CRAP! When the muslims over-ran the region, including Egypt, they co-opted certain local customs. The cat had been a sacred animal in Egypt for thousands of years.
Mohammad patted a cat did he? It's in the hadith is it? I'm totally unimpressed. And I want no more lessons on islam from you - based upon self-serving islamic sources, got that?
Mohammed no doubt ate bread; therefore bread is a revered article of diet in Islam.
Mohammed also drank water, therefore water is a revered liquid in Islam.
What total crap.
The world would be a better place if every person imprisoned in Islam were set free. I’m sure many would be happy to escape from the prison of Islam if they were allowed to; unfortuantely such is not the case. No, the goal of Islam is to turn the entire world into a giant prison.
Which doesn’t disagree with my argument. I never claimed that the practice originated with Islam; Muslims are famous for co-opting a lot of practices and beliefs of other peoples (and distorting them, but that’s a topic for another thread.)
The information provided in the essay comes from more than Islamic sources. I don’t give a flip whether you believe everything in the essay. I don’t.
However, intellectual honesty compels me to acknowledge that cats are historically revered and beloved in Islam, just as they were historically worshiped as gods in ancient Egypt.
Personally, as a Christian, I am not threatened or bothered by this, any more than I am threatened or bothered by the knowledge that Hitler was a dog lover.
Have a good night.