Talk:Muhammad's attitude toward animals

This article is terrible I know BUT someone had to get it out of the Reforms article.Opiner 22:32, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Dog pic

What is up with the dog puppy? At least, get a real wild black dog, that would be informative, a puppy is not informative, it is just decoration, and i rather have it not there. --Striver 23:36, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Okay remove it.Opiner 23:40, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Cool. --Striver 00:15, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

This topic is not encyclopedic. What are you going to have next - The Prophet's attitudes towards turbans? BhaiSaab ^talk 01:13, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Of course its not encylopediac. Thats why I took it out of the Reform article. it looked really dumb there and even dumber in the Muhammad where it was originally. You should nominate to delete it.Opiner 01:16, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Uhhh, you created it. If you want to have it speedy deleted, blank the contents of the page. BhaiSaab ^talk 01:18, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Im not so sure that its un-encyclopedic... but maybe a rename... --Striver 01:30, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

"...it is reported from Muhammad that he issued advice to kill the sinful (fawasiq) animal even within the holy area (haram) of Mecca..."? What? Animals can't sin. --Striver 01:33, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

This wouldn't be the first time Muhammad made no sense. The article should be made encyclopedic and kept. It's an interesting topic. And me might have been nice to some animals, but he clearly had a somewhat insane idea about others. Arrow740 00:02, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

I don't see any primary source for the hadith. Where is it? What is its Isnad?--Striver 10:26, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Muhammad's attitude towards animals is hardly an encyclopedic subject: his attitude towards some animals is mentioned several times in his biogrpahies, but it's hardly worth an encyclopedia article. "Animals in Islam" may be a better idea, though. Beit Or 08:48, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

And why is that? --Striver 11:55, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Do you think the attitude towards animals in Islam is not a subject worthy of an encyclopedia? Beit Or 21:50, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Sure it is. They both are. Let's not forget how important the person in question is. --Striver 00:12, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Attitude towards animals is usually not an encyclopedic topic for a biogrpahy unless the person is specifically notable for his attitude towards animals. Muhammad wasn't. Why didn't you start articles like Muhammad's attitude towards Jews, Muhammad's attitude towards Christians, Muhammad's attitude towards women, Muhammad's attitude towards pagans? These topics to be much more relevant and encyclopedic than his attitude towards animals and there is much more material on them. Beit Or 08:12, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Muhammad's attitude towards Jews??? Desperately needed, in the light of the anti-Muslim POV article Islam and anti-Semitism.Bless sins 05:52, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Does all that stuff in the green Scholarly Quote box near the end really belong in there? SophieCat 21:10, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

This is not a paper encyclopedia, here we have the The Headington Shark. I did not create this article, Opiner did. Go ahead and creat them, those are great suggested article. --Striver 14:02, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Sure they do, its a scholars view on Muhammad's attitude towards animals.--Striver 00:12, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

alright SO can we bring back the dog and the gecko?Opiner 11:32, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Ey what? No. The dog pictures is not representative of the wild grown up dogs, we both know that domestic anime-eyed puppies are not representative of those ordered to be killed. Stray dogs who pester people are routinely killed in many places around the world.--Striver 14:02, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Deletion

Can some post reasons here why this article should be deleted. Perhaps we can have a vote here afterwards.Bless sins 05:52, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Edit as of 16th January 2007

I'm going to delete the sentence that states cats are embodiment of demons etc. This has no source and does not fit with the love the Prophet had of cats. I'll also add a link to the article on Muezza.M2k41 20:51, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Dogs

Please find secondary sources for "Muhammad commanded Muslims to kill dogs and sent men to kill them.[citation needed]Later he forbade the killing of dogs, except those completely black, whom he called devils.[citation needed]" Thanks. --Aminz 08:56, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Watt's quote

Karl, the quote is well sourced. Why do you remove it? --Aminz 00:58, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes, if you think that there need to be a greater context or diversity of opinions, feel free to provide it. We are not stopping you from that.Bless sins 00:16, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Btw, should the "Sunnah" be changed to "Practice of Muhammad"?Bless sins 00:16, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

That's not a bad idea. --Aminz 00:27, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Where is the evidence that this single specific incident, that is mentioned in the quote, is important in the context of Muhammads overall attitude towards animals? -- Karl Meier 21:14, 10 March 2007 (UTC)