Muslims do not like dogs. There are multiple references in the Koran of how dirty and “weak” dogs are. Muhammad (PBUH) realized that Gabriel was not coming to him whenever a dog was in his house. Once he got rid of the dog, the revelations continued. Of course I’m not sure why Gabriel didn’t just tell him to get rid of the mutt instead of letting him figure it out on his own… Muhammad (PBUH) also changed the direction his army was taking when they came across a bitch giving birth along the way. He saw this as a sign, changed directions, and went on to victory.
People here go out of their way to chase dogs and kill them when they are in a car. Many dogs get poisoned just to get rid of them. Not coincidentally, there are probably 100 cats for every dog here. I go weeks without seeing a single dog, but the cats are everywhere… Cats are considered much cleaner and wholesome here. I happen to like both cats and dogs, but I have been a little shocked at the level of hatred of dogs here. If you’re not going to have a pets, I can sort of understand it. Cats are fairly clean as far as where they go to the bathroom and they keep the rodents under control. Dogs, on the other hand, are pretty messy. I had also heard of problems of dogs forming packs and causing real troubles harassing people.
Last night a group of dogs were fighting along our street. There may have been as few as 8 dogs involved, but it sounded like a 1000. it sounded as though they were killing each other, the barking, growling, yelping, screeching, etc were quite a racket. I like dogs, well domestic, trained ones at least. Feral ones are not on my list of favorites… Anyway, I like dogs, but if I had a gun, I probably would have gone out and started to kill them. The noise they were making was truly blood curdling and sounded downright dangerous. If I had heard that while I was laying in my bed when I was 5 or 6, I’d be terrified of dogs to this day. I guess I’m glad that there aren’t nearly as many dogs as cats here.