Pooshka

In 2016, a dog fell into a reservoir in Almaty and could not escape the steep concrete walls and strong current. A man tried to help but was unable to reach it on his own. Seeing this, several strangers stepped in and formed a human chain, reaching down into the rushing water and saving both the dog and the man. Ten years later, this moment was turned into a sculpture unveiled on March 18. Funded privately and approved by the city, it stands as a symbol of kindness, unity, and people coming together. More than a tribute to a single rescue, it reflects something simple and real: in urgent moments, strangers can help one another and save lives.

In Islam, if you touch the wetness of a dog or it's saliva touches you then you have to redo ablution for prayer, they are considered impure animals. Even change clothes if they have been touched by them. They can be kept as guard dogs or hunting dogs but only outside the home. Prophet Moh'd actually ordered a mass killing of dogs during his time. Most Muslims kids are taught this hatred of dogs from an early age, especially if they are born in the West, but these days it's the same as they live in parallel insular communities. If you have dogs in your home then angels don't visit your home, was a common thing told to us. It is not an Islamist thing to hate dogs, it is an Islam thing, not to maybe hate them but consider them as impure, and so better to not have them in your community. People who say they are Muslims but don't even know how to pray or not know much about Islam, do have dogs like any normal people, but they are not an example of their own faith. Actually according to Islam these people are Munafiq - those who say they follow the edicts of Allah but don't do it in reality - they are the worst of the worst in the eyes of Allah and a people Allah will never forgive. It's in the Quran, in Surah al-Munafiqeen, a whole chapter dedicated to it. Equating Christianity with Islam is such a tiresome thing I witness all the time with people who know nothing about either and by extension of what they talk about. These people will see their civilisation be destroyed rather than admit they don't know what they are on about. I think it's from a place of cowardice. Because they know if they admit reality it means they might have to physically do something about it down the line. This is the problem I see politically with many parties, from Labour to Tories to Lib Dems to Reform. This cowardice mixed with subversion of their own political niche or personal hunger for power is what drives the need for appeasement to an absolute enemy group that hasn't as of yet fully manifested itself.