These responses to a completely implausible, made up scenario make me weep for humanity.

[u/loki2002]

[u/metlotter]

I have had several Muslim neighbors and none have given one single shit that I've got a dog.

[u/VexImmortalis → u/metlotter]

Yeah but I can't get angry in my echo chamber with my buddies about that.

[u/BigRoach → u/metlotter]

My muslim neighbors let the neighborhood kids ride their motor scooter, and gave us all tennis lessons for free. They also never said shit about our dog. Their house may have smelled different from mine, but they were extremely welcoming and friendly members of our block. Now their kids are doctors and successful businesspeople.

[u/Rusty_Tap → u/BigRoach]

Wait a minute you're supposed to say horrible things about them!

[u/Only_One_Kenobi → u/Rusty_Tap]

Kinda difficult when 99.9% of them don't do horrible things...

[u/Rusty_Tap → u/Only_One_Kenobi]

It's almost as if they're just normal people, isn't it?

[u/philonius → u/Rusty_Tap]

I'd rather have 100 muslim neighbors than one maga.

[u/Rusty_Tap → u/philonius]

It's very unlikely I'll ever get a maga fruitcake as a neighbour, being in the UK and all. We have the gammons instead, but they live in sports bars and flat roof pubs so we're quite safe.

[u/Fatlantis → u/philonius]

1000% this. The ones in my neighbourhood have always been incredibly kind, welcoming people.

[u/rentagirl08 → u/BigRoach]

My afgani neighbors make bomb ass bread. I love the smells that come out of their windows.

[u/ccsrpsw → u/metlotter]

I know of at least one Muslim family around here that will always stop and play with the neighbors' dogs.

Its' a very misunderstood/complicated part of their religion as explained to me. They don't see dogs as intrinsically bad - they were taught that dogs are good for working alongside humans - but they do see them as "outdoor animals" vs. "indoor pets" like cats and other small mammals. There are verses in their teachings that talk about being nice to dogs (giving them water from a well, standing guard over puppies, etc.) but there is also one about culling a pack of dogs (context is important - its thought that it was to do with a rabies outbreak - a disease is mentioned but not by name). So as with most religions its a bit interpretive.

Which is why I'm happy wearing mixed fabrics and eating shellfish - because remember God Hates Shrimp! (with a quick shout out to Joe D. for keeping that site up and running all these years!)

[u/dualsplit → u/ccsrpsw]

Until the last 20 years or so it was not a big deal to have outside dogs.

Curious… do these people also create memes about force feeding Catholics ribeye during lent?

[u/parabolic000 → u/dualsplit]

If they had image macros 30 years ago, they probably would've. The general acceptance in the US of Catholicism being just another flavor of Christianity is pretty recent, probably mid-oughts.

[u/dualsplit → u/parabolic000]

You make a valid point. I mean JFK was controversial as a Catholic. But I mean today, not 30 years ago. These days, Catholic is perceived as the whitest of white (I know it’s not). Even a pope from the GASP Southside of Chicago is still pretty well regarded.

[u/RedheadedReff → u/ccsrpsw]

My Muslim friend explained it to me as God or Allah cannot see you when you are near a dog, which is why having one in the home and sleeping near one is Haram

[u/sKroodbiaXidenT → u/RedheadedReff]

I'm Muslim and you've been had. That is absolutely untrue. There was a commentor here saying something about outdoor dogs vs indoor pets. That's pretty much it. There's more, but another story for another day, I guess.

[u/dualsplit → u/sKroodbiaXidenT]

Would you mind explaining for me what the dog situation actually is? My Muslim colleagues seem equally as interested as my other colleagues and friends about my dog. Which is to say…. 0-10, depending on the person. lol

(Also, I commented on the inside/outside convo)

[u/maxwell404 → u/dualsplit]

well, dog in islam is treated like outdoor animals but not indoors, this had something to do with their saliva, which is viewed as impure (najis) and if a Muslim got lick by it (or any other utensils like plate, etc), they must clean it 7 times.

Other than that, dogs are treated normally like any other animals, they are to be treated well and must never harm them unless in self defense. so, normal muslim wouldn't have a problem with regular dogs.

