Motif
Dietary taboo with emergency exception
dietary_taboo_with_emergency_exception
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Taboo and Ritual Restriction. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) SECTION III / SECTION IV. / SECTION V. / OF CERTAIN NEGATIVE PRECEPTS IN THE KORN.; lines 6116-6169 confidence: high
The Qur'an is said to prohibit blood, swine flesh, carrion, idol-slain animals, strangled animals, and animals killed by blows, falls, or beasts; the passage compares these rules to Jewish law and notes camels as an allowed difference.
The passage lists forbidden foods and then states that danger of starvation permits otherwise prohibited foods.
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