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"In 2009, during the worldwide epidemic of H1N1 swine flu, the Ministry of Agriculture decreed that all Egyptian pigs had to be killed. There was no evidence th
by kumarski 12y ago
"In 2009, during the worldwide epidemic of H1N1 swine flu, the Ministry of Agriculture decreed that all Egyptian pigs had to be killed. There was no evidence that pigs were spreading the disease, but the government went ahead and slaughtered as many as three hundred thousand animals. Some Egyptians believe that the decision was driven by a desire to appease Islamists, who had become outspoken critics of the regime, and supposedly hated pigs even more than they hated Mubarak."
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- gaius 12y agoAlso see http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/05/05/us-afghanistan-pig-idUSTRE5444XQ20090505 http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/05/05/us-afghanistan-pig...
- pbh101 12y agoIt was also speculated that they were killed to oppress the Christian minority in Egypt, who derived a significant part of their income from raising swine, due to Islam's restriction on interaction with pigs.