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revered Prophet Muhammad; peace and blessings be upon him; who cut off a

piece of his robe upon which a cat lay sleeping rather than wake the beast。 By

pointing  out  this  affection  shown  to  the  cat;  which  has  incidentally  been

denied to us dogs; and due to our eternal feud with this feline beast; which

even  the  stupidest  of  men  recognizes  as  an  ingrate;  people  have  tried  to

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intimate that the Prophet himself disliked dogs。 They’re convinced that we’ll

defile  those  who  have  performed  ritual  ablutions;  and  the  result  of  this

erroneous and slanderous belief is that we’ve been barred from mosques for

centuries  and  have  suffered  beatings  in  their  courtyards  from  broomstick…

wielding caretakers。

Allow me to remind you of “The Cave;” the most beautiful of the Koran’s

chapters。  I’m  reminding  you  not  because  I  suspect  there  may  be  those  who

never read the Koran among us in this good coffeehouse; but because I want

to refresh your memories: This chapter recounts the story of the seven youths

who grow tired of living among pagans and take refuge in a cave where they

enter a deep sleep。 Allah then seals their ears and causes them to doze off for

exactly three hundred and nine years。 When they awake; they learn just how

many years have passed only after one of them enters the society of men and

tries to spend an outdated silver coin。 All of them are stunned to learn what

has  happened。  This  chapter  subtly  describes  man’s  attachment  to  Allah;  His

miracles;  the  transitory  nature  of  time  and  the  pleasure  of  deep  sleep;  and

though  it’s  not  my  place;  allow  me  to  remind  you  of  the  eighteenth  verse;

which  makes  mention  of  a  dog  resting  at  the  mouth  of  this  cave  where  the

seven youths have fallen asleep。 Obviously; anyone would be proud to appear

in the Koran。 As a dog; I take pride in this chapter; and through it I intend to

bring  the  Erzurumis;  who  refer  to  their  enemies  as  dirty  mongrels;  to  their

senses。

So then; what’s the actual reason for this animosity toward dogs? Why do

you  persist  in  saying  that  dogs  are  impure;  and  cleaning  and  purifying  your

homes from top to bottom if a dog happens to enter? Why do you believe that

those who touch us spoil their ablutions? If your caftan brushes against our

damp fur; why do you insist on washing that caftan seven times like a frenzied

woman? Only tinsmiths could be responsible for the slander that a pot licked

by a dog must be thrown away or retinned。 Or perhaps; yes; cats…

When people left their villages for the sedentary life of the city; shepherd

dogs remained in the provinces; that’s when rumors of the filthiness of dogs

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