ISLAM exposed itself to more ridicule this week when some Scottish Muslims kicked off about a police information postcard featuring a cute little puppy.
And the Tayside police disgraced themselves too by failing to stand up to these bullying, rug-butting retards.
The mad prophet Mohammed had a phobia about dogs, and declared them “spiritually unclean”, thereby lumbering future generations of primitive, joyless Muslims with the dotty notion that dogs are offensive. Yes, even police sniffer dogs and guide dogs.
Now Tayside Police, exhibiting all the backbone of a mollusc, have offered local Muslims a grovelling apology over the card, featuring a six-month-old trainee police dog named Rebel.
According to the Telegraph, the German shepherd puppy has proved hugely popular with the public, hundreds of who have logged on to the force’s website to read his online training diary.
Tayside Police admitted they should have consulted their ‘diversity’ officers before issuing the cards, but critics argued their apology was unnecessary.
Richard Cook, director of the Campaign Against Political Correctness in Scotland, said:
Britain is the greatest dog-loving country in the world. In our culture, dogs are a man’s best friend. I don’t think Andrex are likely to be dropping the puppy dog from their adverts and for the police to apologise is ludicrous.
But some Islamic scholars believe that dogs are impure and therefore ‘haram’ – or forbidden – except for use in hunting or farming, and that it is not hygienic to keep a dog in the house. Furthermore, “angels” refuse to enter any premises where a dog is kept.
They say that the “impurity of dogs is the greatest of animal impurities”, and anyone who touches one must wash the body part that has come into contact with the animal seven times.
Mohammed Asif, a Dundee City councillor who sits on the Tayside Joint Police Board, said the postcards had been raised this week with John Vine, the chief constable.
He added:
The police have explained that it was an oversight on their part and that if they had seen it was going to cause upset they would not have done it.
A spokesman for Tayside Police said that Rebel had proved “extremely popular” with children and adults since he joined the force aged six weeks.
He added:
His incredible world-wide popularity – he has attracted record visitor numbers to our website – led us to believe Rebel could play a starring role in the promotion of our non-emergency number.
However, we did not seek advice from the force’s diversity adviser prior to publishing and distributing the postcards. That was an oversight and we apologise for any offence caused.
Of course, what the police ought to have told these Moaning Muslim Minnies is “get stuffed!”
UPDATE: July 3. See this “storm in a policeman’s hat” comment here, and Andy Armitage’s delicious take on the story over at the Pink Triangle Trust here.
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