Muslins getting shots ....

[middle-aged mom]

Originally Posted by legalsea

I don't believe that Muslims, per se, refuse to get vaccines due to being against vaccines. In two Muslim countries, Thailand and Indonesia, the religious leaders declared that such vaccines are prohibited due to their being made with pork products (which I doubt is true). However, those two countries are outliers.



In 2017 you had the "Dakar Declaration of Vaccination":



https://www.afro.who.int/sites/defau...eclaration.pdf


If you read it (I doubt you will), you will see that it is a ringing declaring of vaccinations being acceptable to Muslims.





Christian Scientists are against vaccines, as is the Dutch Reform Church.



Oh. And stupid people. Let's not forget them.

It’s all about porcine gelatin in the nasal spray version of the annual flu vaccination.


As an aside, Thailand is 95% Buddhist which prohibits all meat and meat derived products.

[legalsea]

Originally Posted by MPowering1

Color me confused. The OP didn't say Muslims are against all vaccines. In the quote you responded to the OP wrote:



You're saying the same thing.

The OP was assuming that Muslims refuse vaccinations because pork products are involved in the manufacturing. Some do indeed use some type of pork gelatin. But the Declaration allows Muslims to have them anyway, for the greater good, with many citations of Mohamed.



I think eggs are the medium mostly used, nowadays. Anyway, my point was that American Muslims, in particular, have no objection to taking a vaccine. Of course, you have some percentage, as with Christians, that refuse to do so.

[Workin_Hard]

Originally Posted by Variable

There are news reports of some Muslims refusing the nasal vaccine when it had pork gelatin. Doubtful the Covid-19 vaccine will have pork gelatin though.

We can hope, can’t we?

[Senior7]

I just know that a Muslim lady working at a hospital refused the flu shot , so was asked to leave , sadly as she was One of the best workers there .

[LS Jaun]

I have a Muslim Aunt. Never heard of her being against getting vaccines. She doesn't drink and won't set foot in my house because I have a black dog, but has never been phobic of getting shots. On the other hand, she's turned into something unrecognizable since converting so anything is possible.