(Umluj, Saudi Arabia) With the media focused primarily on the international implications of Middle East events, the everyday hum-drum challenges of average citizens are often unreported. Here's an example.
Imagine the shock when Abdul Rahman Al-Juhani and family members went to a cemetery in this quiet northwest coastal town to bury a loved one only to discover, to their horror, the bones and shrouds of the dead strewn all about. The culprits of this desecration, say residents, are feral dogs.
"Not only that, but there were also children playing inside the cemetery," said Al-Juhani. "I don't blame the kids because they're not responsible for their actions. I put the blame on the municipality for not assigning a guard at the cemetery and leaving the door open for wild animals."
The people of Umluj are calling on municipal authorities to do something about this problem in the town's main cemetery, located near a fish market.
Suleiman Al-Hujori, a resident of Umluj, said that the dignity of the dead is being violated. "These wild dogs prey on dead bodies," he said. "They dig bodies and bones out of graves and eat them. We want the municipality to put an end to this problem."
One can't help but feel a certain amount of empathy for people who have seen their dearly departed turned into gnawed litter but it's undoubtedly overshadowed by the disgust at the abject ignorance which allows the circumstances to exist in the first place. Without breaking a sweat, I can come up with a few ideas. "Hey, Abdul, why don't you dig deeper graves and hire a dogcatcher?" Zoning the cemetery away from the fish market might help also.
Of course, then there's the question of whether any Muslim martyrs were buried in the cemetery. Now, I understand the biology when a canine eats. At the end of the day, all that remains is a pile of dog stuff. Is it possible to start as a doggie land mine and finish as a frolicker among a harem of 72 virgins?
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The dogs are just getting revenge for 1400 years of jihad:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar:
God's Apostle ordered that the dogs should be killed.
—Bukhari 4.54.540
Posted by: Vinnie at March 13, 2006 11:28 PM (f289O)
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remember when the moonbats were all riled up that U.S forces were shooting feral dogs inside Fallujah, because they too had been eating on the flesh of corpses that had been laying in the streets.
I too thought it was a bad idea to kill them. They should have been rounded up and bought to the protesters batcave, for them to take care of -- all they needed was a hug.
Posted by: davec at March 13, 2006 11:34 PM (CcXvt)
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Zoning the cemetary away from the fish market and hiring dog catchers would be too "western", and would imply the presence of civilization. Although the Middle East was the birthplace of math, medicine, and science, I don't see any signs of civilization from where I stand, nor any signs of that region moving toward it either.
Posted by: Jack's Smirking Revenge at March 14, 2006 04:19 AM (CtVG6)
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When you have a religion that goes so far as to tell you which hand to wipe with, the people are utterly incapable of doing anything on their own. Pathetic.
Posted by: jesusland joe at March 14, 2006 04:57 AM (rUyw4)
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Odds are the soulution to this problem will emerge in the form of a stupidly named, UNDP funded militia with members standing outside the cemetary ready to deal with any dogs using RPGs and AKs. Eventually residents will be "kindly" asked to provide a "donation" to the brave mujahideen upon entering the cemetary.
Posted by: Graeme at March 14, 2006 05:08 AM (gqBaY)
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There is no indication in the story that this has been an ongoing problem. Would it be so hard for a couple people to put their heads together and figure out what's new or different and apply the correct solution? Did someone simply leave the gates open? If the reporter told us that, it might be a non-story.
Posted by: Oyster at March 14, 2006 05:41 AM (YudAC)
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How
dare you suggest that people should solve their own problem using common sense and their own effort! What are you, some sort of Zionist-neocon fascist or something? This is obviously a problem for the UN, because why should anyone be expected to do anything for themselves?
Honestly, it's hard to believe sometimes that the average arab is as stupid as this, but then a story like this pops up, and reaffirms it all over again. These people want to rule the world, and they can't even keep wild dogs and children from desecrating their own dead? Just how many generations have these people been walking upright?
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at March 14, 2006 05:51 AM (0yYS2)
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Is it good there weren't pigs involved?
Posted by: forest hunter at March 14, 2006 05:51 AM (Fq6zR)
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Forest, the thought crossed my mind too.
Posted by: Oyster at March 14, 2006 06:47 AM (YudAC)
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I don't see what they're complaining about. You'd think they would be happy that their dearly departed are being given the same post mortem treatment as the "prophet.
/poor doggies have to lick their bums extra long to mask the taste of islam.
Posted by: princesskimberley at March 14, 2006 08:47 AM (9xjdU)
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Maybe they should issue a FATA against all the feral dogs go out and chop off their heads and kill them all and what will the idiots at PETA do?
Posted by: sandpiper at March 14, 2006 09:10 AM (b1Fi6)
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lol! funniest thread ever.
Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at March 14, 2006 10:03 AM (8e/V4)
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These are obviously Christian infidel dogs who must be taught the ways of Allah. Nonetheless, one takes great comfort in the fact that these canines were not drawing any cartoons.
Posted by: Dr. Zubov at March 14, 2006 03:00 PM (mJD6w)
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They will now issue a FATWA on dogs and chop of their haeds will PETA go there to object?
Posted by: sandpiper at March 14, 2006 03:37 PM (O2c+K)
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