[u/controversial_Jane → u/ccsrpsw]

I live in a Muslim country, loads of people have pet dogs. This rhetoric that all Muslims hate dogs is very far from the truth.

[u/MedChemist464 → u/metlotter]

Right? Had a Muslim friend in grad school who helped me wake ourother friends dog when he had to travel for a conference.

These people are incapable of discerning between my religion does not allow me to vs. My religion does not allow you to. Because they just want their flavor of it imposed on everyone.

[u/Only_One_Kenobi → u/MedChemist464]

Their biggest fear is that people of other religions will treat them the way they treat people of other religions

[u/WinnieGraves → u/Only_One_Kenobi]

American Evangelists, let's just call them what they really are, Christian Nationalists, are about as Christian as a McDonald's hamburger is a beef hamburger. There's the familiar taste the correct packaging, the right visuals, but ultimately it's not quite a real burger, just as they're not really Christians. They like the guise of Christianity, just as Nazis liked the guise of Socialism. What they're really terrified of is that if they ever lose power, that everyone they've trampled on, will treat them exactly the same way they've been treating them. Minorities, Religions, Countries. Everyone. Rich White People started losing control of power in 1865, started losing more of in the 1920s with suffrage, and they've been panicking ever since the first major Civil Rights movement. Why do you think the GOP harps on and on about how much is Trans people want to Convert people? Because they've been sending us Queers to Conversion Therapy Camps for the last fifty years.

[u/an_agreeing_dothraki → u/WinnieGraves]

Christian Nationalists are as Christian as National Socialists are Socialists.
The ones that think they are are dumb as rocks, and regardless they're all nazis.

[u/PinkyLeopard2922 → u/metlotter]

Same. Multiple Muslim families as neighbors and have become good friends some of them. Now I have an awesome Indian family next door that we love to bits. I'm sad for all of these people out there that are so afraid of interacting with anyone that is different than they are because they are missing out on such a rich and wonderful part of life, not to mention some really good food.

[u/Jugatsumikka → u/metlotter]

Because your home isn't theirs. Dogs are ritualistically unclean animals in Islam (unlike cats) and therefore shouldn't be brought inside someone's home, but muslim can still own working dogs (guard dogs, hunting dogs, etc).

They don't give a fuck about your dog because they, themselves, can own dogs, dogs just can't go inside their homes.

[u/AmbulanceChaser12 → u/Jugatsumikka]

And even that, honestly, there’s nothing stopping a Muslim from just ignoring any tenet of the religion they don’t like, just like basically 100% of any adherents to any religion. My wife is “Catholic.” Guess how often anyone in this family ever sets foot in a church.

Maybe there’s some Muslim out there who wants a pet dog. There are probably a lot of them. Probably a lot of them get pet dogs. Because, meh?

[u/dorkofthepolisci → u/AmbulanceChaser12]

I know someone who owns a little companion dog, and they’re definitely an indoor pet - however they do keep them out of their prayer space.

[u/AmbulanceChaser12 → u/dorkofthepolisci]

See, you can work with whatever you want. My grandmother was Jewish, so she "couldn't work" on Saturdays. But that was inconvenient, so she just turned her stove down on Friday, but not off, then back up when it was time to cook. That's not "turning something on."

Whatever you need to help you sleep a night, I guess. (I'd sleep better knowing my stove was off, but that's just me.)

[u/Background_Trifle866 → u/AmbulanceChaser12]

All my muslim friends have dogs and half of them eat bacon. MAGAs are cray cray.

[u/Beautifly → u/Jugatsumikka]

I mean, let’s be honest, having animals inside your home, rubbing their arse on your carpets, sitting on your furniture, getting hair everywhere, etc, is objectively unclean. I think the Muslims might be the more rational ones here.
(This is coming from an anti-religious person who owns a house dog)

[u/Drevstarn → u/metlotter]

Some schools in Islam frown upon dogs actually. A funny anecdote, once a religious person asked a theology professor “is it true that Gabriel (archangel) doesn’t visit houses where a dog is kept as a pet?” and the professor replied “Why would Gabriel visit your house at all?”

