Originally Posted by thommy

halal food have the same history as most religious "laws" it was a way to teach people things what you can not teach them without a god behind.

why do muslims and jews not eat pork?

because the muslim religion came from the jewish and the reason why they don´t eat pork was that pork meat spoils faster in hot countries than other meat.
a lot of people died on bacterias because they was eating this spoiled meat.