This week I was taking to a colleague of mine, Laurence who moved from Switzerland to Indonesia a couple years ago with her two kids, her husband, her cat and her dog. She was telling me how hard it was for her to find a maid when she arrived. Interestingly enough the problem wasn't money or time constraints, the problem resided in what we also know as the man's best friend: her 3 year old cocker.
Though she found a person that was comfortable enough to feed her dog, she often still needs to walk the dog around the neighborhood. Every walk is subject to screams, name calling and finger pointing. Not only do Indonesian not like dogs, they fear them too: guards, policemen, you name it...
In comparison, tt's hard to believe that a couple of month ago I was living in, Portland Oregon, the number one dog friendly city in the United States that offers gluten free pastries in speciality bakeries for dogs only.
So I went to look for more info on the subject and found the following: "Muslims generally cast dogs in a negative light because of their ritual impurity...", "It is said that angels do not enter a house which contains a dog.", "...black dogs are evil, or even devils, in animal form...".
Selamat IDUL FITRI to you all.
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