eat. Also people who survive on garbage don't use recipe books.
Here you go - http://bit.ly/porkpork - Islam Online's (very clearly biased) article reporting a priest to have advised Egyptian Christians to stop eating pork. It's from 2007. It doesn't strictly say that people do, but does say they shouldn't - it could have been an entirely unnecessary edict but for any sane person it's sufficient to show pork was being eaten in large enough quantities for prelates to comment on and for Islamic news groups to report.
Nope, "Egypt's Christians are divided over a piece of advice given by Pope Shenouda III, the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, who urged followers not to eat pork over health reasons."
All the quotes are from Egyptians including several church leaders in Egypt.
I love the "Scientists say" editorialising in it too ... hilarious.
So which is the fact? That pork hasn't been eaten in Egypt for 1500 years or that it has only been eaten their recently.
You know what water hasn't been drunk in Egypt since the time of the pharoahs - go on prove me wrong find a Egyptician recipe for water ...
The recipe for pork is this. Take pig, cook over heat, eat. Also people who survive on garbage don't use recipe books.
Here you go - http://bit.ly/porkpork - Islam Online's (very clearly biased) article reporting a priest to have advised Egyptian Christians to stop eating pork. It's from 2007. It doesn't strictly say that people do, but does say they shouldn't - it could have been an entirely unnecessary edict but for any sane person it's sufficient to show pork was being eaten in large enough quantities for prelates to comment on and for Islamic news groups to report.