Posted on 10/13/2022 10:21:29 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Pets International, a US-based magazine covering the pet industry around the globe reported in 2017 that Egypt was among the world's ten fastest growing markets.
Last year, the Ireland-based Research and Markets, another leading global market survey issued a report saying that the pet food industry in Egypt was worth $284.8 million in 2020 and was bound to grow as more well-off Egyptians are owning pets.
"There is usually a balance in terms of the number of customers with dogs and those with cats. But lately, more dog owners come to us and this is normal because dogs usually need more care and cleaning. However, cats are clean by nature," says Shady Mohamed a salesman at Ziggy Pupps.
On a typical Saturday, the store swarms with customers who seek grooming and cleaning services for their dogs of various western breeds.
In mainstream Islam, dogs are seen as unclean animals that should not be owned for companionship.
Muslims are only allowed to own dogs for one of two specific purposes which are guarding or hunting.
However, some well-respected Egyptian religious scholars have recently come forward with fatwas (ruling on Islamic laws) challenging that understanding and arguing that dogs were not unclean and owning them would not undermine a Muslim's piety.
According to the Egyptian Kennel Association, the number of registered dog owners had jumped from 2000 in 2016 to over 860,000 in 2019.
For Mostafa Kamel al-Sayyid, a political science professor with Cairo University, pet ownership is one of many new consumption patterns adopted by newly affluent Egyptians.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.africa.com ...
I have always said the quickest way to unload a litter of kittens is in the parking lot of a Korean grocery store.
I thought dogs and Islam were not compatible.
Hopefully bacon sales will also see an uptick.
Like “dog revolutions” in Asia and particularly China - I imagine it will be led by 30-something women and their Pomeranians and Bichon Frise’s
I thought we were talking about the price of rice in China...
:)
> I thought dogs and Islam were not compatible. <
Islam considers dogs to be unclean animals. But if I recall correctly, an exception is made for work dogs. So maybe it’s okay as long as you pretend that your pet dog is somehow working. Maybe guarding the house, or some such thing.
Times must be pretty ruff over there.
Dogs are kryptonite to Islamists!
“Muslims are only allowed to own dogs for one of two specific purposes which are guarding or hunting.”
I never heard that before. Food was the only exception.
Correct me if wrong.
5.56mm
Next thing you know they’ll be letting their women go out in public without a sack over their heads.
Standby food supply.
It’s important to distinguish between genetic Egyptians and arabs living in Egypt. Genetic Egyptians do not always do what arabs do.
That tears it! No more Egyptian take-out for me.
They aren’t.
Just as the western world is seeing a downturn in religiosity, so too is the Islamic world seeing it. Mosques in tehr6are empty on Friday prayer days and the arab world is not too far behind.
Similarly young Hindus aren’t religious any more either.
Uhhh...is this good or bad?
Ouch!
“That’s funny right there. I don’t care who you are.”
~Larry the Cable Guy~
Kemal is an arab word meaning perfection.
Question: What do you call a litter of piglets?
Answer: Bacon seeds.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.