Muslims Declare Jihad on Dogs in Europe

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[bayouranger]

A Dutch Muslim politician has called for a ban on dogs in The Hague, the third-largest city in the Netherlands.

Islamic legal tradition holds that dogs are "unclean" animals, and some say the call to ban them in Holland and elsewhere represents an attempted encroachment of Islamic Sharia law in Europe.

This latest canine controversy -- which the Dutch public has greeted with a mix of amusement and outrage -- follows dozens of other Muslim-vs-dog-related incidents in Europe. Critics say it reflects the growing assertiveness of Muslims in Europe as they attempt to impose Islamic legal and religious norms on European society.

The Dutch dustup erupted after Hasan Küçük, a Turkish-Dutch representative on The Hague city council for the Islam Democrats, vehemently opposed a proposal by the Party for the Animals (Partij voor de Dieren) to make the city more dog friendly.

According to a January 28 report in the Amsterdam-based newspaper De Telegraaf, Küçük counter-argued that keeping dogs as pets is tantamount to animal abuse and he then called for the possession of dogs in The Hague to be criminalized.

According to its website, the Islam Democrats [ID] party is "founded on the Islamic principles of justice, equality and solidarity. ID is a bottom-up response to the large gap between the Muslim and immigrant communities and local politics…ID focuses on the political awareness within the Muslim and immigrant communities. Awareness about the need to organize, but also the need for mutual support."

Paul ter Linden, who represents the Dutch Freedom Party (PVV) on The Hague city council, responded to Küçük by saying: "In this country pet ownership is legal. Whoever disagrees with this should move to another country."

Dutch political commentators believe Küçük's declarations are a provocation designed to stir up the Muslim population in The Hague. Muslims -- who now make up more than 12% of the city's population of 500,000 -- view dogs as ritually unclean animals and Küçük's call for a ban on them is a sure vote-getter, they say.

The incident in Holland follows dog-related controversies in other European countries.

In Spain, two Islamic groups based in Lérida -- a city in the northeastern region of Catalonia where 29,000 Muslims now make up around 20% of the city's total population -- asked local officials to regulate the presence of dogs in public spaces so they do not "offend Muslims."

Muslims demanded that dogs be banned from all forms of public transportation including all city buses as well as from all areas frequented by Muslim immigrants. Muslims said the presence of dogs in Lérida violates their religious freedom and their right to live according to Islamic principles.

After the municipality refused to acquiesce to Muslim demands, the city experienced a wave of dog poisonings. More than a dozen dogs were poisoned in September 2011 (local media reports here, here, here, here and here) in Lérida's working class neighborhoods of Cappont and La Bordeta, districts that are heavily populated by Muslim immigrants and where many dogs have been killed over the past several years.

Local residents taking their dogs for walks say they have been harassed by Muslim immigrants who are opposed to seeing the animals in public. Muslims have also launched a number of anti-dog campaigns on Islamic websites and blogs based in Spain.

In Britain, which has become "ground zero" for Europe's canine controversies, blind passengers are being ordered off buses or refused taxi rides because Muslim drivers or passengers object to their "unclean" guide dogs.

In Reading, for example, one pensioner, a cancer sufferer, was repeatedly confronted by drivers and asked to get off the bus because of his guide dog. He also faced hostility at a hospital and in a supermarket over the animal.

In Nottingham, a Muslim taxi driver refused to carry a blind man because he was accompanied by his guide dog. The taxi driver was later fined £300 ($470).

In Stafford, a Muslim taxi driver refused to carry an elderly blind couple from a grocery store because they were accompanied by their seeing-eye dog.

In Tunbridge Wells, Kent, a blind man was turned away from an Indian restaurant because the owner said it was against his Muslim beliefs to allow dogs into his establishment.

In London, a bus driver prevented a woman from boarding a bus with her dog because there was a Muslim lady on the bus who "might be upset by the dog." As the woman attempted to complain, the doors closed and the bus drove away. When a second bus arrived, she again tried to embark, but was stopped again, this time because the driver said he was Muslim.

Also in Britain, police sniffer dogs trained to spot terrorists at train stations may no longer come into contact with Muslim passengers, following complaints that it was offensive to their religion.

