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Indonesian clerics ask Saudi to drop hajj vaccine |
2009-06-09 |
![]() "We sent a letter to the Saudi government over the required meningitis vaccination for the pilgrims following our findings that it contains a pig substance," said the head of the Indonesian Council of Ulema Ma'ruf Amin. Amin said the vaccine manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline had confirmed that a pig enzyme was used in the early stages of production of the vaccine, but was not in the final product. "The manufacturing company said that using a porcine enzyme in the initial process of its production is unavoidable," he said. "As the hajj pilgrimage is a religious obligation, we have asked the Saudi authorities not to insist on the meningitis vaccination requirement," Amin said, adding that if necessary, an alternative should be found. |
Posted by:Fred |
#8 It takes effort and a certain perverse determination to be more ignorant and fanatical than the Saudis. Let's hear it for Ma'ruf Amin, Real Cleric of Genius! |
Posted by: Mitch H. 2009-06-09 18:17 |
#7 I don't know why everyone is getting so upset. It is just noble brown people engaged in their traditional tribal customs. Celebrate the (bacterial) diversity! And pass the popcorn, please. |
Posted by: SteveS 2009-06-09 16:07 |
#6 "Amin said, adding that if necessary, an alternative should be found" Then why don't you or one of your co-religionists find it, idiot? Or are you all too busy inventing the latest version of the homicide bomb belt? If I hope that, as payback for his idiocy, he gets meningitis and polio, does that make me a bad person? |
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-06-09 13:30 |
#5 Okay. Enjoy the meningitis... |
Posted by: tu3031 2009-06-09 13:19 |
#4 Nobody tell them about the drop of Special Jew Cooties in each vial. |
Posted by: ed 2009-06-09 10:02 |
#3 I think many of the preliminary h1n1 flu vaccines use pig enzymes also. Not just Glaxo but Roche and Biocryst. |
Posted by: Lord garth 2009-06-09 08:52 |
#2 Way to go, Ma'ruf! |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-06-09 03:47 |
#1 an alternative: they could just DIE from meningitis.... It is the old way... |
Posted by: 3dc 2009-06-09 01:11 |