The Health Advantages of Islam

I mean, other than much of your male population doesn't live long enough to suffer from the diseases of old age. No, this article from Time Out London is a serious piece by leftists explaining how much better London will be when Islam takes over:

Is London's future Islamic?

It’s the capital’s fastest growing religion, based on noble traditions and compassionate principles, yet Islam can still be tainted by mistrust and misunderstanding. Here Time Out argues that an Islamic London would be a better place.

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Public health

On the surface, Islamic health doesn’t look good: the 2001 census showed that 24 per cent of Muslim women and 21 per cent of Muslim men suffered long-term illness and disability. But these are factors of social conditions rather than religion. In fact, Islam offers Londoners potential health benefits: the Muslim act of prayer is designed to keep worshippers fit, their joints supple and, at five times a day, their stomachs trim. The regular washing of the feet and hands required before prayers promotes public hygiene and would reduce the transmission of superbugs in London’s hospitals.

Alcohol is haram, or forbidden, to Muslims. As London is above the national average for alcohol-related deaths in males, with 17.6 per 100,000 people (Camden has 31.6 per 100,000 males), turning all the city’s pubs into juice bars would have a massive positive effect on public health. Forbid alcohol throughout the country, and you’d avoid many of the 22,000 alcohol-related deaths and the £7.3 billion national bill for alcohol-related crime and disorder each year.

And it gets worse from there.

Bloggers all over are making fun of this piece of leftist nonsense, like Iowahawk, and David Bernstein at Volokh Conspiracy, and of course, Little Green Footballs. The leftists commenting over at Volokh Conspiracy, unsurprisingly, are attacking that Little Green Footballs mentioned it, rather than confronting the insanity of it.