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Maine School Questions Muslim Parents’ Objections to Classroom Dogs
Administrators are weighing opt-in and opt-out classroom pet rules after local Muslim leaders said dogs in class could conflict with religious beliefs.
- On Oct. 14, Portland Public Schools assistant superintendent Abdullahi Ahmed raised concerns about classroom dogs during a policy committee meeting, citing Islamic religious beliefs about the animals.
- The debate began after an Ocean Avenue Elementary School teacher requested permission to foster puppies, prompting the district to review its classroom pet policy.
- Ahmed stated, "in Islamic tradition, there is always the love for animals," but noted some traditions consider dog saliva impure; he consulted local imams who opposed keeping dogs as pets.
- Moms for Liberty co-founder Tina Descovich called objections to dogs in the classroom "silly," while committee members discussed potential opt-in and opt-out accommodations without voting.
- Fox News Digital reached out to Ahmed and superintendent Ryan Scallon for comment regarding the potential policy changes, but the district did not immediately provide responses.
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Maine school official raises Muslim religious objections to classroom dogs as district weighs policy changes
Portland Public Schools weighs its classroom pets policy after an administrator raised concerns about dogs in classrooms based on Islamic beliefs about dog saliva being impure.
·New York, United States
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MAINE: Somali Muslim school official wants dogs banned from school property because in Islam, dogs (with the exception of working dogs) are considered ‘filth’
In an attempt to impose his ‘sick’ Islamic culture on the state’s Christians, Jews, and other non-Muslims, Abdullahi Ahmed, the Somali-born Muslim assistant superintendent for student, family, and community partnerships at Portland Public Schools, claimed that the current policy toward dogs must change because of Islamic ‘ritual purity’ which considers dog saliva to be impure. […]
Somali-Born Superintendent Sparks Uproar as He Reveals the Disgusting Reason Why He Wants to Change School Policy on Dogs * The Gateway Pundit * by Cullen Linebarger
A Somali-born public school official who invaded the State of Maine years ago now wants to impose his culture on the state's natives.
·St. Louis, United States
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