 Display of national dish containing pork a focal point for “tensions” between Muslims and Christians in southern Philippine city
There is a matter of fundamental importance missing from the story below, and that is the existence of specific injunctions in sharia law against the display of alcohol or pork by unbelievers. Umdat al Salik, a Shafi jurisprudence manual certified as reliable by Al-Azhar University in Cairo, states:
“The subject peoples must “pay the non-Muslim poll tax (jizya) [and] are distinguished from Muslims in dress, wearing a wide cloth belt (zunnar); are not greeted with ‘as-Salamu ‘alaykum’ [the traditional Muslim greeting, ‘Peace be with you’]; must keep to the side of the street; may not build higher than or as high as the Muslims’ buildings, though if they acquire a tall house, it is not razed; are forbidden to openly display wine or pork … recite the Torah or Evangel aloud, or make public display of their funerals or feastdays; and are forbidden to build new churches.” (o11.3, 5)
Thus, this story is not merely about one local population’s quirky sensitivities, but about the intent on the part of the Muslims in this area to impose Islamic law.
“Sectarian tensions simmer over a pig in Cotabato City,” by Jonathan Adams for the Christian Science Monitor
 
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