Thursday, July 03, 2008

dhimmiwatch: Apology over 'offensive' puppy police advert after Muslim complaints

jul 3rd, 2008

never quite understood why allah created dogs then: to test the faithful?

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From: Shah

Apology over 'offensive' puppy police advert after Muslim complaints

By Simon Johnson
Last updated: 8:44 PM BST 01/07/2008

Muslims have complained over a police advert featuring a puppy sitting in an officer's hat.

A police force has apologised to Islamic leaders for the "offensive" postcard advertising a new non-emergency telephone number, which shows a six-month-old trainee police dog named Rebel.

The German shepherd puppy has proved hugely popular with the public, hundreds of who have logged on to the force's website to read his online training diary.

But some Muslims in the Dundee area have reportedly been upset by the image because they consider dogs to be "ritually unclean", while shopkeepers have refused to display the advert.

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1 comment:

witan said...

Do Mohammedans consider all dogs to be "ritually unclean", or is it only police dogs and the like that are unclean?