A few years ago, muslims in Oldham strongly complained about the mouldings of owls on the lamp posts and wanted them removed because they were offensive to muslims and are supposed to bring bad luck. The council initially agreed but the local non-musim population complained even more because they liked the old mouldings as they were part of the identity and culture of Oldham. The council backed down and the owls were given a stay of sentence.
Does anyone know if the owls are still on the lamp posts? If they are, then perhaps the muslims will come to see that they do not bring bad luck after all. It is a contradiction of Islam to give the inanimate owl mouldings power to bring bad luck to muslims - surely that is a form of idolatry?
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