Friday, August 27, 2010

Now a fatwa on pets

    The Telegraph reports that Iranian authorities have banned all advertisements for pets, pet food and other pet products.

    The decision by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance apparently comes after the fatwa was issued by powerful cleric Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi.

    In 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.

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