Iran issues fatwa against pets - Telegraph

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The decision by Iran’s Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance comes after the fatwa was issued by powerful cleric Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi. While keeping dogs as pets has become increasingly fashionable in Iran in recent years, the fatwa cited Islamic tradition, which dictates that dogs are unclean. Opposition leaders join thousands protesting in IranIn June, Ayatollah Shirazi declared dogs unclean, saying that dog owners were “blindly imitating the West” and that their devotion to the animals would result in “evil outcomes”. “Many people in the West love their dogs more than their wives and children,” he said. The ban on pet advertising is the latest attempt by Iran’s culture ministry to undermine “decadent” Western culture. In July, Tehran produced a catalogue of haircuts meeting government approval. The list banned ponytails, mullets and elaborate spikes.

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Good. The more they keep up that kind of shit, the more they're likely to get ousted by popular revolt.

People may not want their leader to be a CIA puppet, people may not want to see the image of their prophet sullied in cartoons and people may even not approve of letting women be really free and equal but it doesn't mean people will let others regulate the tiniest of details of their lives forever...

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Originally Posted by Gilles de Rais

People may not want their leader to be a CIA puppy

fixed that for you......

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