Archive for category: Animals

This week in the Muslim fatwa against dogs    (2015.05.17)

Blind woman with guide dog turned away from Muslim-run restaurant before she even shows up; Malaysians so afraid of dogs they need acclimation sessions with ritual purification afterward

“Bullfighting is an art!”    (2015.02.16)

Charlie Hebdo did more than tweak Muslims, though of course that was welcome

Dr. Mengele runs a farm    (2015.02.16)

Dr. Mengele’s farm is actually run by the American government

Moz snares LaBruce    (2013.12.31)

Bruce LaBruce: “The Morrissey autobiography is quickly, essentially, changing my life.” Tell that to the dead bunny LaBruce used in his terribly risqué gay zombie porn

Siegfried & Roy    (2013.10.11)

Siegfried & Roy’s tiger Montecore did not “attack” Roy Horn

Minnie    (2013.05.16)

E.B. White and his dachshund, Minnie

Subverting the Muslim fatwa against dogs    (2012.12.30)

Jessica McDiarmid won’t explain why a “country” treats dogs “more as vermin than pets.” It’s because Afghanistan is Islamic

‘Should Muslims reconsider animal slaughter on Eid?’    (2012.12.20)

“Should Muslims reconsider animal slaughter on Eid?”: Yes, obviously

Folded, spindled    (2012.09.11)

Three artists sculpting, constructing, and photographing animals: Arran Gregory, Marc Fichou, Richard Barnes