They said the same thing, but they way the said it implied that it was a capital offence (then again in islam, what isn't?) to own, sell, harm, injure, or look at funny, a cat.
I just thought it was bizarre.....they didn't think it was funny when I made a few jokes about some take out places serving cat meat.
For a second I thought one of them was going to call for a fatwah or something, they got ticked off about it.
a partial list
http://www.al-islam.org/laws/najisthings.html
84. * The following ten things are essentially najis:
Urine
Faeces
Semen
Dead body
Blood
Dog
Pig
Kafir
Alcoholic liquors
The sweat of an animal who persistently eats najasat.