Idle Ayatollah Censors Iranian Pets, a Prelude to War?………….
“Iranian authorities are cracking down, but this time their target isn't political dissidents or drug traffickers. It's dogs. Or rather, pets in general. This week, Ayatollah Nasser Makkarem Shirazi, a powerful cleric, issued a fatwa that was later passed into law banning any advertisements about pets or alluding to the buying, selling or keeping of pets, according to the Mehr news agency. The fatwa was issued in response to a question by the country's Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, which serves as Iran's censor. The ministry's Advertisement and Information Dissemination Office vowed to crack down on ads promoting pet foods, especially for cats and dogs. In June, Shirazi issued a fatwa against keeping dogs as pets, although that ruling was not made into law. At the time, Shirazi slammed dog owners for "blindly imitating the West," which, he said, would result in "evil outcomes." "Many people in the West love their dogs more than their wives and children," he said……”
This Ayatollah must have a lot of free time on his hand. Maybe these people who “prefer their dogs to their wives” have their own good explanations…..
I just hope the mullahs don’t start an all out war against the country’s (four-legged) dogs, along the lines of Egypt’s long war against pigs a couple of years ago. I hope they don't force people to choose between their dogs and their mullahs (one never knows how it will turn out).
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