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Page 85
... Islam again found its greatest strength in the belt of the semiarid lands that stretch from the Mediterranean Sea through Iran , Afghan- istan , and Pakistan to India . I don't mean to say that none of the people who adopted Islam had ...
... Islam again found its greatest strength in the belt of the semiarid lands that stretch from the Mediterranean Sea through Iran , Afghan- istan , and Pakistan to India . I don't mean to say that none of the people who adopted Islam had ...
Page 86
... Islamic taboo on the pig caused the deforestation wrought by the goat . After all , a preference for cattle , sheep , and goats and the rejection of pigs in the Middle East long antedated the birth of Islam . This pref- erence was based ...
... Islamic taboo on the pig caused the deforestation wrought by the goat . After all , a preference for cattle , sheep , and goats and the rejection of pigs in the Middle East long antedated the birth of Islam . This pref- erence was based ...
Page 87
... Islam is incapable of getting people to change their foodways purely out of obedience to divine commandments . Priests , monks , and saints do often refuse delectable and nutritious foods out of piety rather than practical necessity ...
... Islam is incapable of getting people to change their foodways purely out of obedience to divine commandments . Priests , monks , and saints do often refuse delectable and nutritious foods out of piety rather than practical necessity ...
Contents
ONE Good to Think or Good to Eat? | 13 |
TWO Meat Hunger | 19 |
THREE The Riddle of the Sacred Cow | 47 |
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