# Taliban Stomps Fluffy Kittens to Death!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 14, 2001, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taliban-stomps-fluffy-kittens-to-death/57968 "2001-03-14T16:27:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![don\_Jaime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@don\_Jaime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_Jaime)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2001, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taliban-stomps-fluffy-kittens-to-death/57968/21 "2001-03-19T16:41:54Z")
The Taliban can’t show Sandler movies or anyhting else. TV has already been banned. This was covered in an episode of Michael Moore’s _The Awful Truth_. This isn’t the greatest cite in the world, but I have read a Nasr-ed-Din Hodja story that revolved around how dogs are unclean. Maybe that’s covered under the Sharia. Could just even be folk wisdom. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2001, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taliban-stomps-fluffy-kittens-to-death/57968/22 "2001-03-19T19:05:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jomo Mojo \* > \*\*The Qur’an doesn’t say anything about dogs except for a brief mention in passing that some dogs are trained to hunt. > > It never ceases to amaze me how people get away with “quoting” stuff from the “Koran” that doesn’t even exist there. Starting with Edgar Allan Poe in “Israfel.” \*\* From [yahoodi.com is for sale](http://www.yahoodi.com/peace/islam.html) _“Ayatollah Khomeini again, “Eleven things are unclean: urine, excrement, sperm, blood, a dog, a pig, bones, a non-Muslim man and woman, wine, beer, and the perspiration of a camel that eats filth”.”_ If the Ayotollah says it, it’s good enough for me. My information was originally second hand from a Muslim friend with extensive knowledge in subsidiary scholarship. Just because I can’t spell worth jack, doesn’t mean I’m not right. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2001, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taliban-stomps-fluffy-kittens-to-death/57968/23 "2001-03-19T20:24:27Z")
Umm… Slortar? You attributed the anti-dog idea to the “Koran.” When I pointed out that the Qur’ân says nothing of the sort, you quoted Khomeini. Isn’t that a non sequitur? Seems like some people have only a vague idea of what the Qur’ân really is. It is just one specific text, not the whole corpus of commentaries on Islamic jurisprudence. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taliban-stomps-fluffy-kittens-to-death/57968/24 "2001-03-20T16:18:40Z")
You know, I thought about that after I hit the submit button. Oh well. Insert big, well-worn American boot in mouth… Still, much of the subsidiary work goes as doctrine in society. It’s canonical whether or not you do a strict interpretation of the original text. ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taliban-stomps-fluffy-kittens-to-death/57968/25 "2001-03-20T16:51:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MEBuckner \* > 3. Decree that women no longer be allowed to have eyeholes in their _burqas_. Wouldn’t that lead to a certain amount of improper groping? Or perhaps women would then only be permitted to stand quietly in the corner. Or be lead about on a leash by a male relative. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taliban-stomps-fluffy-kittens-to-death/57968/26 "2001-03-20T17:09:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by slortar \* > \*\* > If the Ayotollah says it, it’s good enough for me. > \*\* And, of course, the Taliban, being Sunni, probably wouldn’t care what Ayotollah Khomeni thinks about dogs. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taliban-stomps-fluffy-kittens-to-death/57968/27 "2001-03-20T17:41:13Z")
The Sunni Taliban probably don’t care what the Shi’ite Ayatollah Khomeini said about dogs, no. However, this [hard-line Sunni site](http://www.islam-qa.com) is also [not real big on dogs](http://216.205.122.233/index.php?ln=eng&ds=qa&lv=browse&QR=377&x=15&y=7). (Note that their answer seems to derive exclusively from hadiths, and not from the Qur’an.) I think it’s safe to say the Taliban are probably not big dog lovers. Podkayne: Yeah, I think you’ve got the idea. But it’s to keep the women _safe_, you see. ---
**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2001, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taliban-stomps-fluffy-kittens-to-death/57968/28 "2001-03-22T17:30:53Z")
Make everyone wear “What Would Mohommed Do?” t-shirts. Long sleeved hooded t-shirts for the women. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taliban-stomps-fluffy-kittens-to-death/57968.md?page=1)