A report for the Transport Department advised that the animals should only touch passengers' luggage because it is considered "more acceptable." British Transport Police still use sniffer dogs -- which are trained to detect explosives -- with any passengers regardless of faith, but handlers are now more aware of "cultural sensitivities."

Sniffer dogs used by police to search mosques and Muslim homes are now being fitted with leather bootees to cover their paws so that they do not cause offense.

Critics say the complaints are just another example of Muslims trying to force their rules and morals on British society. Tory MP Philip Davies said: "As far as I am concerned, everyone should be treated equally in the face of the law and we cannot have people of different religious groups laying the law down. I hope the police will go about their business as they would do normally."

Meanwhile, Muslim prisoners in Britain are being given fresh clothes and bedding after sniffer dogs search their cells.

The inmates say their bedclothes and prison uniforms must be changed according to Islamic law if they have come anywhere near dog saliva. Government rules mean prison wardens must hand out replacement sets after random drug searches to avoid religious discrimination claims.

The dogs have also been banned from touching copies of the Islamic holy book the Koran and other religious items. Prisoners are handed special bags to protect the articles.

In Scotland, the Tayside Police Department apologized for featuring a German shepherd puppy as part of a campaign to publicize its new non-emergency telephone number. The postcards are potentially offensive to the city's 3,000-strong Muslim community.

In Norway, Gry Berg, a blind woman, was denied entry into four taxis in the center of Oslo because she was accompanied by her guide dog.

In France, Marie Laforêt, one of the country's most well-known singers and actresses, appeared in a Paris courtroom in December to defend herself against charges that a job advertisement she placed discriminated against Muslims.

The 72-year-old Laforêt had placed an ad on an Internet website looking for someone to do some work on her terrace in 2009. She specified in the ad that "people with allergies or orthodox Muslims" should not apply "due to a small Chihuahua."

Laforêt claimed that she made the stipulation because she believed the Muslim faith saw dogs as unclean.

The case was taken up by an anti-discrimination group called the Movement against Racism and for Friendship between Peoples (MRAP), which lodged a complaint against Laforêt.

Laforêt's lawyer said his client "knew that the presence of a dog could conflict with the religious convictions of orthodox Muslims. It was a sign of respect." But Muslims rejected her defense.

[CatherineofAragon]

Oh, how I love it, LOL.

[Carry_Okie]

Dog sports are a big deal in Europe, particularly from northern France through southern Holland with a band of groups sweeping from there all the way to the Czech Republic. Whether KNPV, Belgian Ring, French Ring, or Shutzhund, these people are the nexus of protection, drug and bomb detection, and service dog breeding, worldwide.

In southern Holland, dog training has has the social status of a sort of blue-collar golf. These folks raise dogs to sell to security and military uses the world over. I know these people, and this will not go over well.

[Darnright]

>My guess is that the dog population in The Hague is about to explode.<

Dogs figure prominently in the history of Dutch politics. The Pug was the mascot of the ruling House of Orange. The Dutch Patriot party favored the breed found on Dutch barges. The leader of the Patriot party, 18th-century Dutch Patriot, Cornelis (Kees) de Gyselaer gave this silver and black spitz breed its name, “Keeshond”, (Kees’Dog).

[SusaninOhio]

BTW, do you happen to know the difference between ‘halal’ and ‘non-halal’ meat?

It is disgusting (the ‘halal’ method of killing animals for meat).

Evidently being muslim means everyone (except for men) should suffer as much pain and misery as possible.

Blindness appears to be a requirement for a successful begger, from what I have seen in muslim countries. No wonder they don’t want to cure it. Soon, all of us will become beggers in the muslim world if we continue to let them set the rules.

[Big Horn]

They don’t like animals, women, or trees or toilet paper.I don’t like them.

[redgolum]

This is why I don’t worry as much about our illegal immigrants.

They are as nuts.

[Darnright]

>In southern Holland, dog training has has the social status of a sort of blue-collar golf. These folks raise dogs to sell to security and military uses the world over. I know these people, and this will not go over well.<

Ok, you’ve got to be talking about van Tiekerhook. Those dogs are not your grandma’s German Shepherd.

