More Antics from Wahabi Clerics

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   I think you would more want to look at historical context versus cultural.

Go back to pre-600AD and "pet ownership" was not in the same mentality. 

We have pets for pleasure and joy.  But, domestic animals of any kind had their Function.    In Egypt, the Cat was worshiped because it killed the rats that ate the wheat, brought disease and destroyed property.  They also killed snakes.  That's why almost every Egyptian family had a cat.  (Ancient Egypt is one of my former obsessions.)

Secondly, for the shepherd, the dog was a valuable ally.  They kept away the wolves and jackals and help to herd the goats, sheep, cattle.

The Horse was invaluable transportation, same with the camel.  The Cow brought meat and milk.  People usually didn't have fish and birds as pets, except hunting falcons etc.

In todays society, so much of our life has moved from our early agricultural existence.  Wolves are no longer a threat to our sheep and goats.  Rats are controlled by traps, poison and refuse practices.

Muhammed (pbuh) would not have forbidden the ownership of valuable domestic animals like dogs for protection and cats for pest control.

But, dogs eat wierd things....at least all the ones I've ever owned have needed the occasional bath after getting into something they shouldn't have.  I can imagine some of the things my beagle rolled in would definitely kill any wudu one might have performed.  

This prohibition from these clerics is just non-sense.  They want to prevent anything western from disrupting their perceived Utopia.  

Unfortunately, one of two things are going to happen.  The information and learning of the new generations will eventually put the clerics back in their place as scholars of the Quran and advisors instead of tyrants.  Or, the Last Days will arrive and God will sort it all out.

Either way, its really not for us to judge.  Until the Saudis demand a change, nothing will.  That's the problem with Western politics.  

More Antics from Wahabi Clerics

.Although it has never been common to own pets in the Arab world,

.Although it has never been common to own pets in the Arab world,

.Although it has never been common to own pets in the Arab world,

Not really . . . otherwise keeping Dogs would not have been allowed in Islam . . . Dogs arent unclean, their Saliva is. Pigs are unclean. Niether are they considered 'dangerous' -

stray dogs are considered pests all over the world. . . not just in the M.E - which is why there are SPCAs and euthanasia laws all over the world. But noooo, its just the middle-east.

.Although it has never been common to own pets in the Arab world,

In Islamic tradition, dogs are shunned as unclean and dangerous,

Not really . . . otherwise keeping Dogs would not have been allowed in Islam . . . Dogs arent unclean, their Saliva is. Pigs are unclean. Niether are they considered 'dangerous' -

though they are kept for hunting and guarding. In large cities around the Middle East, stray dogs are considered pests.

stray dogs are considered pests all over the world. . . not just in the M.E - which is why there are SPCAs and euthanasia laws all over the world. But noooo, its just the middle-east.