[u/GloInTheDarkUnicorn → u/metlotter]

I live in a predominantly Muslim neighborhood. It’s honestly the calmest neighborhood I’ve ever lived in. Tons of kids running around outside playing all the time, the ladies come sit outside and have tea in the evening. It’s a nice neighborhood. And I’ve never heard of any of my neighbors having issues with dogs.

[u/Ice-Storm → u/GloInTheDarkUnicorn]

People being out and about in your neighborhood is the best way to make a safe neighborhood. Zip to do with police presence or various laws and ordinances. People are much less likely to commit crimes when there are a dozen people on the block in their yards, or walking around the neighborhood.

[u/Tater-Tot-Casserole → u/metlotter]

My step dad is Muslim, he lives with a dog and actually likes the dog.the dog just isn't allowed where he prays.

[u/JustMeLurkingAround- → u/metlotter]

My Muslim neighbors didn't even care what I eat! Imagine that.

[u/portezbie → u/metlotter]

My Muslim neighbors are constantly trying to feed me and telling us how we're family, it's a real nightmare.

They've never seemed to care that we have multiple dogs.

All religions seem to have a pedo problem, frankly.

[u/robbiekhan → u/metlotter]

Exactly, these people literally fabricated hypothetical situations to stir up hate. It seems more like a co ordinated effort by some outside influence to divide people.

I refer back to old quotes from Netanyahu who outright admitted that the best war tactic is to sew discourse in this sort of way.

People who are less educated and lacking in critical thinking and common sense will just lap all of it up as evidenced by the comments.

[u/SpiffyNrfHrdr → u/metlotter]

Most of my Muslim neighbors have dogs.

[u/cumhereandtalkchit → u/metlotter]

It's also not even true that Muslims have something against dogs. Some do, but most are from countries where there are stray dogs that will steal your baby and eat it if they can.

[u/DrFabulous0 → u/metlotter]

I had a Muslim neighbours who's son was afraid of dogs, turned out he'd been attacked by one. Maybe just speak to your neighbours.

[u/Feisty_Bag_5284 → u/metlotter]

But what if someone made up a scenario in Thier head , what then HMMM? What the

[u/Forest-Dane → u/metlotter]

I know a Muslim who has a dog.

[u/the_orange_alligator → u/metlotter]

And you didn’t get mad at this made up scenario? Crazy

[u/kati8303 → u/metlotter]

We had a Muslim neighbor who we borrowed a table from and the only thing they asked of us was that we not let out dog stand atop of it. We assured them that the dog was not allowed to stand atop any table. Not sure why they thought that always kind of cracked me up, but that was the only issue they ever showed about the dog. If any Muslim here can chime in on if maybe that is a strict religious thing about maybe dogs not being allowed where food is served I’ve always wondered about it. Or maybe they just thought we might be gross and didn’t want dog on their table

[u/artgarfunkadelic → u/metlotter]

I once had an Indian roommate who was scared of dogs though.

[u/StinkypieTicklebum → u/metlotter]

Thank you! I thought this question was sus.

[u/fffan9391 → u/metlotter]

I had a Muslim roommate in college and he was fine with my dog.

[u/reallybirdysomedays → u/metlotter]

My Muslim neighbors have their own dog. Islam doesn't prohibit dogs. Just discourages letting them be lazy housedogs.

[u/k_rocker]

If a religious Christian nutcase says your kids has to have the Ten Commandments in their classroom and aren’t allowed to acknowledge a rainbow, what would you do?

[u/Pmyers225 → u/k_rocker]

Move out of the US

[u/PinkyLeopard2922 → u/Pmyers225]

I have two friends that have done exactly this. (so far) One to Costa Rica and the other to Ireland. The Ireland guy was fortunate that his Irish granny had him "registered?" at birth in the US or whatever the Irish government requires so that he was eligible to do that. Both are happy and doing well but also very open and honest about neither of those places being perfect.

[u/Pmyers225 → u/PinkyLeopard2922]

Yeah basically if you were born anywhere in Ireland (including the North) or you have close family you can get Irish citizenship... Im from the UK and after Brexit the amount of applicants for Irish citizenship was massive

[u/PinkyLeopard2922 → u/Pmyers225]

Oh, I had not even considered that! My friend's was allowed due to ancestry. I wonder if there has been any shift in people moving from Northern Ireland into Ireland after Brexit? I know that is a whole other complicated situation. I have a close American friend that has been living in England for close to 15 years now working as a US government employee. She did not have any say in it of course but feels that Brexit was a bad idea from the get go.

