For Public Purity

For Public Purity (FPP) is a hoax website that supports a ban on dogs in public spaces "in order to help Muslims live their lives according to their beliefs".

Hoax status
FPP was either created or boosted to prominence by 4chan's /pol/ (politically incorrect) board in hopes of stirring xenophobic tensions:

There are several further reasons to call bullshit:


 * Snopes calls bullshit.
 * The domain is registered from the USA while the Facebook page claims that "those who live in the UK must learn to understand and respect the legacy and lifestyle of the Muslims".
 * The sole image is registered to "dominichancock7", which even Breitbart notes is "a traditional Muslim name if ever I heard one."
 * There are no contact details, nor any links or associations to real-world Islam-related organizations. Moreover, there is no evidence of a "For Public Purity" before April 2016. If the organization exists, it is new, isolated, and secretive &mdash; not usual for organizations aimed at publishing widely.
 * The website is not functional whatsoever, which is usually standard for organizations capable of mass-mailing laminated leaflets:
 * The "menu" does not work.
 * The Facebook link does not work.
 * The copyright information contains no dates.
 * The website has no depth &mdash; it's just the front page and a "Lorem Ipsum" test page. One might even say it's a "false front" for nefarious purposes.

Islam and dogs
Islam is damn harsh towards dogs. Notably, none of the harsh material towards dogs is contained in the Qur'an proper, but, as Answering Islam notes, "abound in the various collections of traditions (hadith)".

For example, the Sahih Muslim hadith (one widely accepted by Muslims) writes:

Similarly, Al-Bukhaari writes:

While these passages (and others) establish a hostility to dogs, it's not clear that FPP is based on sound doctrine: the Sahih Muslim only refers to dogs inside, and the Al-Bukhaari merely establishes a fine. Neither imposes a ban on dogs in public places, and neither is in the Qur'an.

Moreover, it should be obvious that many Muslims do not follow hadith as scrupulously as the Qur'an, and many do not follow it whatsoever. There are many Muslim dog owners, and presumably very few of them are herders.

A related video
Usually after FPP is brought up, the next thing mentioned is a video by a Danish woman who recounts being attacked by several men because she had a dog. Despite all protests to the contrary, the video does not mention Islam or Muslims or even the skin color of the attackers &mdash; yet she mentions that her dog is a muscle dog. At the time (May 2014), ownership of "muscle" dogs in Denmark was controversial, because they are considered intimidating and threatening.