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MVRS vs. Islamic [DISSENTING OPINION, AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.]

MVRS PUBLICATIONS, INC., MARS C. LACONSAY, MYLA C. AGUJA and AGUSTINO G. BINEGAS, JR., petitioners, vs. ISLAMIC DA'WAH COUNCIL OF THE PHILIPPINES, INC., ABDUL-RAHMAN R.T. LINZAG, IBRAHIM F.P. ARCILLA, ABDUL RASHID DE GUZMAN, AL-FARED DA SILVA and IBRAHIM B.A. JUNIO, respondents. [DISSENTING OPINION, AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.]

G.R. No. 135306 | 2003-01-28

DISSENTING OPINION 

AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.:

I vote to affirm the assailed decision of the Court of Appeals with certain modifications.
 
For a proper perspective of the issues involved in the present petition, it must be emphasized that the portion of the subject article which alludes to the Muslims as not eating pork because it is dirty is not the bone of contention of respondents, because admittedly, the Muslims may eat pork if driven by necessity, as expressed in the Quran, to wit: 
 
 
 
"Allah has forbidden you only what dies of itself and blood and the flesh of swine and that over which any other (name) than...