70 yr old man flogged, gets jail time for walking dog

They sure do have some strange (to us) laws...  

It's a kind of dumb country to try to make a political statement in ... it's pretty well known that  Islam considers dogs to be unclean/impure.  Just not a place I'd try to make any sort of public statement -- not a 'free' country -- if it were a woman the penalty would have been more harsh!

I've often wondered why Islam considers dogs to be impure.

And I wonder if this will change...?

zircon

I've often wondered why Islam considers dogs to be impure.

And I wonder if this will change...?

zircon

I've often wondered why Islam considers dogs to be impure.

And I wonder if this will change...?

I have muslim friends, one from Egypt and one from Palestein and they own a dog. The only thing they do not like about dogs is when they lick you. According to them you can pet dogs but if they lick you then you are unclean and have to cleanse yourself.

 There dog lives inside and sleeps on the couch.

Mind you they have become americanized so their views would not apply in the middle east

HoundMusic

 Islam is a religion that seems to beget violence so as long as it reigns in the middle east, there will be problems such as this :(

Historically, Islam has been less violent than Christianity. In the current time and age, there is a movement within Islam that encourages violence. That is a very different thing than Islam as a whole encouraging violence. Which it doesn't.  

I guess this explains why this is not the case in Malaysia. That country is overwhelmingly Islam, yet dogs are considered treasured pets. I mean, you can buy dog food there so dogs are not scavengers roaming the streets as they apparently are in parts of the Middle East..

the anti-dog thing and the anti-women thing both appear to be lovely traits of the middle east, not anything to do with the religion.

But Salukis are a gift from Allah and treated as such, at least by the Bedouins.  (They are highly valued.  They sleep in the tents and are never to be sold, only given as gifts.)

 I dont get it at all.God created dogs,just as he did people,i dont understand any 'religion' that condemns one of Gods creatures,and there is afterall only one God!

I often  see Muslims whilst out walking my dogs and i refuse to make a bee line around them or to indulge this ridiculous IMHO mindset,especially when they act like a pack of rabid killer wolves are about to eat them. I just tell them not to worry and that my dogs are extremely friendly and very clean.

If they are going to move to a country of known animal lovers and where there are dogs everywhere then they should be prepared to accept our laws/interpretations etc etc 

^   ^   Well said!