I think this is slightly misguided, dogs don't have a low stature in the religion, but sadly, many ignorant Muslim mistreat them or will make claims based on th

I think this is slightly misguided, dogs don't have a low stature in the religion, but sadly, many ignorant Muslim mistreat them or will make claims based on those ignorant views (as relayed by those articles). Muslims are required to wash what part of their body or clothing enter in contact with the dog saliva, but this likely a hygiene measure. It doesn't mean they are forbidden to touch the dog or its saliva in the first place. Eating dog meat is forbidden, but that doesn't mean the animal has a low stature. I haven't done research on this, but I suspect the same could be said of pigs. And using bears -- which meat is also forbidden to Muslims -- won't make people less ignorant :) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/15/islam-on-dogs-can-you-be-_n_1885580.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/15/islam-on-dogs-can-y... http://www.islamicconcern.com/dogs.asp http://www.islamicconcern.com/dogs.asp