You did argue well on my other points except my last point. Why does Muslims need to have own Personal Laws in a secular state? I see Pakistani guys were vehemently attacking Modi for Abolishing triple talaq when its banned in Pakistan anyway. See the difference.
I'm not responsible for what other "Pakistani guys" were saying. I speak for myself. As for triple talaq laws and other such things...
...my position is the same as it would be in case of banning beef bcuz cow is holy.
A SECULAR STATE SHOULD NOT INTERFERE NOR PASS LAWS TO MAKE/ENFORCE RELIGIOUS CHOICES/DECISIONS FOR ITS CITIZENS.
^^this is my position whether it's regarding laws for Hindus or for Muslims...against Hindus or against Muslims...or any other religious group.
Secular means when making a law, religious angle wouldnt be taken account in it. That's the word secular is. And also means any citizen of india can become anything despite following any religion.
Cow is a holy is a religious and cultural issue. You can argue these things, lets say for example Muslims arent allowed to follow some rituals or their religions. But that's not the case. For Indians, cow is considered holy. Simple. That's our culture, and I dont care if one is Muslim, Christian Hindu or not.
Wow so many inaccuracies in one paragraph. I don't even know where to begin...
See the part above in red where u explain what secular means...and then right underneath u go on to argue a religious issue where u want the state to pass that law...do u see the contradiction within ur own argument? U defeated ur own argument right there.
Next up let's analyze these below...
"For Indians, cow is considered holy. Simple."
cow isn't holy for INDIANS. It's only holy for HINDUS. If it was holy for INDIANS then nobody in India would slaughter cows...and we wouldn't be having this argument.
"That's our culture, and I dont care if one is Muslim, Christian Hindu or not."
Again that's not OUR(as in Indian) culture. It's just a Hindu culture/religion to view cows as holy. Muslims/Christians don't share that view.
Eating cow is not a mandatory religious requirement and hence banning beaf doesnt affect "essential religious practises".
If one can forgo non essential religious practices that easily then like I said in my earlier post...u should have no problem giving up praying to "moortis". U can pray to ur gods without having their idols. It's not ESSENTIAL in ur religion that u MUST pray to ur gods' idol.
How come banning beaf(its not banned anyway now) will affect the sentiment of Muslims beyond me.
Again it's not about the sentiments. A Muslim can choose to not eat beef in respect for his fellow Hindu friends and his sentiments wouldn't be hurt whatsoever. The argument here is the involvement of the state, which claims to be secular. Once a law is passed to please the majority by FORCING A RELIGIOUS DECISION on the minority...it sets a precedence. It makes the state no longer secular. It serves as a stepping stone for the majority to demand more and more such laws by their state that serves to please them even if at the expense of other religious minorities. So if u guys wanna go that route then why the charade...why not cut to the chase and declare urself Hindu Republic of India?
Second I am ok with buffalo, oxens meat.
That's great but it's not really up to u is it? The choice isn't being made for u...u as a Hindu were gonna pick an alternative to cow meat anyways. The decision is to be forced on Muslims/Christians/etc.
That's like if a Muslim/Christian/Jew said "I'm ok with ppl not praying to idols"...and a law was passed banning "idol worshipping". Lol would it matter if the Muslims/Christians are ok with it? It's not really effecting them...it's not targeting them...so u saying that above is completely irrelevant.
If India respects the sensibilities of 14% Muslims to have loudspeakers for Azans(Its banned by SC, but no govt has implemented it), then its fair to expect for anybody to respect the sentiment of 70% of people considering some 10-12% of Hindus themselves are ok with eating beef.
Two wrongs don't make a right. If something is happening that goes against secularism...it doesn't matter who it's favoring. If Muslims are being favored then it's still just as against secularism as it would be if Hindus or any other religious group was being favored. Once a state starts taking sides and starts passing laws and judgements on religious matters it by definition becomes non secular.
In a secular state, the state has a responsbility to respect all majority belief. if you want India to be a real secular state, you will be posting things how India is oppresing Muslims,
U wanna know what's a secular state? US is an example...though US never goes around thumping it's chest about being secular...and often is portrayed as a Christian state. However there are ppl here of many different ethnicities and religions. Since u mentioned loudspeakers...
Here in US loudspeakers are banned for Churches/Mosques/Synagogues alike. That law against loudspeakers isn't made to target religious institutions like Churches or Mosques...it's a law universally applied to any entity in order to keep noise levels in control so the ppl are not disturbed.
An elected official taking an oath for office can use the Bible or any other holy book of his choosing. If he is Muslim he may choose the Quran, if he is Hindu he may choose Gita, etc.
It extends beyond this...my neighbor could be Hindu and pray to an idol...and none of his Christian/Muslim/Jew(in all three religions idol worshipping is considered a major sin) neighbors can tell him not to do so. He would be free to follow his religion. Likewise a Christian/Jew/Muslim could be eating beef at a restaurant and a Hindu walks in...he can't tell them otherwise either...
In order to be a secular state...it's plain and simple...religion is a personal matter. The state doesn't get involved and tells u what to do in ur religious matters.
As for ppl's sentiments getting hurt by another person's choices...well that's just the way things are. U will find plenty of ppl who think differently than u do.
A person may think abortion is wrong and by aborting a child u r ending life, which is a noble thought from his perspective...while some teenage mother(a classmate) at his school may go have an abortion. In her mind she could be thinking that she's not financially nor mentally ready to properly raise a child...and it would be unfair to the child if she brought him into this world...so she's also thinking that she's doing the right thing by having an abortion. Two opposing views...both ppl thinking they are right. However each should be free to make their own choice. Neither of them should try to force their views on to the other.
Just like that there are somethings that u may not like...for example consumption of beef by non Hindus...but if u r not gonna be ok with their choices...why should they be ok with ur choices? They may find that believing in more than one God is offensive(in their monotheistic view)...so on and so forth.
If u want to have free will of ur own then u must allow free will of others. It's hypocritical to say that u want to have ur own free will but take away the free will of others when they do something u don't like.
In any case...Im going off on a tangent now. The argument was that as a secular state, India shouldn't pass laws deciding on religious matters. If u wish to have laws pleasing the Hindu majority then go ahead and declare ur country a Hindu Republic...so any non Hindu would know what to expect.