Posted on 04/19/2011 7:15:26 AM PDT by Realman30
For much of the past decade, the Iranian government has tolerated what it considers a particularly depraved and un-Islamic vice: the keeping of pet dogs.
During periodic crackdowns, police have confiscated dogs from their owners right off the street; and state media has lectured Iranians on the diseases spread by canines. The cleric Gholamreza Hassani, from the city of Urmia, has been satirized for his sermons railing against "short-legged" and "holdable" dogs. But as with the policing of many other practices (like imbibing alcoholic drinks) that are deemed impure by the mullahs but perfectly fine to many Iranians, the state has eventually relaxed and let dog lovers be. (See the top 10 animal stories of 2010.)
Those days of tacit acceptance may soon be over, however. Lawmakers in Tehran have recently proposed a bill in parliament that would criminalize dog ownership, formally enshrining its punishment within the country's Islamic penal code. The bill warns that that in addition to posing public health hazards, the popularity of dog ownership "also poses a cultural problem, a blind imitation of the vulgar culture of the West." The proposed legislation for the first time outlines specific punishments for "the walking and keeping" of "impure and dangerous animals," a definition that could feasibly include cats but for the time being seems targeted at dogs. The law would see the offending animal confiscated, the leveling of a $100-to-$500 fine on the owner, but leaves the fate of confiscated dogs uncertain. "Considering the several thousand dogs [that are kept] in Tehran alone, the problem arises as to what is going to happen to these animals," Hooman Malekpour, a veterinarian in Tehran, said to the BBC's Persian service. If passed, the law would ultimately energize police and volunteer militias to enforce the ban systematically
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The only “breaking news” about Iran should be when it’s turn into a tragic memory by the IDF.
Yep, Yep, Yep, fresh dog!!! LOL
A belief system that spurns Man’s Best Friend is prima facie evil. Not that there isn’t plenty of other evidence.
The solution to this is obvious: euthanize the Iranian leadership.
specific punishments for “the walking and keeping” of “impure and dangerous animals,”
Does this also extend to moo ham ed? Just wondering.
The more I read about the Muslim world, and in a special way, of Iran, the more I wonder how much more “backwards” it is becoming. :(=^..^=
And beer shows He loves us and wants us to be happy, for the trifecta.
On a side note, I was having dinner with a buddy a week ago at a pizza place that has community tables. Two couples got up from the other end of our table, and a pile of college girls came in, one a Muslim wearing her habib or whatever (face showing). While she was devout enough to be wearing this overt display of religious oppression, she was not so devout to the point she would not drink a Yuengling.
Dear Lord, I pray for the animals in these savage places.
I have four dogs and God knows how much I love them. For these SOBs, cruelty is extended to every living thing.
Actually PETA and the Animal Rights lobby really wants to do the same thing. They want ALL dogs and cats spayed and neutered. What is the end result of that?
Same thing NOW does about woman's rights under the Muzzie's insane laws.
I found this, but not much else.
http://obamafoodorama.blogspot.com/2011/03/first-dog-bo-celebrates-st-pats-day.html
WTH... are they jealous over the fact dogs are higher on the evolutionary scale than themselves?
How about keeping the dogs free and impounding the muslims? Iranian society would be vastly improved.
“If you don’t like dogs then I don’t like you.”
It’s the Muslim people, the commoners, in Iran that are keeping, holding, walking and loving the dogs.
It’s the religious leaders who dislike dogs, sounds like partly on religious grounds and partly on public health grounds.
“Let’s see what PETA is going to do about this.’
Same thing NOW does for women there.
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