Anyway there are 30000 illegal slaughterhouses in India despite this and cow meat is consumed throughout the nation.
The illegal slaughterhouses exist because the Government of the day allowed them to. With a pro-nation Government coming to the Center, you will slowly see pressure being built to stop them.
The Hindus/Sikhs of India have been docile and not minded many things out of secular ideals. They are however now becoming more aware of their collective
religious identity. You will see these issues being raised more and more now in India. Not for thing is the 2014 election being called a turning point in India's history.
Only out of respect for the Hindus. But in an ideal situation they shouldn't have to give up a part of their religion just to appease the majority. I am not condoning Akbaruddin owaisi's actions but will clearly ask his question again. If the cow is so holy then why sell it to muslims who are going to slaughter it?
2 aspects:
1. Now slaughtering Cows is
not giving up a part of Muslim religious identity. You need to understand this clearly. This concept itself is flawed. In your religious scriptures, your Prophet sacrificed a
ram.
If Muslims were asked to not sacrifice any animal at all,
then it would have rightly been asking Muslims to give up a part of their religion to appease the majority. And I for one would be there condemning it. Asking them to not sacrifice one particular animal is not appeasement. It is simply respect for others sentiments.
Secondly, the cows are owned by most villagers - whether Hindu or Sikh or Muslim. It can be bought or sold in the market.
What people say about anyone else should be their personal concern. We Muslims should stop taking offense to everything. We must eliminate orthodoxy within our community and defeat people who use religion to murder innocents.
Sure. But I dont see that happening any time soon.
How else should they respect you. By singing songs of jai hind continually? The Muslims should strive for their rights, rights which have been taken from them.
They can respect the others by not slaughtering cows.
Legally, Muslims have absolutely equal rights as any other citizen of India.
Now whether those laws are actually followed or not is another question. There is a gap between the laws and their implementation - that however is because we are developing country. The positive news here is that the State's ability to enforce its laws is increasing each decade in India.
I think you have given me enough reason to try and avoid beef while in India. Only out of respect for the Hindu population. But it still does nothing to improve the average muslims situation. Personally I would rather see the Muslims in UP (trapped there, pro pakistani or pro Indian or whatever) have the exact same religious rights as Muslims in Pakistan where people CAN slaughter cows. Also it is said Ibrahim particularly slaughtered a cow and to follow his tradition many muslims believe it is a cow that should be slaughtered.
No. Ibrahim slaughtered a ram. Not a cow.
Muslims of India can improve their situation by simply getting their children educated. You have no idea exactly how backward Muslims are in education. They are the least educated religious group in India. They prefer to send their kids to madrassas then join their fathers trade - cobbler, singer, tanner, etc...than send them to schools. This is one of the reasons they have simply been unable to compete for the job market in India. In India, every job and opportunity has absolute cut-throat competition - a result of having very high population. The reason is that unlike China we donot have an industrial economy(where uneducated can become factory workers), we have either an agricultural economy(or petty trades) or the Service economy(which requires education and is very very competitive).
Fortunately the newer generation of Muslim parents are realizing this and have now started sending their kids to school. They have understood the importance of education and have realized that in India, the The results of this change will be visible in a couple of decades.
