Iranian cleric denounces dog owners

[Jokerman]

A conservative Iranian cleric has denounced the "moral depravity" of owning a dog, and called for the arrest of all dogs and their owners.

Dogs are considered unclean in Islamic law and the spread of dog ownership in Westernised secular circles in Iran is frowned upon by the religious establishment.

"I demand the judiciary arrest all dogs with long, medium or short legs - together with their long-legged owners," Hojatolislam Hassani is quoted as saying in the reformist Etemad newspaper.

"Otherwise I'll do it myself," said the outspoken cleric, who leads Friday prayers in the north-western city of Urumiyeh.

"In our country there is freedom of speech, but not freedom for corruption," he said.

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I agree. They should do this in the US, "arrest all dogs with long, medium or short legs - together with their long-legged owners." (And owners with big snouts, too.)

 

[PuffnScruff]

"westernised secular circles..."

LMAO! now i really feel sorry for people in iran

 

[Salar]

"In our country there is freedom of speech, but not freedom for corruption," he said.

That is the most bullshit line if i've ever heard one. Oh my god!
The corruption in Iran is just mind dazzling

 

[mechman]

he will never arrest me!

*locks self and dog in closet*

 

[CalcuoCuchicheo]

And?

I don't see any problem with this.

If that's part of their religion & part of their culture, there is absolutely nothing odd about this.

 

[TecK NeeX]

That Cleric is taking this a little too far, As long as the dog is kept sheltered in the backyard etc, its perfectly fine to have one, they're frowned upon in homes because worship is performed there.

And?

I don't see any problem with this.

If that's part of their religion & part of their culture, there is absolutely nothing odd about this.

Truth :thumb:

 

[haunted]

This is absurb. America needs to liberate those dogs and their owners. An outrage i say.

 

[haunted]

And?

I don't see any problem with this.

If that's part of their religion & part of their culture, there is absolutely nothing odd about this.

You dont see a problem with someone getting arrested for owning a dog?

 

[H.E. Pennypacker]

Jokerman, you've concocted stories previously, why should we believe you now?

 

[CalcuoCuchicheo]

You dont see a problem with someone getting arrested for owning a dog?

No, not if it's wrong in the man's culture.

 

[TecK NeeX]

This is absurb. America needs to liberate those dogs and their owners. An outrage i say.

Yes America should liberate and employ them in the booming Human + Dog Sex Industry In the U.S. They're hiring all dogs with long, medium or short legs for Long-legged blonde females

 

[PuffnScruff]

we will liberate the dogs and give them democratic elections. and when we does this, we will take control of all their kibbles and bits supply for our own!

 

[crittaz]

No, not if it's wrong in the man's culture.

so if eating other people was part of someone's culture thats ok?

 

[CalcuoCuchicheo]

so if eating other people was part of someone's culture thats ok?

Yes. There are still cannibalistic tribes in the world today & I think it would be wrong to try & strip them of their culture.

 

[Jokerman]

No, not if it's wrong in the man's culture.

Well, it's not "wrong" in the man's culture; it's wrong in this religious fanatic's mind, which is why he himself is calling for their arrest. If it was wrong in the culture, no one would have dogs.

And he wants the dogs themselves "arrested." Not sent to the pound. But put on trial for being dogs until the last dog is hung!

 

[CalcuoCuchicheo]

Well, it's not "wrong" in the man's culture; it's wrong in this religious fanatic's mind, which is why he himself is calling for their arrest. If it was wrong in the culture, no one would have dogs.

And he wants the dogs themselves "arrested." Not sent to the pound. But put on trial for being dogs until the last dog is hung!

You know arrest can be used in certain contexts whereby it doesn't mean the full judiciary process.

And why the fuck aren't people complaining about Asians bloody eating dogs if this is such an outrage?

 

[Jokerman]

^Because that's part of their cuisine.

 

[CalcuoCuchicheo]

^Because that's part of their cuisine.

And, as I said, this is part of Iranian culture. Ok, maybe not to arrest the dogs - not that I think the dude really meant it that way - but to not have them as household pets.

 

[Ghetto_Ghost]

i been to iran
not many ppl even have dogs
you could run into the odd pack of stray dogs.
mostly stray cats are around

 

[Kareem]

This is absurb. America needs to liberate those dogs and their owners. An outrage i say.

LOL the sad thing is, i can picture Bush using something like that in his State Of The Union address!

"In Iran there are dogs who's civil rights are being infrenged on, we must liberate these beings, God told me so in a dream i had last night, we have satallite photography of mobile kennels, Iran has been producing stock piles of flea an tick remover for the past 10 years, this Ladies an Gentlemen is a threat we must take seriously"-- George W Bush State Of The Union 2005