St. Francis' Day of blessing of the animals. Photograph is for St. James' at Meeker Colorado
I had originally titled my post Slaughter of the Lambs as Slaughter of the Innocent. I changed it to Slaughter of the Lambs because I realized that Islam has no love of animals.
Robert Spencer, of Jihad Watch, writes:
Muhammad didn't like dogs:The generous Tiberge, at Gallia Watch, writes about the slaughter of sheep for the Muslim holiday Aid-el-Kebir, and Résistance Républicaine's leader Christine Tasin arguing with a Muslim about the sheep that are slaughtered for the holiday:
"Once Gabriel promised the Prophet (that he would visit him, but Gabriel did not come) and later on he said, 'We, angels, do not enter a house which contains a picture or a dog.'" -- Sahih Bukhari 4.54.50
"Abdullah (b. Umar) (Allah be pleased with them) reported: Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) ordered the killing of dogs and we would send (men) in Medina and its corners and we did not spare any dog that we did not kill, so much so that we killed the dog that accompanied the wet she-camel belonging to the people of the desert." -- Sahih Muslim 10.3811
"Ibn Mughaffal reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) ordered killing of the dogs, and then said: What about them, i. e. about other dogs? and then granted concession (to keep) the dog for hunting and the dog for (the security) of the herd, and said: When the dog licks the utensil, wash it seven times, and rub it with earth the eighth time." -- Sahih Muslim 551
Still, this is a new one: "'Puppy Bombs' Rescued from Egyptian Violence," by Ari Yashar for Israel National News, October 29 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
Two puppies from Egypt were rescued just moments before they were to be used by the Muslim Brotherhood in their protests as "puppy bombs" dipped in gasoline and set on fire.
The revelation about the Brotherhood's cruel tactic used two weeks ago at Tahrir Square during demonstrations against the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi's was made known by Robyn Urman, a pet rescuer in Tenafly, New Jersey, as reported by CBS 2.
Even though animal cruelty is the major accusation hurled at Muslims from animal rights organizations, we have to remember that we too are cruel to animals in many ways. Christine's Muslim opponent pointed that out.This is the argument that the Muslim man makes to Tasin. He says:
"Do you find it normal that one breeds battery chicken?...You only have a problem with Islam."I think this is what threw Tiberge off. Yes, battery hen breeding is a phenomenon in this century, but breeders go to great lenghts to make these conditions as bearable as possible for the hens, while thousands of anti-battery chicken movements speak up for these birds.
Where in Islam is anyone protesting the cruel slaying of these sheep in an annual Muslim ritual? And where in Islam is an effort made to kill these sheep in a more humane way?
The sheep are killed in this manner:
These animals were slaughtered in open fields, by untrained people. They were held down while their throats were cut and left to bleed slowly to death. This barbaric and despicable cruelty has outraged millions of civilized people. Agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler has made it clear in two letters to me that ritual slaughter in the open air is illegal under EU law, and must only be performed in an abattoir. Will the Commission immediately take steps to prosecute the French authorities under Article 169 [Source: EUR-Lex: Access to European Union law, 20 May 1997]Is this the kind of culture and religion we want to accommodate in our wonderful Multicultural Mosaic? Do we want to be confronted with streaming blood and the knowledge of deep animal suffering in order to be all-accepting of anything and any-one in the name of equality and multiculturalism?
That should be the core of Tasin's protest, and her response (of course not directly to this aggressive Muslim, or she could be rushed to the emergency room) to arguments brought by Muslims who compare Muslim animal cruelty with barely existing Christian ones, and Western treatment of animals.
In fact, the various denominations and churches have a "Blessing of the Animals" services, where animals are brought in on a specific day, to be blessed by the priest. This was a ritual established by St. Francis. What Muslim "saint" celebrates, and blesses, animals?
And Christ is known as The Good Shepard, who protects and guides his sheep. What is Mohammed's benevolent title? He is known for killing dogs, those loyal friends of man, and shepherds.
As Robert Spencer writes in Jihad watch:
Muhammad didn't like dogs:And here is more from the Hadith, where Mohammed orders to "Kill the dogs":
"Once Gabriel promised the Prophet (that he would visit him, but Gabriel did not come) and later on he said, 'We, angels, do not enter a house which contains a picture or a dog.'" -- Sahih Bukhari 4.54.50
Sahih Muslim 5248:Christ's sacrifice as The Lamb of God was his gift to humankind, giving up his life so that we might be saved.
Narrated Maymunah: “One morning Allah's Messenger was silent with grief. Maymunah said: Allah's Messenger, I find a change in your mood today. Allah's Messenger said: Gabriel had promised me that he would meet me last night, but he did not meet me. By Allah, he never broke his promises; and Allah's Messenger spent the day in this sad (mood). Then it occurred to him that there had been a puppy under their cot. He gave an order and it was turned out. He then took some water in his hand and sprinkled it on the place. When it was evening Gabriel met him and he said to him: You promised me that you would meet me the previous night. He said: Yes, but we do not enter a house in which there is a dog or a picture. So the very next morning he commanded the dogs to be killed. He announced that the dog kept for the orchards should also be killed, but he spared the dog used for the protection of extensive fields (or big gardens).”
Muslims slaughter sheep to "remember" Abraham's near-sacrifice of his son Isaac, and when God, seeing Abraham's faith, told him to sacrifice a sheep instead. But Abraham sacrificed one sheep, and there is no mention in our Bible that he did this in the cruel and vicious way that Muslims sacrifice their multitudes of sheep. This is the Muslim way: a bastardization of Goodness; a re-telling in exaggerated and horrific ways, of our Good Book.
St. Francis blessing the animals
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Posted By: Kidist P. Asrat
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