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Moessenpay t1_j9ajn2t wrote

Reply to comment by timshel42 in TIL: The domestic cat is a revered animal in Islam and One of Muhammad's (PBUH) companions was known as Abu Hurairah (literally: "Father of the Kitten" PBUH) for his attachment to cats. by ElectroFlannelGore

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SlaughterSpine78 t1_j9al52s wrote

They were killed during the Black Death. Because they killed cats, they weren’t able to hunt the rats that were carrying the disease, and it quickly spread

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