Walk Your Dog in Iran, Get Prison Time and 30 Lashes
Febrruary 19, 2008
Who let the dogs out? Not me, I swear. This is the type of sharia-inspired madness the Archbishop of Canterbury is willing to concede to in Britain. From AKI:
Tehran, 19 Feb.(AKI) - A 70-year-old man has been sentenced by an Iranian judge to four months in jail and 30 lashes for going out on the street with his dog.
The incident took place in Shahr Rey, a suburb of Tehran when the owner of the dog was caught by a police who quickly handcuffed the man. He was later charged by an Islamic judge for "disturbing the public order".
The sentence, seems to want to panic the owners of dogs that despite repeated warnings by the police, continue to defy the authorities by taking their dogs outside their homes.
President Ahmadinejad recently provoked debate in Iran about dog ownership when he took possession of four guard dogs, bought in Germany at a cost of 110,000 euros each.
The dogs are at the centre of a theological controversy because Islam considers dogs to be impure.
For this reason, the government has banned owners of domestic animals from taking them on the streets of the city, and owners risk fines or the 'detention' of their animals in a pound.
Islam's Prophet Mohammed, acoording to various accounts, did not like dogs. Hence, we have ridiculous actions like this by his zealous followers (be sure to scroll to the bottom of the page to read all of that link).
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