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Dog Picture Card Issued by Police Annoys UK Muslims
Muslims are upset as they consider dog ritually unclean. And such is the intensity of the sentiments in the community that some shopkeepers in Dundee have refused to display the advert, Daily Mail says.
Dundee councillor Mohammed Asif said: 'My concern was that it's not welcomed by all communities, with the dog on the cards.
'It was probably a waste of resources going to these communities.
'They (the police) should have understood. Since then, the police have explained that it was an oversight on their part, and that if they'd seen it was going to cause upset they wouldn't have done it.'
Councillor Asif, who is a member of the Tayside Joint Police Board, said that the force had a diversity adviser and was generally very aware of such issues.
He raised the matter with Chief Constable John Vine at a meeting of the board.
Councillor Asif said: 'People who have shops just won't put up the postcard. But the police have said to me that it was simply an oversight and they did not seek to offend or upset.'
Cards featuring a black dog by the side of a police officer's hat have been distributed to communities throughout the area to advertise the single number point of contact for non-emergency calls to the police.
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