As this Jew understands things — Jews may wear pigskin gloves and other products made of swine. The prohibition regards consumption of the animal. This is forbidden. Nothing wrong with touching them. Just wash your hands after.
OTOH, Muslims may not come into contact with pigs or pig products in any form. Hence pigfat on the mosque doorway is a nasty thing.
If I am mistaken please correct me here. Thanks...SSZ
Good. More for me. They’ll be missing out the Christmas ham, obviously. Bacon. BBQ. Sausage. Pozole. Pickled pigs feet. A big ol’ pot of pinto beans with a ham shank. Have some pork thawing right now for sweet and sour pork for dinner. Yuuuum.
They even had a debate on if it was ok to use the valve from a pig heart to do heart repair.
They concluded it was ok as the pig flesh was not being consumed and it was to save a life.