Islam

The Islamic law (Sharia) is a very interesting thing, as are the rules for most religions. For example, a Muslim is only supposed to rely on information told by they're faith, not necessarily what others say. And, a Muslim is supposed to follow the rule of a Mujtahid, an Islamic scholar who's able to understand the Sharia. The rules of a Mujtahid are decided by what he thinks is best. Even if others say that what he does are incorrect, he still should only do what he thinks he should do. 


The Islamic religion also has an equivalent of Kosher things, what you can eat/ ingest and what you can't. Things that cannot be ingested are Najis. Things that can be ingested are Pak. Things that are officially stated as a Najisat are urine, faeces, semen, dead bodies, blood, dog, pig, kafir (something that isn't Islamic), liquor and the sweat of an animal that has ingested a Najisat. Technically, a Muslim is allowed to eat something that's Najis, but only if they don't know it's Najis or if it's been made Pak, by water, earth, the sun, through transformation, through change, through transfer and through other methods. If meat is Hallal, though, it's been cut from an animal that's been killed under certain conditions. It must be killed while sane, across the throat with a not serrated blade, while saying the name of 'Allah'. 


These are but two rules among thousands of the others stated in the Sharia, but I don't think I should completely study all these rules, because I don't understand a great deal of them and I don't think I will unless I accept and study this as my main religion for a few years.