The Perverse Roots of Muslim Hatred for Dogs

The Stream ^ | 6/23/2025 | Raymond Ibrahim

[Heartlander]

If you’ve paid any attention to global headlines, you might have noticed something deeply unsettling: Muslims, as a general trend, often seem to harbor an unusual hostility toward dogs. While the rest of the world hails dogs as “man’s best friend,” in many Islamic societies, they’re treated as filth, vermin, or worse — literal devils.

I’ve written about this before (see links below), but in case you’re new to the topic, consider just a few recent developments from the Islamic world:

Dog Deaths, Abuse, and Massacres: A Global Trend

• May 2025, UK: A Muslim man running a dog rescue shelter called Save a Paw was arrested after the carcasses of 37 dogs were discovered on his property. His was a cruel scam: accepting dogs from desperate owners who could no longer care for them, charging a fee to rehome them, then simply letting them die.
• January 2025, Morocco: In preparation for the 2030 FIFA World Cup, Morocco launched a horrific dog extermination campaign. Reports estimated some three million dogs would be culled from the streets. Slaughter squads were seen clubbing and shooting strays across urban areas.
• August 2024, Turkey: Journalist Uzay Bulut warned that a new government law legalizing the removal of stray dogs had effectively turned municipalities into killing machines. Dogs were poisoned, shot, even beheaded by private citizens and city workers alike. Some were even buried alive.
• November 2022, Hebron (Palestinian Territories): The city’s mayor publicly offered 20 shekels for every dog killed. Videos circulated of mobs chasing, beating, and killing dogs in the streets.
• July 2022, Iran: Authorities raided shelters and killed 1,700 dogs taken in by volunteers. One video showed a woman weeping over the lifeless body of a dog she had once

[Bulwyf]

Donkeys. Things I saw I cannot unsee.

[Dr. Sivana]

What do you call a Muslim who owns both a sheep and a goat?

I answered (before looking) "Bigamist", but both could be true.

[cherry]

So much more important then their hatred of women...

[crosdaddy]

Absolutely, lock your wife in the trunk of your car, then your dog…see which one is happy to see you😁🐶🐶

[riverrunner]

And who is going ton adopt them all and pay for it.

[bobbo666]

Stray dogs, those running the streets without a collar/tags are a health hazard since they may carry rabies/distemper. They should be caught or killed.
I say this as a decades-long owner of puppers. Any uncared for animal is a threat you should not suffer near your children.
But, considering them devils is an insight into your ideology — YOU should be destroyed.

[DeplorableTrumpSupporter]

The reason Muslims hate dogs is that dogs are smarter than they are.

A Muslim running a dog shelter? Did anyone thought it was strange?

[Mr Rogers]

“14 “Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. 15 Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.” - Rev 22

“Deliver me from the sword,
my precious life from the power of the dogs.” - Psalms 22

“6 “Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.” - Matt 7

“2 Watch out for those dogs, those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh.” - Phil 2

[Verginius Rufus]

There is a dog mentioned in Tobit 11.4 (one of the deutero-canonical or apocryphal books). as walking along with Tobias, his bride Sarah, and the angel Raphael as they are returning to Nineveh. The dog is evidently a pet so this may be the only positive reference to a dog in the Bible. (Tobit is considered part of the Old Testament by Catholics and by the Eastern churches.)

[noiseman]

Dogs can sense evil, so maybe it’s that.

[Varda]

Euthanasia stats aren't exactly what you think they are. First there are many dogs imported from the third world as a kind of supply chain for adoption.
Second many shelters offer low price euthanasia services mostly for financially challenged people. Cats are a somewhat different story. It's summer which is cat season at animal shelters. Cats left outside and unneutered can have a lot if kittens over the summer.

[libstripper]

I’ve had six dogs in my adult life, three of them adopted rescue dogs. Two of them would be called “Pit Bulls,” both of whom were adopted rescue dogs. The latter of the two is still alive, right now, sleeping on my couch. He weighs 95 pounds, has a terrific bark, and is a great companion and protection dog. You seem to be a bit of a Musim sympathizer.

[riverrunner]

See post 18

[Tom Tetroxide]

I bet it means the feral and/or rabid domesticated dogs that run loose in packs.