[444Flyer]

Sorry Mad Mo! There's just no conquering cute.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=argd4V_ZbM4

[libstripper]

I bet my weight of dog exceeds your volume. I have one 85 lb. Pitador and one 95 lb. Great Dane who’s only 11.5 mo. old and still growing. I’m 6’1” and, when he jumps up and puts his paws on my shoulders, the Dane looks me straight in the eye at eye level. The Pitador sleeps with me; the Dane on the floor beside my bed. Somehow or other a Mudslime might just have trouble even being in my house, which hasn’t been dog free in the entire 25 years I’ve owned it.

[stuartcr]

That’s why I doubt Islam will take over.

[stuartcr]

Not many trees or much tp in a desert.

[vette6387]

Muslims-The Worlds’ $hit rolled up to look like human beings!

[darrellmaurina]

GROWL!!!!

WOOF!!!!

BARK BARK!!!!

GR-R-R-R-R-R!!!!!

[upchuck]

Thanks for the ping. I’m on the doggie ping list.

Best to you.

[Carry_Okie]

Those dogs are not your grandma’s German Shepherd.

Yeah well... Dutch Shepherds are beautiful dogs (I've had three over 18 years),

But they're also serious dogs.

Meet Gandhi:

Gandhi is a "peacemaker" all righty.

The particular test shown is part of a KNPV trial called "the courage test." The decoy has to leave a visible welt on the dog or they run the trial again. The reason is not only for this test (to be sure the dog won't let go in battle), but for the next one in which he comes in for the bad guy facing gunfire. Most of those decoys are big guys, well over 200 pounds. With a 100# DSD coming in on him at 30mph, there's a good chance in this shot that he's going down. It takes guts to train these dogs. I have tremendous respect for these decoys; to them, it's not just a game but a serious physical, intellectual, and emotional commitment.

I've never bite trained a dog, but I've been in and around that community for almost two decades. These are truly serious men, and they'd hose those Muzzie sonsofbitches before letting them mess with their dogs.

[ExCTCitizen]

Pssstttt....Terrorists if you don't want dogs in your country, go back to the ALLAH damned country you came from.

Does anyone have a Quoting? I need to paper train our puppy. I might train a pig too.

[Karliner]

They touch my dog I’m giving PETA their call number. That’s a fate worse n death! Some parts of Anmerica you kill a hunting dog or even a pet, well, it’;s like killing part of a family, the part of the family that loves you more than you love yourself. A fartwa upon them!

[ExCTCitizen]

I hate my smart phone... it loves to correct unusual words. Quoting is supposed to be QUORAN.

SORRY...

[bayouranger]

Great news from the Danes!

Denmark: Danish People’s Party wants full stop to Muslim immigration
Denmark: Danish People’s Party wants full stop to Muslim immigration

Via JP (Danish):

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) wants to put a stop to immigration from Muslim countries, according to a new press release by the party. The party says Muslims don’t integrate and cause big problems with shariah zones, parallel societies and social control.

The announcement followed the release of marriage figures for immigrant groups. According to the new figures, just 20% of non-Western 2nd generation immigrants marry Danes. Among Pakistanis and Turks the figures are less than 10%.

“We must work towards bringing down the immigration from Muslim countries to zero. There can naturally be some exceptions, but there’s a need for political ambition to bring Muslim immigration close to zero,” says the party’s integration spokesperson Martin Henriksen.

“The 24-year old rule is now no longer enough. We have to deal with people who consciously decide to opt out of marrying Danes. It’s problematic. If we are to hope these families will be integrated in the future, we must introduce new and significant restrictions on immigration from Muslim countries,” says Henriksen.

By stopping immigration from Muslim countries, the Danish People’s Party hopes to stop the influx into the parallel societies, and eventually dissolve them.

“It will increase the possibility that young people will be able to break out of the parallel societies,” says Martin Henriksen.

Q: what is the figures are because people fall in love with people they have more in common with?

“Naturally there are those somebody with Turkish background who fall in love with others of Turkish background. But it’s well known that Muslim communities are very skeptical of - and look down on - if, for example, a girl goes out with a Danish boy or man. It can lead to sanctions and we should end that,” says Henriksen.

The DPP wants to stop Muslim immigration by stopping the new government’s rollback of the point system, tightening asylum laws and giving priority to Western labor immigration.

Via islamineurope:
http://jp.dk/indland/indland_politik/article2678414.ece

[upchuck]

Oh! You’re in trouble now.