“Prohibitted for you is the dead (الْمَيْتَة), blood (وَالدَّم), meat of swine (وَلَحْمُ الْخِنْـزِير), what has been offered to anyone other than Allah (وَمَا أُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ بِه); and that which is strangled (وَالْمُنْخَنِقَة), that which has been beaten to death (وَالْمَوْقُوذَة), that which had a fatal fall (وَالْمُتَرَدِّيَة), that which is gored by horns (وَالنَّطِيحَة), that which a beast of pray has eaten (وَمَا أَكَلَ السَّبُع), except for what you slaughter yourselves, [forbidden also] what is sacrificed on alters (مَا ذُبِحَ عَلَى النُّصُب), and what you allocate by divining arrows (gambling) (وَأَنْ تَسْتَقْسِمُوا بِالأَزْلام) – that is abomination for you. Today, those who disbelieved have become hopeless with regards to your religion so do not fear them, but fear Me.” (Qur’an 5:3)