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All facts, all the time!

"Angels (of Mercy) do not enter a house wherein there is a dog or a picture of a living creature (a human being or an animal)."
--Hadith - Bukhari 4:448, Narrated Abu Talha

That will provide background for an fascinating news report I found via Charles Johnson, about a girl who was (allegedly) turned into a dog:

‘Allah turned girl into dog’

Punishment meted out after girl mishandles Quran, according to rumor circulating at Arab-Israeli town

TAIBEH – Harsh punishment? A Muslim girl from Taibeh was punished by Allah and turned into a dog, according to rumors that have been circulating in the Arab-Israeli town this week, Arab-language newspaper Panorama reported.

According to the rumors, the harsh punishment was meted out after the girl, upset by her mother’s request to bring her the Quran as she
was watching television, threw the holy Muslim book at the mother with disdain.

There's apparently some concern that the story might not be true, and the reporters have launched an investigation (obviously, not only to determine whether the story is true, but whether Allah would inflict such a punishment on a girl who mishandled the Koran).

I think we should refrain from judging this story until all the facts are in.

Meanwhile I feel a duty to apprise readers of the following strange facts (which may turn out to be wholly coincidental):

The original girl in question and my dog Coco have never been seen in the same room together;

Coco is known for mishandling documents, and has been photographed in the act;

No angels of Mercy have been known to enter my home, nor have any been seen in my house or anywhere near it.

A lot of people would argue that none of this proves anything conclusively one way or another, while others would disagree.

As Joe Friday would say, "Just the facts."

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Comments

The very fact that a rumor of this sort is "circulating" speaks volumes about some people's state of mind. If I tried to spread a rumor of this sort among my neighbors, it wouldn't "circulate" because no one would find it believable. (Rumors that I'm batshit would "circulate" instead.)

Raging Bee · June 14, 2005 03:20 PM

How do angels of mercy feel about cats?

Oh, wait, I have several drawings of nude people. Sigh. No angels of mercy for me either. Unless they're nude, of course.

Portia · June 14, 2005 06:25 PM

'Whoever makes a picture will be punished by Allah till he puts life in it, and he will never be able to put life in it.'

What if he makes a picture of a bowl of cereal? He could put a lot of Life into it! har! har!

Way back in 3rd grade, I asked my friend Charles William Harrington: "What would you do if you landed on a planet with life on it?"

He replied: "I'd eat the Life for breakfast."

har! har!

Steven Malcolm Anderson the Lesbian-worshipping man's-man-admiring myth-based egoist · June 15, 2005 09:14 AM

"Wipe out atheism!"

"I can't, you wrote it in ink. har! har!"