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“Okay! We Won’t Eat Beef” Indian Muslims
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In a twist of events, on Monday, the spiritual head of the Ajmer Dargah, Dargah Diwan Syed Zainul Abedin Ali Khan, at the closing ceremony of the 805th annual Urs at the Ajmer shrine, announced that he and his family would renounce beef and appealed to all other Muslims to do the same.
His announcement came the same day as the Indian National Investigation Agency (NIA) cleared senior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Indresh Kumar, Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, and two others of all charges in the 2007 Ajmer Dargah blast case in which three people were killed. The NIA stated that no evidence was found against them.
Muslims that constitute almost 20 percent of India’s population are under extreme pressure to conform to the Hindu majorities demands of not eating beef because it upsets the religious sentiments of the majority.
The pressure being faced by minorities is not exclusive to Muslims alone. Large Christian populations are upset after Modi recently declared that December 25th will be celebrated as Good Governance Day and not as Christmas Day.
This trend has been exacerbated under the right wing Hindu majority government of the BJP and especially after the last month wins in several states across India. The beef ban is also being used as a political gimmick that the BJP uses to enforce its hold over the Hindu masses especially in its heartland territories. In Gujrat, strict laws have been introduced over cow slaughtering; with life imprisonment for those undertaking it.
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“Okay! We Won’t Eat Beef” Indian Muslims
Global Village Space |
In a twist of events, on Monday, the spiritual head of the Ajmer Dargah, Dargah Diwan Syed Zainul Abedin Ali Khan, at the closing ceremony of the 805th annual Urs at the Ajmer shrine, announced that he and his family would renounce beef and appealed to all other Muslims to do the same.
His announcement came the same day as the Indian National Investigation Agency (NIA) cleared senior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Indresh Kumar, Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, and two others of all charges in the 2007 Ajmer Dargah blast case in which three people were killed. The NIA stated that no evidence was found against them.
Muslims that constitute almost 20 percent of India’s population are under extreme pressure to conform to the Hindu majorities demands of not eating beef because it upsets the religious sentiments of the majority.
The pressure being faced by minorities is not exclusive to Muslims alone. Large Christian populations are upset after Modi recently declared that December 25th will be celebrated as Good Governance Day and not as Christmas Day.
This trend has been exacerbated under the right wing Hindu majority government of the BJP and especially after the last month wins in several states across India. The beef ban is also being used as a political gimmick that the BJP uses to enforce its hold over the Hindu masses especially in its heartland territories. In Gujrat, strict laws have been introduced over cow slaughtering; with life imprisonment for those undertaking it.
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“Okay! We Won’t Eat Beef” Indian Muslims