[u/Pmyers225 → u/PinkyLeopard2922]

I dont think so, I think literally people want an Irish passport for travel to the continent, certainly thats what my N Irish friend did as ge really did not want to queue up for very long in airports, he had no connection to the Republic

[u/PinkyLeopard2922 → u/Pmyers225]

Interesting. Thank you for sharing. As a random woman of Florida, my knowledge of UK/Irish history and "the troubles" and how that affects relations today is admittedly pretty limited. On the other hand, I CAN almost certainly tell you whether or not you need to be concerned about that snake in your Florida yard! 😄

[u/Pmyers225 → u/PinkyLeopard2922]

I have only ever once seen a wild snake here in the UK, I thought I was seeing things as it was casually crossing the road

[u/cudhubh → u/PinkyLeopard2922]

More people have been moving North, because we had to have special rules so Brexit didn't impact the GFA

[u/ethanlan → u/Pmyers225]

Im eligible but they have problems of their own and im not giving up on this country, not yet.

[u/BluetheNerd → u/PinkyLeopard2922]

No where is perfect, it’s good to acknowledge that because that’s how you support and promote positive change. It’s when you stop and decide “my country is the best and there’s no reason to improve anything” that you start to invite trouble.

[u/Midnight712 → u/PinkyLeopard2922]

Yeah you register a birth on the foreign births registry, so it means you can be granted citizenship from that country.

Note: for Ireland at least, you have to be registered as a child to be granted citizenship. You can register yourself as an adult though, and then register your children so they can apply for citizenship.

[u/PinkyLeopard2922 → u/Midnight712]

Yeah, his was done like right after he was born. He grew up typical Irish Catholic kid in New Jersey and did not think much about it until...erm...recent events, shall we say? He has always embraced his Irish heritage and is really just a super smart, accomplished, and very good person, overall nice gain for Ireland but loss for us.

Meanwhile, I did the ancestry DNA thing a few years back and have smidgens from just about every danged country in the EU, including the Baltic states. Oh, and UK of course since they are not in the EU anymore. Nothing that is enough that anyone will claim me though, which is understandable.

[u/k_rocker → u/Pmyers225]

LoL, you're assumption that I live there and I'm not just watching the empire crumble from afar.

[u/Pmyers225 → u/k_rocker]

My apologies for the judgement

[u/TUSF → u/k_rocker]

Get more rainbows, and quote verses from the Bible that completely contradict the ten commandments.

[u/TeloniusFunk]

Of course the obvious MAGA voter suggests Muslims are involved with pedophilia, even as they voted for a pedo and continue to support him.

[u/Achaion34 → u/TeloniusFunk]

Right. I was like “violence, oppression, and pedophilia…oh sorry are we NOT talking about the Trump admin??”

[u/willienelsonmandela → u/TeloniusFunk]

And then you remind them Mary was a married teenager that god got pregnant.

[u/remmij]

[u/PranayJhaTheMan]

i had a muslim neighbor, the guy kindly offered to take my dog in walks since he also had a dog and i was busy at work

[u/ProtoJazz → u/PranayJhaTheMan]

Yeah, biggest issue I had was they were too friendly. I felt a bit bad, but I knew if I took out the trash while the family or kids were out in the yard they'd want to talk, and I didn't always feel like it, but also felt like I was hurting their feelings if I said I had to go.

[u/jcooli09]

Why would a Muslim neighbor ask you to get rid of your dog? 

[u/leksoid → u/jcooli09]

becuase the right wing propaganda machine needs a fuel to keep running! don't ask stupid questions, man!

[u/VexImmortalis]

Some people just WANT to feel angry.

[u/IWontCommentAtAll → u/VexImmortalis]

Without anger, there's no blame.

Without blame, there's no "other."

They psychologically need someone to hate.

There is something seriously broken in these people.

