Dogs aren’t illegal, you know


LAST month, a Muslim friend of mine received some extreme backlash in her Instagram feed for uploading a video of herself petting and feeding a stray dog. Her act of empathising with the dog was seen as immoral and in opposition to the rules of Islam.

I have to ask: Do the majority of Malaysian Muslims really think dogs are harmful?

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