well, that's one thing I don't get ... local muslims here don't
keep dogs, but the muslim people I know from elsewhere, from Iraq,
from pakistan, from afghanistan, etc, I met in pluto, all had no
problems with dogs .... quite a few of them had pet dogs at home
.... did I ever post pics of that blue eyed husky pupsie from pluto
? that's from a pakistani family actually ....
Okay, let me shed some light on this.....
Muslims can keep guard dogs for home protection. The
blind are also allowed to own guide dogs (I remember reading that a
blind Muslim man in the UK got a special dispensation to bring his
dog to the mosque)....
But most Muslims don't keep dogs because of the difficulties and
religious restrictions involved. For one thing, you gotta keep them
away from praying areas, and we Muslims pray virtually anywhere at
home. That blind man, for instance, also has to keep the mutt
leashed in the mosque compound.
And getting their crap or piss on your skin means that you gotta
do some heavy-duty ritual cleansing involving washing yourself
seven times.
