Saudi Religious Police Ban Pet Cats And Dogs
Posted on 07/30/2008 12:49:36 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Saudi Arabia's religious police have announced a ban on selling cats and dogs as pets, or walking them in public in the Saudi capital, because of men using them as a means of making passes at women, an official said on Wednesday.
Othman al-Othman, head of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice in Riyadh, known as the Muttawa, told the Saudi edition of al-Hayat daily that the commission has started enforcing an old religious edict.
He said the commission was implementing a decision taken a month ago by the acting governor of the capital, Prince Sattam bin Abdul Aziz, adding that it follows an old edict issued by the supreme council of Saudi scholars.
The reason behind reinforcing the edict now was a rising fashion among some men using pets in public "to make passes on women and disturb families," he said, without giving more details.
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A friend of mine has a nice field Lab who is a regular Casanova. Nothing will keep him from the ladies - he goes out windows, over 8 foot fences, etc. etc. There are an awful lot of puppies in the neighborhood who look just like him . . . fortunately he's a good looking dog with a terrific temperament.
One of the downsides of the Danes is that they don't live long at all.
I was looking for a Danedor instead of a Dane because I felt the Lab might help extend a great dog’s life span. Please let me know if your neighborhood Romeo finds himself a Dane Juliet. OMG, my Pitador, who’s under the desk, has just farted!
Yes. Great book.
There’s a boxer in that book with a similar problem . . . .
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