[ArtDodger]

Wait! I thought Muslims didn’t own dogs.. unclean or something...

[bert]

The beautiful dog depicted is a Saluki and is a dog companion to the desert dwelling bedouin.

Contrary to Freeper dogma, dogs are part of the desert culture. They are still prized today for their beauty and grace.

Wiki

Historically, Salukis were used by nomadic tribes for hunting. Typical quarry included gazelles, hares, foxes and jackals.[2] In one Bedouin method of hunting hares, the hunter rides close to the quarry on a camel while holding the Saluki, which he throws towards the prey while at speed, giving the dog a running start.[6] Another method, primarily used in hunting gazelles, involved the use of a hawk to gouge out the eyes of the prey, so that a Saluki can then bring down the blinded animal.[7] .

[PapaBear3625]

Wait! I thought Muslims didn’t own dogs.. unclean or something...

The Quran forbids Muslims from keeping dogs as pets. It specifically grants permission to keep dogs as guards and working animals.

[Sacajaweau]

You’re right. And it was a big thing, too.

[Tallguy]

“Wait! I thought Muslims didn’t own dogs.. unclean or something...”

You don’t have to ‘like’ dogs to make use of them in this manner. I remember seeing a Salvadoran infantry lieutenant giving a talk on anti-insurgency tactics. He said that when his platoon went into the bush hunting communists, who had a much better knowledge of the local terraiin, dogs helped mitigate that disadvantage. The first thing the patrol would do is feed their left over rations to the local strays. This would keep them ‘hanging around’ the patrol, and so they could utilize the dogs’ acute senses to alert them when somebody was creeping up on their hide.

[Jack Hydrazine]

That’s why I think the story is completely made up.