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March 15, 2015

Dr. Ingrid Mattson was told that dogs are haram (forbidden) when she first converted to Islam. But the issue is WAY more nuanced than that.
When she became a scholar and the first female president of ISNA, one of the largest Muslim organizations in the world, she decided to get a dog named Ziggy to protect her family.

Can Muslims have dogs? Read Dr. Mattson’s explanation: http://huff.to/1FldjAb.