No, hold it! When I say “furry friends,” I’m talking about actual dogs, our loyal, tail-wagging pets, not the folks who dress up in elaborate animal costumes for fun. No offense to the costume crowd, but this piece is all about real four-legged companions.
Recently, a snowstorm hit New York City and left sidewalks coated with ice and dog shit. Politicians griped about it and residents raged.
You can’t blame them because a lot of people are not good dog-owning citizens. A lot of hipsters carry poop bags but don’t actually use them. “They bend to scoop but it’s only to dupe.” In other words, they don’t actually pick up the poop.
NYC has a trillion people. The dog shit piles up quick when people don’t follow the rules. Imagine if a bunch of MAGA supporters suddenly decided to let their dogs shit all over town. 80% of the citizenry, including Muslims, would be calling for the death for all dogs — except pit bulls, because that would be racist against black guys.
Okay, with that said, meet Nerdeen Kiswani, a Palestinian American activist and founder of Within Our Lifetime posted on X.
Within Our Lifetime (WOL) is a Palestinian-led pro-Palestine activist organization based in New York City. Founded by Nerdeen Kiswani in 2015. It focuses on building the movement for Palestinian liberation through protests, organizing, and advocacy—often described as anti-Zionist with calls for Palestinian right of return and resistance. The group is known for high-profile, disruptive demonstrations in NYC.
Okay, now that I looked that up, I am 100% on the side of dogs no matter how much they shit.
She tweeted, “Finally NYC is coming to Islam. Dogs definitely have a place in society just not as indoor pets. Like we have said all along they are unclean.”
The words landed like a bomb (oooops pun intended). Many saw it as a straight shot at Western pet culture wrapped in traditional Islamic views where dogs are counted as impure and filthy. In stricter interpretations their saliva demands special cleaning and indoor companionship gets discouraged. Kiswani tied it to the cleanup mess but the phrasing “coming to Islam” and “we have said all along” suggested something bigger. I think she meant it and then had to back peddle so as to make her haters look like Karens.
It’s not Islamophobic to think that your dog’s destiny could be the gas chamber if Sharia law takes over your town.
Dogs are family, so it is only natural that her tweet blew up in her face (oooops — bomb pun, again intended).
Congressman Randy Fine – a U.S. Representative (Republican) for Florida’s 6th Congressional District -fired back “If they force us to choose the choice between dogs and Muslims is not a difficult one.” That sparked fury. Democrats called it disgusting Islamophobia. Calls rang out for his resignation or censure. AOC, a moron we just talked about in a recent article. labeled it one of the worst statements from an official. Muslim groups condemned it as bigoted. Was it? I don’t think so.
Kiswani pivoted fast. She called her post satire. Yeah, and if my aunt had balls, she would be my Uncle.
She claimed it was a jab at Islamophobic fears that Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s win meant cultural takeover. She said she was addressing the pre existing dog poop debate. Said she didn’t care if people owned dogs but that they should just pick up after them.
She referenced Kristi Noem’s (she had to shoot a puppy) dog story for extra bite. Later threads shifted to Epstein distractions abused kids and Gaza animal deaths. She even flexed about trending dogs nationwide. Uh, I don’t trust her, but them again, I don’t know her…and I don’t want to.
Still, her satire claim feels thin. The original tweet sounded dead serious. No wink no obvious punchline. She leaned into “unclean” and “coming to Islam” right away. Initial replies defended the impurity label and pushed adopting over breeding big apartment dogs.
Only after the firestorm did the joke label appear. I call that damage control, right? Many online skeptics think so.
One Substack piece nailed it “Of course she did. It’s always satire after the fact.”
This mess highlights real friction. Multicultural cities like NYC thrive on shared space but cultural differences spark when one group’s preferences brush against another’s deep attachments. Islamic people need to know that we are not college roommates. We have to play nice with others who don’t have a reputation for reciprocating.
Dogs as unclean clashes hard with millions who see them as companions, and not just animals. Was it genuine belief slipped out or clever provocation that backfired? The quick retreat to satire leaves room for doubt. One tweet turned Fido into a flashpoint and the full story still smells off. Maybe it’s just the falafel.
Matthew 7:6
“Do not give dogs what is holy, neither cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.“
WHY I CHOSE THIS VERSE:
In this verse Jesus draws on ancient Jewish (and now Muslim) (hmmm who knew) cultural attitudes where dogs were viewed as unclean scavengers—often wild, street-roaming animals associated with impurity and danger rather than household companions. The metaphor warns against wasting sacred teachings on those who would reject or desecrate them, using “dogs” (and swine) as symbols of spiritual unworthiness.
LET US PRAY:
Lord, thank You for dogs and the joy they bring and the poop they leave behind. Please bless owners with the diligence to scoop every pile so our streets stay clean, our shoes stay safe, and neighbors stay kind. Amen.
