It is not haram to have a cat. Domestic cats are considered pure. This applies to what is in their mouth because Muslims are allowed to eat the food and drink the water that has been eaten and drunk by a cat.
Continue reading →Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan which is the Islamic holy month of fasting. It is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide. During this celebration, in certain countries in the world, primarily from the Middle East to … Continue reading →
Across the internet you’ll read about the Muslim Faith. One well-recited aspect of it is that the Prophet Muhammad, the founder of Islam and its central figure, loved cats. It is documented in a Hadith (a verbatim report of the … Continue reading →
Imam Mustafa Efe has the same attitude towards cats as the Prophet Muhammad. There is a great deal of tenderness and genuine love towards stray or community cats at the Aziz Mahmud Hüdayi Mosque in the historical district of Üsküdar … Continue reading →
If you are Turkish and a true adherent of the Islam faith you’ll treat all cats well because you’ll follow the ancient Hadiths of the Islamic faith. Also, with Turkey developing Western ideas about animal rights amongst the educated, urban … Continue reading →
This is not a hypothetical question. It is starkly real. Under the Islamic faith it is not permitted to eat cats and dogs1. However, in the suburbs of southern Damascus, not far from people sipping coffee in pleasant surroundings in … Continue reading →
Cats can be the innocent victims of human folly as is shown in this video about the Syrian war. This is a great video. A calico cat, probably a community cat, is featured in the video at 7:24 minutes and 12:50 … Continue reading →
Marc found this webpage showing these pictures. I took a screenshot. It just tells a story about the ugliness of the human’s behavior set against the innocence of the cat. Quite a contrast. It does seem to sum up the … Continue reading →
The prophet Muhammed treated cats better than women. This is what a visitor to PoC stated in a comment. It made me smile. This is not being disrespectful of anyone or the Islam Faith; it is something that made me … Continue reading →
Cat – bread – gun – Grozny is a “rather chilling photo with a cat in it” (Marc). This is, indeed, a chilling photo. It is a great photo that is hidden away on Wikipedia. The photographer is Mikhail Evstafiev … Continue reading →
