In an unprecedented move, Iran's police have created a dog "prison" in Tehran. The move is part of a crackdown on what officials describe as immoral and un-Islamic behavior, during which thousands of young men and women have been detained or received warnings about the way they are dressed. Radio Farda reports that Tehran pet-owners are now also among those under pressure from the authorities.
September 14, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Since the creation of the Islamic republic in Iran in 1979, the acceptability of dog ownership has been debated by the authorities.
Friday prayer leader Hojatoleslam Gholamreza Hassani, who is known for his hard-line stances, was quoted a few years ago as saying that all dog owners and their dogs should be arrested.September 14, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Since the creation of the Islamic republic in Iran in 1979, the acceptability of dog ownership has been debated by the authorities.
Iranian officials say that according to Islam, dogs are considered to be dirty animals, and people who own dogs are viewed as being under Western influence. Some conservative clerics have denounced dog ownership as "morally depraved" and say it should be banned.
**George Galloway would approve I am sure!
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Some links: The Kennel Club statement on Galloways remarks.
Hat tip to Paradise Lost
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A person that hates dogs has placed himself 15 pegs down on my respect-o-meter.
Don't ask me what a whole friggen religion that disrespects dogs does!
Is there anything these bastards can keep their nose out of.
Yet more petty offiicals looking at making peoples lives as hard as possible - this time using the Koran as an excuse.
What a disgusting country. Ruined by a handful of wicked and evil clerics. The place is simply going to the dogs!
Like it, nice one going to the dogs. Excellent.
Immoral dogs - yes - have to be suppressed.
I hope that Gordon McStalin sends that bitch Galloway on a one-way fact-finding mission to one of these dog prisons.
Who knows, those Islamonazi mad mullahs might detain him on the count of being a dog himself.
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