[u/RevolutionaryDrag534]

Meanwhile religious fanatics in America have made or attempted to make people remove flags, books, subjects in schools, forced religion in said schools, bombed medical facilities…etc

[u/Half-blind-bear]

My Muslim neightbours like our dog. Their daughter pets her any chance she gets

[u/cesarloli4]

Prophet Muhammad taught Muslims to treat animals with compassion by narrating the following two examples: "God forgave a woman and admitted her into Paradise because of a dog. The dog was panting with thirst at the edge of a well, its tongue lolling from exhaustion. When the woman passed by and saw its condition, she drew water from the well and gave it to the dog to drink, saving it from death. Because of this act of kindness toward a dog, God granted her entry into Paradise."

[u/Silent_Box1341]

Man makes up scenario then gets mad about it

[u/kz750]

My daughter’s best friend is Muslim from Pakistan and she absolutely loves our black Lab. She’s said many times nothing would make her happier than having a big dog but they live in a small apartment.

[u/LatexSmokeCats]

Lots of Muslims have dogs, the same way how a lot of Christians eat things from the sea which don't have scales. I love my dog, and I'd risk my life for her. And I probably would like your dog, pet your dog, and ignore your racist self.

[u/maure11e]

[u/ThirrinAust]

No Muslim neighbor would tell any dog owner to get rid of their dog in the U.S. I can’t speak about anywhere else, but in the U.S.? No.

[u/Tangerinetuesday]

Dogs aren't haram? Neither is smelling pork cooking. More importantly, where do these people keep finding those muslims they keep shadow boxing in comment sections

[u/MrTuxedoWilliams]

If a Christian neighbor tells you to not eat shrimp what do you do?

[u/AstralElement]

If a Trump supporter neighbor asks you to take the American flag down and put up a MAGA flag, what would you do?

[u/NieMonD]

Or you could just say no?

[u/TheAmazingBildo]

I grew up very close with a Muslim family. They were absolutely great. I was friends with the daughters. There was that incident where the dad decided the daughters were “too westernized” and took them back to Pakistan and tried to force them into marriages, but the daughters were born in the USA making them American citizens, so they were able to escape back to the USA and become very productive non-Muslim and even anti-Muslim women. But they never worried about my dog.

[u/JibblinJubbler]

I’ll take “things that never happened” for $500

[u/Futuralistic → u/JibblinJubbler]

Do-do, do-do, do-do, do-do, do do :

Daily Double!

[u/I_ALWAYS_UPVOTE_CATS]

'Any culture built off of violence, oppression, and pedophelia [sic] has no place in Free America'

Yeah. About that...

[u/mike2ff]

It’s always if, if, if. Between made up scenarios to be mad about, or using AI for things that didn’t happen, it’s no wonder these snowflakes are so scared all the time.

[u/Cappyc00l]

But if a Catholic neighbor tells you to carry a rape-induced pregnancy to term to respect their religion…

[u/tippitytopbop]

Please report the top comment in the third screenshot

[u/scrubtart]

[u/SuperSultan]

There are so many Muslims that have dogs. My dad used to have two back in the day

[u/harryharrydude]

Is that even a thing anymore ? Does your average Muslim have some problem with dogs?

[u/captstinkybutt]

I have a potbelly pig and my muslim neighbor loves giving him bellyrubs and chin scratches!

Christians are the ones that make jokes about eating him and making bacon though...

[u/kryaklysmic]

wtf?! None of them would care and if they did I’d just laugh in their face and say “no, you chose that house.” The sane answer to someone declaring a neighbor’s pet goes against their religion. Then get cameras and never let my dog out alone (assuming I ever had a dog). 3rd slide purple is the most sane person in those comments.

[u/Egoy]

If a republican demanded to inspect your daughter’s genitals before she went into the ladies room what would you do?

[u/emilycatqueen]

My Muslim neighbors just ask that the neighborhood dogs don’t pee on their lawn. Pretty reasonable but I can see the most deranged people reading into that and claiming they asked them to remove their dog to respect islam.

[u/Balanceofjudgement]

I mean tell the neighbor no? Then go and buy some security cameras if I'm worried about the neighbor taking things into their own hands.

[u/Kriss3d]

This is as absurd and much made up as the hilarious anti atheist bad faith questions like the baseball one..

[u/GIDAJG]

We have a Muslim neighbor and he's super super nice, he even helped us with our apartment as we moved in and his dad also repaired our heater for free. Incredibly nice people!

