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Sunday, October 13, 2002
Iran ban on dogs and dog owners  Iran 'I demand the judiciary arrest all dogs with long, medium or short legs together with their long-legged owners, otherwise I will arrest them myself' declared an Iranian cleric in a  Saturday service. 'In June  police banned the sale of dogs and legalized penalties for dog walking in public, which is seen by conservatives as a sign of the corrupting influence of decadent Western culture...' Fundamentalist Islamic clerics refer to dogs as unclean. Even so, dog ownership has been growing in Iran... Cleric calls for seizure of dogs and their owners [IranMania News, Iran]