- 24 Jan 2017 17:18
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So, the Qur'an says to trust only the Qur'an. But basically nobody actually does that, of course. So I read recently that pet dogs are haram. This doesn't just mean that owning a pet dog is illegal in most Muslim countries, apparently even large and more moderate Muslim countries like Indonesia are banning "hots dogs" because they have the word "dog" in them. In some of the more extreme interpretations, black dogs are considered evil and are actively hunted down and killed. This also explains stories you hear from Iran where they find stray dogs and kill them with acid injections and so-on.
I've personally felt as if the pet dog thing has gotten a little out of control. People are using dogs as proxies or replacements for children (when they aren't using children as proxies for dogs).
To paraphrase a passage from the Qur'an, "if you drive a dog away its tongue will loll out of its mouth, if you don't drive it away its tongue will still loll out of its mouth."
Ultimately I can see an argument for banning dogs as recreational pets. But reading stuff like this, I'm starting to wonder, how far is too far? Are people really so retarded that we have to do things like ban pet dogs? At what point do you just let someone be retarded and hurt themselves?
Edit: Literally, I typed the word "hadiths" and now I'm getting banner ads about dating Arab women. Thanks Google.
I've personally felt as if the pet dog thing has gotten a little out of control. People are using dogs as proxies or replacements for children (when they aren't using children as proxies for dogs).
To paraphrase a passage from the Qur'an, "if you drive a dog away its tongue will loll out of its mouth, if you don't drive it away its tongue will still loll out of its mouth."
Ultimately I can see an argument for banning dogs as recreational pets. But reading stuff like this, I'm starting to wonder, how far is too far? Are people really so retarded that we have to do things like ban pet dogs? At what point do you just let someone be retarded and hurt themselves?
Edit: Literally, I typed the word "hadiths" and now I'm getting banner ads about dating Arab women. Thanks Google.
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