I wrote this morning about the emerging issue of Muslims calling for dog bans, either altogether or through geographic limitations on where dogs can be owned as pets or walked.
The controversy was sparked by one of Zohran Mamdani's biggest fans, and a leader of the pro-Hamas demonstrations in New York, calling for dog ownership to be banned now that Islam is on the rise in New York City.
BREAKING: The leader of the pro-Palestinian movement and protests in New York, Nerdeen Kiswani, is now calling for a ban on dogs as pets in the city. Dogs are considered haram in Islam.
— Dr. Maalouf (@realMaalouf) February 13, 2026
Who knew that Mamdani winning the election would embolden all the extremists? pic.twitter.com/Eh3F3BmU5e
For those of you who are unaware, dogs are considered haram, or "unclean," and many Muslims shun dogs and find them disgusting.
I'm not going to go through all the evidence that Muslims really are pushing for a ban on dogs, because I already did so earlier today. Instead, I am going to focus on the emerging politics of dogs, dog bans, Islam, and a bizarre Democrat/Republican split on the issue.
Warning—NSFW:
Sneako:
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) February 17, 2026
“Fuck your dog. Keep your dog home. Dogs are gross and haram, and this is a sign from Allah. Have a child, not a bunch of fucking dogs. Fuck your dogs in Miami.”
They want to take your dogs away.
pic.twitter.com/82s3sSycRX
It's not that Democrats are calling for restrictions on dogs yet, but already, there are Labour Party members who are going that direction in order to accommodate Muslim sensibilities. How long until the same demands are accommodated in Blue areas and in parks, if the Democrats get into power again?
Woman chilling on a park bench with her dog when a Muslim man walks up, motions her to leave, raises his hand to smack the dog and she snaps "Don't hit my dog!"
— Kim "Katie" USA (@KimKatieUSA) February 17, 2026
He responds with a full beheading gesture pointed right at the pup.
Liberals elected these people to run things. pic.twitter.com/nGe5CSdmmG
Instead, what Democrats are doing is attacking Republicans for noticing the movement to ban dogs, and for saying "No."
I stand with Randy Fine.
— Sassafrass84 (@Sassafrass_84) February 16, 2026
I will choose the dogs every time. pic.twitter.com/Tg7ildaQOM
Randy Fine tweeted out the obvious, which I suspect is a sentiment that 90% of Americans would heartily agree with. Democrats immediately jumped on him, calling him a racist for preferring to keep dogs around rather than acceding to Muslim demands. Two Democratic presidential candidates (unannounced, but obviously so), Gavin Newsom and Ro Khanna, denounced Fine immediately.
You really want to make common cause with those who want to ban Americans from having dogs?
— Congressman Randy Fine (@RepFine) February 16, 2026
I look forward to the debate. Bring it. pic.twitter.com/wNCp6vBG0b
It's funny in a way, of course, because Islam is not a race, but a religion shared by people around the world. In fact, the country with the largest population of Muslims is Indonesia. As I keep insisting, not all Muslims are barbarians.
I hope Americans wake up and realize that Muslims do not want to take away only your dogs.
— Ida Turan 🇮🇷 ایده توران (@iranidaturan) February 17, 2026
They want to take away your freedom of having dogs. It is about control and dominance.
This pro-Palestinian Mamdani supporter Nerdeen Kiswani just posted that finally NYC is coming to… pic.twitter.com/xtbqUA8djy
Democrats simply cannot help themselves, now insisting that if they have to choose between our beloved dogs and the sensibilities of Muslims, they would choose the latter.
Perhaps if we were talking about a philosophical conundrum in which we would have to choose between killing a human being and a dog, you could understand the choice. Although, come to think about it, I know people who would sacrifice somebody of any race whom they did not know to save their own dog, so maybe not.
The Labour government in Wales is banning dogs to make the environment less racist. pic.twitter.com/VR8JIBQ6in
— Ian Miles Cheong (@ianmiles) November 14, 2024
But we are talking about giving up our beloved pets for people who immigrated here of their own free will. They chose to come to a dog culture, and are now demanding that we give in to their demands.
