Posted on 06/26/2016 12:44:43 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
DOG LOVERS IN central Iran are in uproar after authorities began confiscating their pets in an apparent crackdown on the “vulgar Western culture” of canine ownership, Iranian media reported today.
One unnamed dog owner in Shahin Shahr in Isfahan province told Iran’s Shahrvand newspaper that officials had shown up suddenly at his house last week.
“We were shown a piece of paper indicating they were from the municipal veterinary office. They came in and took away our dogs under the pretext of vaccination,” he said.
The owner was told he could recover the dog after its vaccination, but when he went to the vet’s office they had no record of his case.
Instead, the newspaper said the confiscations were the result of a crackdown launched by local prosecutor Mohsen Boosaidi.
“Keeping and caring for dogs is haram (forbidden) according to religious leaders,” Boosaidi told the Fars news agency on 19 June.
“If we find out that anyone is keeping and caring for dogs and so is promoting vulgar Western culture, we will deal with them firmly.”
Dog confiscations in the town began three days later, Shahrvand reported. It did not give precise numbers, but said a number of families had lost their pets. “Ever since our dog was taken away, you only hear the sound of crying and sobbing in our house,” the Shahin Shahr owner said.
Javid Al-e Davood, the head of Iran’s Society For Protection of Animals, said such confiscations were illegal and that the prosecutor was “absolutely wrong” about the Islamic attitude to dogs.
“Keeping dogs has not been regarded as haram in any religious book. Associating keeping dogs with Western culture is distorting the history of Islamic and Iranian civilisation,” he said.
Dogs are considered najes (unclean) in Islam and police often stop and fine dog walkers. However, Iran’s authorities have stated that dogs with a clear role – such as guarding property or guiding the blind – are permitted.
In a wry letter to the prosecutor published on his organisation’s website, Al-e Davood said confiscating people’s pets was a strange priority for the authorities.
“We are very happy that all the problems of the country have been resolved and that the presence of a few guard dogs in people’s homes is the last remaining problem for the people of Shahin Shahr, which you have set out to resolve,” he wrote.
Imagine the State of Hawaai doing the same to gun owners confiscating their guns because of a culture of gun violence
When will Persians cast of the Arabic yoke that is Islam?
If you're a dog owner or were raised with dogs, you know that canines include butt sniffing in their greeting. Sort of a where ya been, whatcha ya been eatin’, gettin any lately thing among other things. You also know that as owners the dogs will embarrass you by sniffing the butts and crotches of human guests, especially if there are new and interesting smells.
Mo didn't what any dogs barking at that powerful goat aroma emanating from his pelvic region.
Then there's that protective thing dogs havecfor their young charges. Mo could silence the parents with threats before raping their pre-teen children. Loyal dogs not so much.
;>)
I had heard that they dislike dogs because of a lore of a dog having carried the head of a prophet into the mountains a long time ago. Don’t know if its true but that’s what I had heard.
Dogs are intelligent and loving. Islam is neither.
Hawaii already has extreme requirements for importing dogs (and other pets).
So the dogs are already registered. Next was guns.
They are upset because the Dogs were dressed too sexy
Female dogs weren’t wearing their head bags?
Sounds like the Nazis telling the Jews they would be relocated for their own good, not to worry, thcy could be contacted at this location. Then, vanished into the night.
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