Posted on 07/17/2025 8:58:37 AM PDT by MtnClimber
The ruling elites of the Islamic Republic of Iran are not known worldwide for their friendly, sunny dispositions; in fact, they have a long and ever-growing list of pet hates, including America, Israel, women (at least if their heads are uncovered and they’re out in public), and man’s other best friend, dogs. The ruling Iranian mullahs have now extended a ban that was already in effect in over twenty Iranian cities to the entire country: it is now against the law to walk the dog. That means, of course, that while private ownership of dogs as pets is ostensibly permitted in Iran, it has for all intents and purposes been outlawed.
Wamiz, a French-language sitedevoted to news of our four-legged friends, reported on Tuesday that anyone walking a dog “on the streets of Iran now risks more than just a fine – and it’s all down to deeply religious reasons.” Walking a dog has been illegal for years in Tehran and many other cities, and now there is nowhere in the entire Islamic Republic that you can take your dog for a walk and not risk running afoul of the nation’s feared morality police.
The ban is designed, according to Iranian authorities, to “maintain public order, ensure security and protect public health.” Wamiz, however, notes that “critics suspect a cultural-political message behind the crackdown.” This because for many Islamic hardliners in Iran, having a dog as a pet is not just unclean, but also shows that the dog owner has succumbed to the Satanic lure of the Western lifestyle. There are few things one can do to arouse more suspicion among Iranian authorities.
Owning a dog is such a bad thing to do in the Islamic Republic of Iran that the Ayatollah Khamenei himself has emphasized that “keeping dogs for reasons other than herding, hunting, and guard dogs is to be considered reprehensible.” He explained that “walking dogs damages Islamic culture as well as hygiene and the peace of others.”
Why would walking a dog damage Islamic culture? Quite simply, because Islam hates dogs. This goes for Shi’ite Islam, the dominant religion of Islam, as well as Sunni Islam, to which the overwhelming majority of Muslims worldwide adhere. Shi’ite collections of Muhammad’s words and deeds attribute quotes to him including “It is detestable for a Muslim to allow a dog to live in his house” (Al-Kafi H 12735, ch. 12, h 1); “Whoever keeps a dog, every day one qirat (a certain unit of measurement) is reduced from the (good) deeds of his owner” (Al-Kafi H 12736, ch. 12, h 2); and “There is nothing good in dogs except hunting dogs or that which guards cattle.” (Al-Kafi 12738, Ch. 12, h 4)
And so, Wamiz says, while “officially, keeping dogs isn’t banned in Iran, but anyone who has a four-legged friend lives an increasingly dangerous life.” The Iranian authorities are notorious, and feared and hated, worldwide for killing a woman they had arrested, Mahsa Amini, for not wearing her headscarf properly. In light of that and so many other incidents like it, it is no small matter for ordinary citizens even to consider flouting the rules of the regime. And those rules appear to be forever multiplying: “Authorities have repeatedly issued bans in recent years that prohibit taking dogs in cars or to parks or public spaces.”
Even more maddening for dog owners is the fact that the morality police aren’t consistent. Whether or not someone gets away with walking the dog may come down to something as trivial as the identity of the morality cop on duty on any given morning, or even his mood that day. “Enforcement is often arbitrary. Sometimes they turn a blind eye, sometimes they crack down hard.” All in all, however, the Islamic Republic is not trending toward tolerance: “Dog owners are increasingly reporting that their animals are being confiscated or threatened.”
Some courageous Iranians are openly defiant: “Many dog owners refuse to be intimidated. Particularly in the capital, Tehran, many owners continue to walk their pets in the open. But this is far from safe.” Because of the emphasis the Iranian authorities have placed on this ban, “dog walks in Iran may now be seen as a political act. Daily walks with a canine companion have become a cultural battle.” As is so much else in the increasingly paranoid and defensive Islamic Republic.
You can't show the bottom of your shoes either... lots of weird crap in that culture.
Guess what.
Don’t care
Hate dogs?
Instant enemy.
Scientology is a saner religion.
“”I wasn’t walking the dog; the dog was walking me.””
More true than you know. Check out your neighborhoods - how many people ARE walking their dogs and not the opposite..the people go where the dogs lead them. Years ago I had Dobermans who were obedience trained and they walked beside their owner without a leash...never in front of or behind - BESIDE! That’s what the “heel” command means....
A person would have to be insane to own a dog in a place like Iran
“..a certain religion hates just about everyone and everything...”
That’s why islam and RAT communists are “like peas in a pod”.
I had to dig deep down to remember this one: Rufus Thomas.
Islam likes cats. According to whatever, Mad Moe cut the sleeve of his shirt to avoid waking up a cat sleeping on it.
It doesn’t appear that dogs ARE outlawed in the country but if they are allowed but can be walked....do I have to ask the obvious? I’m sure not everyone has a yard for them so then what? Doggie litter boxes?
:but can be walked: “can’t be walked.”
Okay, see a quarter of the world’s population as an enemy, just like that!
I’m glad you mentioned DobermansI haven’t had many dogs as an adult. But when I was a kid, we took in a stray red dobie female. A Dr. we knew had a registered black/tan dobie male. We got them together long enough for our red to be with pups. She gave birth to 13 pups (two of them didn’t live).
Each of us 4 boys helped raise them. My mom clipped their tails but we left the ears alone. As they grew, we had to farm several of those beauties out to friends. But the ones we kept were so sharp, so trainable, and loved to go out woodcutting, camping, exploring. Dobermans were part of my youth. We lived on a ranch, and our dogs had jobs. Dogs with jobs are the best kind.
They accept training eagerly; and I always felt safer because we had them.
In adulthood, I’ve mostly eschewed dogs because I had no jobs for them.
We have adopted a number of barn kittens, fixed females. They’ve all remained outdoors because that’s where their jobs have been. They always came a-runnin’ whenever they heard our vehicles approaching the house. And we never had any vermin. Each of them were named for a baseball player.
If there’s any single thing that tells you that these are not good people, it’s their hatred of dogs.
Speaks volumes, doesn’t it?
Those people are nuts!
Gee, I can't imagine why. It wasn't a bad little tune:
walking dogs damages Islamic culture as well as hygiene and the peace of others.”
But it’s hygienic to wipe your butt with your bare hand?
I know God loves these people and longs for them to come to Him, but it’s a challenge for most of us not to regard them as contemptible.
Yes, it's a terrible insult. That's why that guy threw his shoes at GW Bush.
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