🚨WATCH: A Muslim school administrator in Maine wants to ban dogs from being class pets because dog saliva is considered impure under Islamic law. Abdullahi Ahmed, a senior administrator at Portland Public Schools in Maine, argued that students and staff “should not be required to interact” with animals at school, and that dogs should be kept out of classrooms and common areas. Instead, kids would “opt in” to visiting a dog in a separate room. Speaking at an Oct. 14 school board policy committee meeting, Ahmed said that under Islamic tradition “the dog’s saliva is considered impure,” and that letting some students pet a dog while others can’t creates conflict. He added that he’d prefer the district “not to have a dog as a class pet.” The board is drafting a new “Animals in Schools” policy, sparked by a teacher’s plan to foster puppies in her classroom.