The latest example of a Muslim cab-driver’s refusal to carry a blind fare’s seeing-eye dog makes timely the reposting of this piece from 2009. Many have wondered at the violent reaction of Muslims to dogs — here is one hypothesis worth pondering: A recent story in the Reading Evening Mail describes a 71-year-old blind Englishman […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: On dogs (and pictures) in Islam
“The Prophet said, ‘Angels do not enter a house in which there are dogs or pictures.” (Sahih-Al-Bukhari, 7.833, Narrated by Abu Talha) I first posted at Jihad Watch seven years ago (June 11, 2009) a piece about the fear and hatred Muslims appear to harbor for dogs, and about the consequent mistreatment dogs endure from Muslims. […]