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A mosque for cats? Imam opens his mosque up for the stray felines of Istanbul
The Telegraph ^ | 1-19-16 | Helena Horton

Posted on 01/19/2016 6:55:20 AM PST by windcliff

This is to such a great extent that the city has come to be known by some as 'Catstantinople'.

While they may be pleasant to look at, the cats don't always have a saucer of food and a warm place to sleep.

A kind Imam has decided to remedy this by opening up his mosque to the stray cats and kittens, so they can eat and safely rest their heads away from the perils of the outdoors.

Imam Mustafa Efe calls the cats "guests" of the mosque, and they've made themselves quite at home.

They sit down on the plush carpets as worshippers pray around them, and one cat likes it there so much, she decided to raise her kittens in the building.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Pets/Animals; Religion
KEYWORDS: cats; kittyping
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1 posted on 01/19/2016 6:55:20 AM PST by windcliff
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To: windcliff

Well doggone it!

Now we need to build them all across America for our dogs and hogs!


2 posted on 01/19/2016 6:57:15 AM PST by Daniel Ramsey
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To: windcliff

Cats welcome while chopping off Christian heads and Christians not welcome at the mosque.


3 posted on 01/19/2016 6:59:24 AM PST by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: windcliff

Kitty Poop, lots of it


4 posted on 01/19/2016 6:59:26 AM PST by HangnJudge (Cthulhu for President, why vote for a lesser Evil)
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To: windcliff

So now they hoard cats. Interesting!


5 posted on 01/19/2016 7:01:07 AM PST by rdl6989
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To: windcliff

I’m all for turning mosques into cat sanctuaries. It’d give imams a valuable purpose in life.


6 posted on 01/19/2016 7:04:32 AM PST by FourPeas (Chocolate, sugar and lots of caffeine. Hard to beat that.)
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To: windcliff
Turkey does have an overabundance of stray cats. Saw plenty of them in Istanbul and during a side trip to Ephesus. Some were well fed and appeared to be healthy, but plenty more were malnourished and sick. A damm shame.

If the Imam and others really cared about these cats, how about spaying and neutering?

7 posted on 01/19/2016 7:05:37 AM PST by fatnotlazy
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To: windcliff
Islamic Cat

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8 posted on 01/19/2016 7:05:39 AM PST by Kozak (ALLAH AKBAR = HEIL HITLER)
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To: windcliff

Do they keep the male cats separated from the female cats in the Mosque? If not, fatwa on them.


9 posted on 01/19/2016 7:06:40 AM PST by PAR35
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To: rdl6989

[ So now they hoard cats. Interesting! ]

Islam is the “crazy cat lady” of religions.


10 posted on 01/19/2016 7:06:47 AM PST by GraceG (The election doesn't pick the next president, it is an audition for "American Emperor"...)
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To: windcliff

Fools! Cats consider themselves gods! You are being invaded!!!!


11 posted on 01/19/2016 7:09:01 AM PST by dragonblustar
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To: Slings and Arrows

Muslim kitty ping...


12 posted on 01/19/2016 7:17:25 AM PST by Twotone (Truth is hate to those who hate truth.)
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To: windcliff

I have been saying cats were evil for years...


13 posted on 01/19/2016 7:18:10 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: windcliff

OMG! A Jihadi Cat!


14 posted on 01/19/2016 7:25:14 AM PST by Patriot Babe
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To: Kozak

Good Lord many! That pic is going to get you some calls from PETA! LOL!

Seriously, I wonder how long before these cats are turned into suicide bombers?


15 posted on 01/19/2016 7:26:06 AM PST by donozark (There is no murder in paradise.)
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To: windcliff

Time to introduce some plague invested fleas and cats into the situation.


16 posted on 01/19/2016 7:36:06 AM PST by riverrunner
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To: windcliff

I might just walk my dog over to that mosque.


17 posted on 01/19/2016 7:50:57 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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18 posted on 01/19/2016 7:56:39 AM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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Coming soon to a neighborhood near us all!


19 posted on 01/19/2016 8:05:47 AM PST by donozark (There is no murder in paradise.)
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To: windcliff

Wait'll those feral cats start spraying around the mosque. Good times!

20 posted on 01/19/2016 8:47:55 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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