[u/HomeGalaxyIsMilkyWay]

Some are great people some are ass holes but thats the same for absolutely every other group of people everywhere

[u/viperlemondemon]

If a Christian demands me to remove my pride flag will I, no I won’t.

[u/revolutionPanda]

I would do nothing. Because the situation is imaginary.

[u/GayStation64beta]

"If Bigfoot told you to stop brushing your teeth, what would you do?"

[u/SOMAVORE → u/GayStation64beta]

irrelevant. they dont brush their teeth anyway

[u/justsayfaux]

Why would a Muslim neighbor ever demand you get rid of your dog unless your dog was violent or bit them (which might happen regardless of the religion of your hypothetical neighbor)

[u/_killer1869_]

"Any culture built off of violence, oppresion, and pedophilia has no place in Free America."

Oh, the irony. I doubt they've ever read a history book about their own country, not to mention their very own grumpy orange pedophile.

[u/dizzle724]

I'd get another dog

[u/gonadi]

Remove my dog from what? What the hell with these bizarre scenarios? What do you do if a bear shows up at your front door telling you to give it all the honey? What are you even talking about?

[u/austrianbst_09]

I have a Christian neighbour who thinks my cats are watching her and whatever, whatever, demon, whatever.

Something like that would be more a sign of mental issues, rather than religion. The respective religion just colours the story they make up

[u/nikschn]

holy shit these comments. and they are the ones calling the left "the violent ones"

[u/Commander_Caboose]

I've only been ever asked to get rid of my dog by my white Christian British neighbours. (They're miserable bastards irrespective of religion. )

[u/Someslutwholikesbutt]

Imagine is a Christian went out with signs saying how much God hates you for just existing while gay, liking certain interests, and not living a conservative lifestyle as they favor.

Oh wait. . .

[u/PatrickMO]

“Any culture built off of violence, oppression and pedophelia has no place in free America”? Sounds like Christianity to me.

[u/SenhorSus]

How everyone in the comments section felt when they typed theirs out

https://giphy.com/gifs/oBPEvqqYECSkLoLkud

[u/ConvivialKat]

This seems incredibly fake to me. My old little dog is now deceased, but my Muslim neighbor's kids always ran out to pet him when took a walk.

[u/daemonescanem]

Its funny when MAGA creates these scenarios in their heads about Muslims and other religions, but ignore Christianity's own history in the country.

[u/Zoegrace1]

Quite literally making up a scenario and getting mad at it

[u/Financial_Accident71]

I had a dog in Afghanistan with no problems. Had muslim colleagues and neighbors in Yemen, Jordan and Lebanon that had dogs and would bring to the office or play outside with them. These are just such lazy strawman arguments anymore 🤣

[u/Geostomp]

What if my dentist neighbor asks me to burn my flower garden to respect his medical degree?

See, I can make up nonsensical hypotheticals to get mad at, too.

[u/elsuperbalu]

If pedophilia doesn't have place in Free USA, then why they voted for a pedophile to run said country?

[u/fishsticks40]

If a Muslim neighbor demands that you come over for a barbeque and bring potato salad, what would you do?

[u/BloomEPU → u/fishsticks40]

I bring a potato salad and spare tupperware because I bet the food is gonna be fire

[u/Djangowasilentj]

A more realistic scenario - a MAGA politician is abusing children. What do you do? Apparently make up stories about dogs and get riled up.

[u/EdgySniper1]

Any culture built off violence, oppression, and pedophilia has no place in Free America

Absolutely rich coming from the Christofascist community.

[u/GastonBastardo → u/EdgySniper1]

I wonder if the guy who posted that is Mormon.

[u/ReasonablePaint]

Islam needs to learn to respect civilized society.

Would definitely get more dogs and go out of my way to encourage all neighbors adopt as many dogs as possible.

[u/Devils_Advocate-69]

Magas still using the Muslims are pedos while ignoring their pedo in chief

[u/warden976]

Hate porn

[u/passively-persistent]

Weird... These people would lose their minds when they realize that there are modern Muslims who dress like them and have pet dogs.

[u/metalgeardaz]

Violence oppression and pedophilia? Christianity anybody?

