just catching up...
and reading this..
b3ta.com/questions/wearedetective/post1392042#answers-post-1392431
and I do have an additional point of question..

Why is the pig industry in Saudi Arabia quite as large as it is? My friendly Muslim vet who had worked in the said industry just told me "Because they eat a lot of pork and bacon". At that point, it all just fell apart for me and nothing makes sense any more.
It makes less sense than putting a cat in a wheelie bin.
(gearanach #wankwankwank, Sat 15 Oct 2011, 19:55, 9 replies)

Expats innit.
This also explains the thriving alcohol business in Saudi, sold in hotels for foreigners and to be drunk with the curtains drawn.
( .Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Sat 15 Oct 2011, 20:15, closed)

^this
I was told much the same thing on seeing a piggery establishment in Morocco
( Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Sat 15 Oct 2011, 20:24, closed)

Is it halal?

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Sat 15 Oct 2011, 20:49, closed)

Sketch
about halal pork. Warning: in French
( .Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Sat 15 Oct 2011, 23:40, closed)

How big do you think the pig industry is?

( Ghoti Fingers, Sat 15 Oct 2011, 20:30, closed)

Next thing you'll be saying
that Christians commit adultery.
(apeloverage committed the vile act of onanism on, Sat 15 Oct 2011, 21:20, closed)

I had no idea the SA constabulary had been privatised.
(roysin, Sat 15 Oct 2011, 23:32, closed)

I really came here to repeat apeloverage's comment.
Some muslims eat pork. Admittedly, of all the rules of Islam it's one of the ones they're least likely to break...well... after the sex ones and praying five times a day that is. I've met a lot more Muslims who drink than who don't.
( The Awful Puppy Bakery is still bored, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 6:24, closed)

Difference is adultery is not illegal. In Saudi, Islamic law is enforced by the state. I would guess most of Saudi's alcohol and pork industry is aimed at the American compounds.
(tyrellsOwl, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 21:18, closed)