[lopushok]

Agreed but dogs can attack and kill babies- it's on the news quite often as a headline. Usually it's a certain group of "dangerous" dogs?

Generally you find Muslims are scared of dogs because they've had no growing up with them. It can be scary if a dog comes up to you barking and you have no experience. Running away is I'm told the thing not to do!

swap Asian and Shafii Muslims for Muslims and you will have hit the nail on the head.

Many Arab and Central Asian Muslims still keep dogs for all sorts of reasons and treat them well.

It is an issue of the city people having unbalanced ideas about dogs (one way or the other) that is saddening.

I once saw the hilarious sight of a group of niqabi sisters on the way to a talk that I was going to listen to run through a big filthy puddle with a dead rat in it to avoid a tiny harmless dog that was on a lead anyway and was no threat to them!