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[quote]Safimera -

It is a shame that most Christians and Jews (at least on this side of the pond) do not share the view that Islam is the continuity of Allah's message.  I know that here in America if you were to ask the average person what Muslims thought of Noah, Abraham, and Jesus, for example, they would say they either did not know or that Muslims think Muhammad (pbuh) was the ONLY Prophet.  Even many non-Muslim religious leaders share this mistaken belief.  That is likely where the idea that Islam is a &quot;new&quot; religion came from.

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Thank you for the suggestion, I'll e-mail him.  I know however that this is unfortunately one of those questions that even the scholars may disagree on depending on traditionalist or modernist views.  A common modernist interpretation is that during the time of Muhammad (pbuh) diseases such as rabies and parasites were common among stray dogs, and therefore the prohibition against dogs would make sense; however, with the advent of pre-treatment (rabies shots, flea and worm preventatives), supervised dogs (ie. pets) could be considered clean.  But there is no doubt that the wording of the hadith does not grant this leniency specifically, thus the traditionalist would be likely to answer a definitive &quot;no&quot;.  But I shall ask, thank you.[/quote]

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