Pigs Knuckle under in the Moslem world.

Ham and eggs (scrambled well with home fries and wheat toast) Jambon et fromage on a crispy baguette. Bacon, lettuce, tomato on toast. Ft. Benning BBQ on a sesame seed bun, Stuffed pork chops w/apple sauce. Herb encrusted pork loin w/ sweet potato bake. Crispy carnitas wrapped up in a flour tortilla, guacamole, beans and salsa. Hot dog with Kraut and cheese. Pizza with sausage, mushroom, and banana pepper.

Istanbul's last pig butcher fights Islamist crackdown. Lazari Kozmaoglu, Istanbul's last pork butcher, takes a break from a two-hour backgammon session to recall the days he spent slicing bacon instead of rolling dice. Eight workers used to rush in and out of the cutting room, placing wrapped meat in refrigerators, Kozmaoglu, 63, recalls in his store in central Istanbul.

Today the shop is down to its last two months of stock and attracts only a handful of customers. Turkey's Islamist-rooted government has clamped down on the pork industry since 2004, closing all but two of the country's 25 pig farms and revoking slaughterhouse licenses. Kozmaoglu, unable to add to his meat supplies, spends most of his time shuffling paperwork as he seeks permission to reopen his abattoir. ``I don't know what I can do if they don't give it to me; this business is my life,'' Kozmaoglu says as he watches a news bulletin on Greek television. He's one of about 2,000 ethnic Greeks remaining in Istanbul. Most Greeks left the city after Turkish mobs attacked their homes and workplaces in 1955. Others were expelled in 1964 after fighting between Greeks and Turks on Cyprus.

Malaysia: Pig Farm stirs Muslim Ire. A plan to build a major pig farm outside Malaysia's largest city has triggered protests by some Muslim residents whose religion considers the animal unclean. About 200 people carrying banners staged a demonstration outside the Selangor state governments office yesterday and handed a protest note to officials, the national news agency Bernama reported.

"We are worried that the number of pigs will increase and the environment will be polluted with the stench of pig waste," Bernama quoted a protester, Mohamad Tarmudi Tushiran, as saying. ... The project "will be implemented fairly in line with multiethnic harmony," Abdul Khalid said in a statement.
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