“How can I force anyone not to slaughter cows unless he is himself so disposed? It is not as if there were only Hindus in the Indian Union. There are Muslims, Parsis, Christians and other religious groups here.”

This is an excerpt from Gandhi’s prayer discourse of July 25, 1947, from the Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, Volume 88, as published online by the Gandhi Heritage Portal.

The Wire first published this article on October 2, 2015, in the light of the shocking incident in Dadri, Uttar Pradesh, where a Muslim family was attacked by a murderous mob and Mohammed Akhlaq lynched on the suspicion that they had some beef in their home.

Muslim man dies in India after attack by Hindu 'cow protectors'

Police say 55-year-old died two days after mob targeted his cattle truck in latest in spate of killings in name of sacred animal

A Muslim man has died in western India after he was attacked by hundreds of Hindu cow protection vigilantes, the latest attack in a spate of mob killings in the name of the revered animal.

Police said on Wednesday that Pehlu Khan, 55, had died in hospital two days after a group attacked his cattle truck on a road in Alwar in the desert state of Rajasthan.

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'Cow Urine, Dung Can Give Eternal Beauty' Claims Gujarat Cow Board

AHMEDABAD:  Women should switch from using modern cosmetics to natural products - like cow urine and dung - if they want to look like legendary Egyptian queen Cleopatra, according to an advisory published by Gujarat government's Gauseva and Gauchar Vikas Board, today.

Among the recommendations of the Board, is a detailed treatment for getting rid of pimples which involves the application of 'panchgavya' - a concoction of cow urine, dung, milk, curd and clarified butter.

India's holy cows end up in Bangladesh abattoirs

India Today's probe revealed the country's northeastern state of Assam has turned into a hot spot of illegal cattle trade.

Bundled onto trucks and boats and herded across the borders to the slaughterhouses of Bangladesh.
 
That's how hundreds of India's holy cows are trafficked to the lucrative beef market in the neighbouring country almost every day.  
 

Cows being smuggled using cranes across India-Bangladesh border

Although the video does not appear to be recent, it shows the callous and inhuman ways cows are smuggled over the border fence.

Recent video showing of a pair of cows being thrown over the barbed wire fence along the Bangladesh-India border has gone viral online. Images show cows being strung by their necks to a makeshift crane. Smaller to medium cows are pulled over a tall barbed fence, with a crowd of smugglers gathered on either side.

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Beaten Up By Suspected Gau Rakshaks In Gujarat, 29-Year-Old Dies

AHMEDABAD: A 29-year-old man who was allegedly beaten up by gau rakshaks or cow vigilantes in Ahmedabad four days ago died of his injuries at a hospital in Ahmedabad on Friday.

Mohammad Ayyub was allegedly attacked by a group of cow vigilantes on Tuesday while he and another man Sameer Sheikh were transporting a cow and a calf, police said.

Mewat Gang-Rape Case, Beef In Biryani 'Small Issues': Manohar Lal Khattar

GURGAON: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today said the case of double murder and gang-rape of two sisters and the police raids over allegations of beef being used in biryani in Mewat were "small issues" and could have happened anywhere in the country.

At the event to celebrate 50 years of Haryana, when Mr Khattar was asked about the CBI probe in the Mewat gang-rape case and the beef controversy by reporters, he said, "These are non-issues. I don't pay much attention to these small issues. Today we should be talking about Swarna Jayanti."

3 Cow Vigilantes Arrested For Killing 29-Year-Old In Gujarat

AHMEDABAD:  The Ahmedabad Crime Branch has arrested three cow vigilantes for the murder of a 29-year-old Muslim man who was allegedly caught illegally transporting a cow and a calf about a week ago.

Police officials said that the three accused identified as Dhaval Bhatt, Vikramsinh Bhati and Alpesh Rabari along with four others were chasing the car in which Mohammad Ayyub and Sumer were allegedly transporting a cow and a calf on the Eid.

Gurgaons Gau Rakshaks Seek Police Protection, Arms To Take On Cow Smugglers

GURGAON:  Gau rakshaks in Gurgaon are applying for arms licenses citing threats from armed cow smugglers.

They say when they try to stop cow smugglers at night, they are attacked with arms. The vigilantes claim that they have been fired upon many times.

The head of the Haryana Gau Rakshak group, Dharmendra Yadav, said that cow smugglers work in groups of at least 10 and all of them are usually armed. He said he has been a victim of their attacks thrice and had earlier sought police protection.  

Halal Muslim Import-Export at India Bangladesh Borders

Meat for everyone

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Makeshift markets popped up across Dhaka on the evening of Eid-ul-Azha's first day on Tuesday where meat from animal sacrifice was sold.

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Despite the fact that in Eid-ul-Azha as per Islamic rules, people give away one-third of the meat from sacrificial animals for the poor, these markets have emerged in Dhaka for two reasons.

The first is that those collecting meat from homes in the morning often do not have the means to store it for a long time and therefore sell most of it.

Bhai, koto?

The irony of the situation is most of us forget that the sole purpose of Eid-ul-Azha is about sacrifice, not posting photos of your purchased goru

Picture this. You are walking by the roadside, with a cow’s leash in your hand and the car that is driving past you rolls down its windows and asks: “Bhai, koto?” (Brother, how much?) Sound familiar? Most of you must have noticed the changing trend in Eid celebrations these days, especially amongst Dhaka-ites. While the first Eid is all about hanging out at the newly acclaimed ice-cream parlours, the other is about whose cow is the most expensive; it’s a generation, a culture – or more like an entire country – trying to show off their wallets, pretending to be something they are not.

The wrong kind of sacrifice

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Eid-ul-Azha has become more about the price of our cattle than the extent of our sacrifice

Eid is an occasion to reconnect with our higher selves, the transcendent self that exists within us to connect with the celestial and to instill at least a fragment of that celestial order in our lives. Nonetheless, in contemporary Muslim society in urban Bangladesh, Eid-ul-Azha has evolved into a social festival — and less of a religious one — that provides the middle class and the upper class with an opportunity to aggrandise their self-esteem. The days preceding the Eid-ul-Azha become a podium for self-aggrandisement which is performed and established through the comparisons made among sacrificial animals.

Rivers of blood in Dhaka

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Pouring rain coupled with animal sacrifices all over the city have created a strange and disturbing scene.

As forecast by the meteorological office, Eid morning on Tuesday began with shower that continued intermittently into the evening. Despite the pouring, Dhaka’s citizens went to say their Eid prayers in the morning and sacrificed their animals.

Mamata Banerjee to cow vigilantes: Quit playing dirty games and counting cows

"A vegetarian will eat vegetarian food while non-vegetarians will eat non-vegetarian food. Who are these people to ask me what I am eating?" Mamata Banerjee asked.

In a stern warning to the cow vigilantes, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said law would take its course if anyone was found violating it.

Bengal: Communal clashes erupt over death of Muslim cattle trader, cattle locked inside police station

A few vehicles carrying cattle were stopped in Jorasanko area by cow protectors. This led to a violent clash between the two religious groups.

It all started last Monday when the body of a Muslim cattle trader was found near Bhajana village at Laxmikantapur in West Bengal’s South 24-Parganas district.

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