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Religious police ban cats and dogs
Dogs are not that popular in Saudia Arabia
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Saudi Arabia's religious police, normally tasked with chiding women to cover themselves and ensuring men attend mosque prayers, are turning to a new target: cats and dogs.

The Muttawa have issued a decree banning the sale of the pets, seen as a sign of Western influence. The decree applies to the Red Sea port city of Jeddah and the holy city of Mecca.

The prohibition on dogs may be less of a surprise, since conservative Muslims despise dogs as unclean.

But the cat ban befuddled many, since Islamic tradition holds that the Prophet Muhammed loved cats - even in one instance letting one drink from his ablutions water before prayers.