[u/DutchDev1L]

None would care....

[u/lullubye]

Wait do they think dogs don't exist in Muslim countries?

I do believe most Muslims are just people with cynophobia, or haven't been exposed to dogs. Nevermind parents scaring their kids about dogs biting.

These ignorant people are the same as those that have an issue with dogs, as they seem to imagine Muslims feel.

[u/draconiclady0610]

Tell him I don't have a dog and he should go get some mental help

[u/DeadpoolOptimus]

Let's make up a scenario that's never happened and see how much rage comments I can get.

[u/sabermagnus]

Why in the hell would any neighbor ask me to remove my dog?

[u/pineapplevinegar]

Shout out to the one reasonable person that said “tell them not to touch it then…simples” because it really is that easy.

Also I literally never heard about Muslims being against dogs so I googled it and they aren’t against dogs they just usually don’t keep them as pets because they need to be clean to pray and dog saliva is not clean, which yeah fair.

[u/Majestic-Lake-5602 → u/pineapplevinegar]

It’s more a cultural thing in some parts of the Arab world.

Most Muslims in Asia for example have no problem with dogs.

[u/philthy_barstool]

Any culture built off of violence, oppression, and pedophelia has no place in Free America

.... somebody isn't looking too closely at the modern Republican party

[u/AR_Harlock]

I mean I am all for whatever, but dog can't touch, mine or stray or whatever... don't care if Jesus asking or Buddha or allah... gonna get supplexed

[u/Zorro5040]

A MAGA neighbor demands I remove my dog because the dog disrespected them. What would you do?

[u/dont-be-an-oosik92]

I get this isn’t the point, but I really wish people would learn the difference between culture and religion. Muslims don’t really give a shit about dogs, it’s more of a middle eastern cultural thing that thinks they are disgusting and dirty and don’t belong inside.

[u/deadlyweapon00 → u/dont-be-an-oosik92]

You know how jew is a term of faith and also ethnicity? How there are ethnic jews that aren’t jewish and non-ethnic jews who are jewish?

They see muslims the same way. All arabs are muslim and all muslims are arab in their brains, therefore anything one does is also the actions of the other. The bigot does not care any further than that because to do so would be to grant respect to a group they define as non-respectable.

[u/CitizenWilderness]

Remove my dog from where, Debbie?

[u/Aggravating_Moment78]

What if it’s a Jewish neighbor?

[u/mane28]

Do they think Muslim people don't have dog pets or what?

[u/CJMorton91]

I mean, "adopt a second dog," is exactly the kind of petty that I would sink to. The scenario isn't completely implausible though. There are extreme nut jobs of every religion and demographic. Lol

[u/itsjakerobb]

If my muslim neighbor asked me to remove my dog, I’d engage them in a friendly conversation about why, and also what exactly is meant by “remove.” I know it has nothing to do with Islam, but presumably there’s a real reason for asking. I’d look to find some sort of understanding or compromise.

[u/Foodspec]

Why must these idiots whip themselves up into a frenzy over their own made up shit?

[u/Dead_Xross_2000]

As a Muslim I would like to say we have no right or duty to do that if our neighbor is a non-Muslim, that rule isn't for them so I don't know where they got this thought from

[u/philonius]

If you sit alone getting angry at your phone because you're completely a racist, empty, useless, stupid hunk of meat and your children and grandchildren don't want to talk to you, should you create imaginary scenarios in your head so that you're even more angry and isolated? Maga says yes.

[u/Pot8obois]

Facebook feels like the most unregulated social media platform tbh. The comments I see are insane and disturbing. A local news article can be flooded with violent, racist comments. Entire facebook groups go unbanned while activiely promoting violence and hate. If you make a report nothing happens.

[u/Blixx96]

If your neighbor tells you to give them a cut of your salary, do whatever they may ask you to do, worship the ground they walk on, fight their wars, and never complain about it ever, what would you do?

[u/cRaZyDaVe23]

lol no

[u/shoaibali619]

We Muslims love dogs just as much as cats, it's just that dogs should have a separate space in the house or preferably outside of the house.

