Enlightening the World With Islamic Cat Love

THE ISLAMIC RELIGION is much reviled in the West, particularly the United States. For two hundred years great Britain has meddled in the affairs of Arabic Islamic countries, seeking control over them, seeking to plunder their resources, especially oil. the United States has followed suit. the western powers have caused great destruction and misery in these countries, presuming to establish their borders, their economic systems, and their access to their own resources, all in the name of profit and imperialism, often using the Christian faith as justification, just as slave owners in the antebellum south used the Christian faith and Biblical scripture to justify their "ownership" and enslavement of humans. Islamic nations have resisted encroachment by western superpowers, and have thus evoked the wrath of the mostly christian west. How dare they have the temerity to resist American imperialism! There is one respect in which Islamic culture is indisputably superior to Christian; the veneration of cats. As we all know, cats and humans form perfect relationships, and Muslims are far more aware of,and responsive to this fact that are Christians in general. In Islamic culture, cats are considered to be of great value, because they are, as they say, "ritually clean". dogs are looked down upon for being dirty, a notion in which Islamic is mistaken, but the cleanliness of cats cannot be disputed. The legend is that the prophet Muhammad was saved from a snakebite by a cat, that he repaid it by stroking its head and back, and thus gave cats the ability to right themselves in midair, and their beautiful markings. One day the prophet was preparing to dress for prayer, and a cat was sleeping on the sleeve of his garment. rather than awaken the cat, Muhammad allegedly cut off the sleeve of his garment, thus sparing the cat from being awakened. Cats may enter the houses of Muslims, dogs may not. In turkey in particular, all cats are seen as a great treasure, and hundreds of stray cats roam the street of Istanbul, copiously fed and watered by everyone. anyone who is caught bringing harm to a cat in Islamic countries is in dire peril. Food and water which has been touched by cats is considered clean. Cats have essentially taken control of the world, as millions of people in the U.S. and other countries love them. but in no other culture are they held in such high regard as in Islamic countries, and for this, all cat lovers should have the highest respect for the Islamic faith.