Rant for the Day
Happy Arabian Dogs.
Well
that wasn't a terribly balanced or rational piece. In my limited
experience ... I have found that people from this part of the world (regardless
of religion although predominantly Muslim obviously) are more fond of cats than
dogs. YAWN. Having said that there is a large community of Muslims and non-Muslim
Arabians that have dogs as pets. the Saluki dog in particular is considered to hold a rather special place in the hearts of the Arabic People. http://www.al-moussami.com/articles/salukidogs/ I can honestly say that they treat their pets
no better or worse than any other group of people. Please note both ends of the
behavioral scale. I think the dog story is an excuse for a bunch of
extremist to act out and react to. Sadly extremists make it horrid for
the moderates in any community. Furthermore being terribly passionate and vocal
means that they generate lots of hate and support and at the end of the day
everyone loses, except the extremist (of whatever stripe) who get his or her
way, and then is that really a win.....?.
And
the title of the article. Well that is just plain inflammatory. Which put the
publishers fairly in the extremist sensationalist corner and no better than the
people they are puportidy writing about.
If
the Stonegate Institute really represents Moderate Muslims (as they say they
do) then why ,oh why, would they title a piece "Muslims Declare Jihad on Dogs
in Europe?"
Having blasted off at Stonegate and the article I have to say that I have not
done a thorough read through all of their articles etc. I do
feel that this particular article does not fairly represent what they say they
are about nor does it fairly represent moderate Muslims.
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