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A cute little puppy: Muslims offended, British police apologise
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Valyn
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Mar '02
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7/2 6:43am
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Quixotic-Sith posted:
It seems later in the article they were apologizing for placing the cards in particular communities, not for the overall campaign. I'll have to review my Hadith regarding unclean animals - the "dogs are unclean" is new to me, so I'm not sure if that is indicative of a larger belief or just parts of that community (the article notes "some Islamic scholars", as there are questions of interpretation).
Being from a Muslim background, I can say that the "dogs are unclean" thing is new to me, too. 
Of course, I don't know a single person in my family how owns a dog or ever owned a dog, so maybe I just never caught on to this belief.
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Master-FatBurt
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This is up there with the Muslims in Manchester who protested to the police over antisocial behaviour from a woman who had an ornament of a pig in her window.
Good times!
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This annoys me.
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7/2 7:21am
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Spiderfan posted:
Quixotic-Sith posted:
Well done, Chuckles.
That so just made my day. 
I'm still waiting for a Richard Dawkins esque moment with Quix where he says "Philosophy is interesting, if you disagree **** off."
I can dream. 
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As I understand it, it's not dogs (per se) which are unclean but dog saliva -- which is why most observant Muslims (or Islams, whichever you prefer!) in the US don't own dogs, or so I have been led to believe.
There was also an article on Slate about this several years ago.
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Lord_Vivec
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Half the time I think Muslims make this **** up.
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I thought those people ate dogs.
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I wouldn't be surprised if lolcats were behind this. The last thing they want is more cute puppy pics out there.
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Absolutely barking...
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-RebelScum- posted:
Spiderfan posted:
Quixotic-Sith posted:
Well done, Chuckles.
That so just made my day.
I'm still waiting for a Richard Dawkins esque moment with Quix where he says "Philosophy is interesting, if you disagree **** off."
I can dream.
Scummy
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DarthLassic007
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To be fair to the Brits, the U.S. would have caved to the P.C. cult much faster.
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ARRGGGHH!!! I AM A JCER!!! IT OUTRAGES ME WHEN PEOPLE'S PERSONAL BELIEFS DIFFER FROM MINE, AND OTHERS TRY TO ACCOMODATE THAT IN WAYS THAT HAVE NO EFFECT ON MY LIFE, FOR THE SAKE OF COMMON COURTESY!!!!
 
Really, guys? 
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somethingfamiliar
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7/2 10:02am
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Jabba-wocky, you might want to edit those emoticons out as Muslims may be offended by their likeness to humans, which likeness is like prohibited in their art or something.
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7/2 10:14am
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Jabba-wocky posted:
ARRGGGHH!!! I AM A JCER!!! IT OUTRAGES ME WHEN PEOPLE'S PERSONAL BELIEFS DIFFER FROM MINE, AND OTHERS TRY TO ACCOMODATE THAT IN WAYS THAT HAVE NO EFFECT ON MY LIFE, FOR THE SAKE OF COMMON COURTESY!!!!
Jabba-wocky, you are going a little too far on this one. The postcards weren't meant to offend anyone. It wasn't like the postcards had Nazi swastikas on them. When a minority culture is living in another country, they are the ones who should try to fit in and understand the majority culture. If they don't like it, they should just leave. Why should a country change it's culture and traditions just because less than 1% of immigrants are not used to it. Remember, they were not doing anything offensive on purpose. How the hell should that British Police force know that a picture of a dog would offend anyone? They shouldn't be held responsible to every single different culture that lives there.
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