In Turkey right now, where there are stray dogs everywhere, not only cats. Dogs are typically extremely well fed (I'm seeing a magnitude more fat stray dogs tha

In Turkey right now, where there are stray dogs everywhere, not only cats. Dogs are typically extremely well fed (I'm seeing a magnitude more fat stray dogs than skinny ones, which comes as a first for me) and they are treated really well by locals. Saw the same in the muslim city of Harar, Ethiopia. In Turkey, dogs are very congenial and will easily follow you/people around for a while if you choose to interact with them, yet they know their place and don't seem to try to enter buildings. Not a bad deal for them. Religious culture isn't determinism and you shouldn't generalize from either minor details from the Quran or contemporary Arab countries, which aren't representative of Muslim cultures through time and space.