Posted on 07/21/2018 1:30:38 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Suspected vigilantes on Saturday killed a Muslim man transporting two cows in India, just 15 months after a similar attack spotlighted the growing influence of pro-Hindu fringe groups.
Many Hindus regard the cow as sacred, but India’s Muslim minority engages in the trade of cattle for slaughter and consumption, chiefly of buffalo meat, as well as dairy purposes.
Police in the northwestern state of Rajasthan said a group of five to seven people surrounded the man, identified only as Akbar, as he led the cows to his village in the nearby state of Haryana and thrashed him to death on suspicion of cow smuggling.”We are investigating the incident and will make arrests soon,” Shyam Singh, a police official in the district of Alwar, told Reuters. […]
Cow vigilantism by pro-Hindu groups has surged in India since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party came to power in 2014, although most of the country’s 29 states have banned the killing of cows for meat.
Police said they took the badly beaten victim to a nearby hospital, but he was declared dead. …
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Where I come from that’s called rustling, and time was folks were hanged for it.
Bart: Stampeding cattle.
Hedley Lamarr: That’s not much of a crime.
Bart: ...through the Vatican?
Hedley Lamarr: [smiling] Kinky. Sign here.
Adios Ahkbar!
What's that old saying?
"The only good indian Akbar is a dead Akbar."
One down, 2 billion to go.
Gotta start somewhere, right?
Who’s a cow?
Answer: A Cranky Old Woman!
Must have had a huge bulge in his loin cloth.
Here’s a great instance where eating pork would have saved a Muslims life.
I think where the perp came from it’s called staffing a brothel.
India should start importing camels.
Where’s the beef ?
NW India has a large desert and I have seen camels in that region.
“...thrashed him to death...”
Is that a Brit term?
Good...if the towelheads don't like it, there's always Pakistan!
True. But camels don’t roam the
streets as sacred animals. I say
give the Arabs something to steal
that they’re familiar with,
instead of stealing someone’s
reincarnated grandmother.
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