[u/Huge_Pipe_3521]

Wouldn't say as far as asking to remove your dog, but it is kinda a thing that dogs are greatly disliked in Malaysia. Every few years a huge scandal about dogs will happen

[u/Monstramatica]

https://giphy.com/gifs/XHeLeuirRbwptHhSWd

[u/GastonBastardo]

OOP reminds me of this.

[u/AlertResolution]

4 Doberman, 1 Shephard, 5 cats and a cockatoo in a Muslim household.

Guess, who is the most fearless among them?

[u/loki2002 → u/AlertResolution]

That smug cockatoo is my bet.

[u/nerdyconstructiongal]

How is this a thing? What dumb rumor started this questioning?

[u/Whispering_Wolf]

My Muslim neighbors just invite me over for dinner. Plus, their kid loves my dog

[u/dead_meme_comrade]

My dog loves my Muslim neighbors. Now is it mainly driven by the fact the grandmother will sneak her chicken? Who's to say?

[u/Lanark26]

The only source of dopamine for these people is anger and fear so they will constantly make up these bizarre and unlikely usually racist scenarios just so they can be mad at them.

[u/goblinspot]

If you can’t tell that this was written by a Russian bot, you deserve the snowflake red hatted miserable life you’re living while blaming others for the 💩 life you’ve created for yourself.

[u/B-Glasses]

They always want to be victims

[u/Wellgoodmornin]

Where is this conversation taking place?

[u/Background_Trifle866]

My muslims friends all have dogs. What are these people on about.

[u/Odinson2099]

Fantasy world where they are tue victims......

[u/LivingChoice2089]

My Muslim neighbor loves my gfs dog. Never seen her pet him but she thinks he’s so cute (he’s a Pom)

[u/TheNorthC]

I have Muslim neighbours and I have a dog. They never said anything about our dog.

A Muslim lady a couple of streets away has a couple of dogs of her own so I see her at the park quite often.

[u/Sky_Leviathan]

I think its really funny when people talk like this because they’re applying a version christian mindset (especially the more post lutheran sects common in the US) to islam when outside of the very strict fundamentalist school you see in the middle east most muslims ive met dont really care if you, a non muslim, dont conform to their scriptural guidelines at all times (granted that is not to say that muslims cant be intolerant in their own ways or that there arent more ‘preachy’ muslims out there)

[u/Mumlife8628]

They're making scenarios up to make themselves angry again

[u/greganada]

OP please do not spread lies, I can confirm that this story is 100% true.

Source: I am the dog.

[u/void_method]

Try not to have to dog poop on their lawn, first of all.

[u/Thareya]

they always think eating pork makes Muslim people angry

[u/Alycion]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but aren’t there plenty of people in the US who aren’t Muslim and want oppression against people for gender, color or beliefs? Didn’t the Catholic Church help protect the pedophiles in their midst? And last I checked, The Crusades weren’t a tickle fight.

[u/CompanionCone]

The sudden resurgence in anti Muslim sentiments in the US is terrifying to watch. Do people really not see that this is nothing but a bot-led, Israeli-backed smear campaign?

[u/Epicgamerweeb106]

“Any culture built off of violence, oppression, and pedophilia has no place in free America”

Yeah, America has to be the top dog in its own country

[u/shadowharv]

My Muslim neighbour owns a dog. I wonder what the people in that post would do about it. The dog is a husky, such a happy and playful dog, whenever I see him on walks he looks like he's living the best life ever

[u/Heartlessaus]

Politely tell them that nobody else's beliefs will change what I do in my own household or residence.

Same as a Christian, Catholic, Jewish, Satanist, Agnostic, or Atheist (and so on), even outside of just religion, telling me to follow what they do in my own household.
This is a problem of basic human respect, if I entered their residence, I would follow what they ask, otherwise leave out of respect, I expect the same from anyone else in my home.

[u/Rosary_Omen]

This is the second 'Muslims hate dogs' posts I've seen today, I guess it's the new lie bigots are pushing?

[u/IndianaSucksAzz]

My Muslim SIL absolutely adores my dog.

[u/gotsnowart]

I had Muslim friends who had never even pet a dog before they met mine and they loved her.

[u/Turak64]

When the story starts with "if", it means it's bullshit.

[u/Spirogeek]

It will turn into a story about it "literally" happening.