Screw that. If we have to choose between barbarians and our dogs, the choice is easy.
INTRODUCING: The Illegal Alien Animal Abuser Removal Act.
— Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) February 14, 2026
This bill will ensure illegal immigrants convicted of ANY animal cruelty offense: crushing, fighting, abuse, torture, under federal, state, tribal, or local law will be deemed inadmissible and DEPORTED immediately.… pic.twitter.com/MCjsOXv0xt
Unsurprisingly, we are seeing evidence that Republicans are going to lean into this issue, since Democrats have opened the door so wide that even Republicans can see the political gold within.
SAVE DOGS.
— Jaimee Michell (@JaimeeUSA) February 16, 2026
BAN ISLAM. pic.twitter.com/2pF5TjPxHx
It's an issue that strikes home, pre-rationally, in just the way the murder of P'nut did towards the end of the presidential campaign. Killing cute squirrels or taking away people's pets is a good way to inflame the passions. Democrats, who see victims behind every tree as long as they are not white or transgender, are perfectly fine with their preferred kinds of cruelty. Leftists will cry uncontrollably and riot to defend child sex predators and the ghouls who mutilate children, but couldn't care less about the feelings of ordinary people.
I’m bringing this video back out from the archives that I recorded last year in Barcelona about dogs eventually being banned from public spaces.
— Joey Mannarino 🇺🇸 (@JoeyMannarino) February 16, 2026
This was August 2025 and people mocked me as overreacting. Now we have Moslem activists trying to actively ban dogs from public spaces… pic.twitter.com/NG7smFzg5E
I’m bringing this video back out from the archives that I recorded last year in Barcelona about dogs eventually being banned from public spaces.
This was August 2025 and people mocked me as overreacting. Now we have Moslem activists trying to actively ban dogs from public spaces in London and New York City.
And now @RepFine is getting attacked for saying he chooses the dogs over the Moslems.
I choose the dogs over the Moslems too. At least you can effectively train a dog. And you can legally neuter dogs too.
You would think that, of all things, dogs would not become a wedge issue dividing Democrats and Republicans, or at least the politicians of the two parties, if for no other reason than siding with the dog haters is obviously politically fatal.
An alleged comment? IT WAS IN WRITING, POSTED TO X, AND SEEN MILLIONS OF TIMES BEFORE I RESPONDED.
— Congressman Randy Fine (@RepFine) February 17, 2026
Perhaps you should have read it before you started spouting off like an idiot.
As for quoting the Torah, you're forgiven as it is not your faith, but in that same chapter --… https://t.co/t9TvjLemFq pic.twitter.com/eH1HW8h4cR
An alleged comment? IT WAS IN WRITING, POSTED TO X, AND SEEN MILLIONS OF TIMES BEFORE I RESPONDED.
Perhaps you should have read it before you started spouting off like an idiot.
As for quoting the Torah, you're forgiven as it is not your faith, but in that same chapter -- Genesis -- G-d also created dogs. They are man's best friend for a reason.
You've successfully put yourself on the 10 side of a 90-10 issue. Congrats. I'll debate this one all day.
But in this bizarre world of intersectional politics, where Democrats have loudly sided with the people who want to groom kids into becoming sexless freaks, mutilated beyond healing, it is a real possibility.
UPDATE: AOC, fresh from her masterful performance impressing the transnational elite in Munich, has now weighed in.
AOC WITH MORE PROFOUND FUCKING IDIOCRACY...
— LHGrey™️ (@grey4626) February 17, 2026
We choose the dogs.
Every goddamn time.
Forever.
Randy Fine dropped a nuke of raw honesty and you parasites are melting down because someone finally said the quiet part out loud.
An ideology that calls dogs “najis,” that treats… https://t.co/7va4XnOQJm
This is genuinely one of the most disgusting statements I have ever seen issued by an American official.
It should not stop shocking us that the Republican Party openly embraces this. Fine should be censured & stripped of committees. To ignore this is to accept and normalize it.
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