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March 27, 2006
Turkey: Muslims Killing And Torturing Stray Dogs
A report from today's Telegraph relates the unpleasant news that pro-Islamic municipal authorities in Turkey are engaged in a policy of hunting, torturing and killing hundreds of stray dogs.
When Burcu Isikalp, a veterinary surgeon, went looking for strays she had been caring for near Ankara, the capital, she found that municipal workers had taken them.
At Mamak, the city's largest refuse dump, the dogs were found, along with hundreds of others. "They were all dead, stacked in large pits," she said. "We also found 10 dead puppies in a bound plastic bag. There is a myth among pious Muslims that dogs are unclean."
Two of the dogs were found to have been sexually assaulted.
Gazi Sahin, of Erdogan's Islamist AKP (Justice and Development) Party, the mayor of Mamak, denied any responsibility for the killing of the animals.
The notion of dogs being "najess" or "unclean" has Islamic precedent. The following hadiths are from the Sunan Abu Dawud:
Book 16, Number 2839:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Mughaffal:Book 16, Number 2840:The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Were dogs not a species of creature I should command that they all be killed; but kill every pure black one.
Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:And Sahih Muslim contains the following in Book 10, Chapter 31:The Prophet of Allah (peace be upon him) ordered to kill dogs, and we were even killing a dog which a woman brought with her from the desert. Afterwards he forbade to kill them, saying: Confine yourselves to the type which is black.
Book 010, Number 3809:
Ibn 'Umar (Allah be pleased with them) reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) giving command for killing dogs.Book 010, Number 3810:
Ibn 'Umar (Allah be pleased with them) reported: Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) ordered to kill dogs, and he sent (men) to the corners of Medina that they should be killed.Book 010, Number 3811:
Abdullah (b. Umar) (Allah be pleased with them) reported: Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) ordered the killing of dogs and we would send (men) in Medina and its corners and we did not spare any dog that we did not kill, so much so that we killed the dog that accompanied the wet she-camel belonging to the people of the desert.So much for the Holy Apostle of Allah, who is described by many Muslims as "the perfect man". He certainly was no friend to Man's best friend. Burcu Isikalp says that the notion of Muslims regarding dogs as "unclean" is a myth among "pious Muslims". Unless the hadiths and sunnahs are wrong, for most Muslims there is no myth about this. Mohammed hated dogs and, in common with other things (and people) he took a dislike to, he wanted them annihilated.
Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at March 27, 2006 8:27 AM
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