http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:58:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23696/islam-guide-dogs http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23696/islam-guide-dogs#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:23:21 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23696 Islamic leaders in Australia are working to break down misconceptions about dogs after a spate of complaints that Muslim cab drivers are banning guide dogs.

Guide Dogs Queensland (GDQ) threw open its doors to a group of clerics from the Imam Council of Queensland (ICQ) in Brisbane, in an Australian and possibly world first to promote the value of dogs to vision-impaired Muslims. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23696/islam-guide-dogs/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22515/guide-dogs-ok-in-mosque http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22515/guide-dogs-ok-in-mosque#comments Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:40:52 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22515 A British Muslim body has ruled that a blind student can take a guide dog with him to his local mosque, a judgment Muslim and blind advocacy groups are hailing as a breakthrough.

Previously, all dogs were banned from mosques because the Islamic faith historically sees them as being for guarding and hunting only. However, the position was softened because guide dogs could be classed in the "working dogs" category. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22515/guide-dogs-ok-in-mosque/feed 0