Rumors of Cow Killings in India Deepen Rift Between Hindus and Muslims

[Donatello]

And Hinduism allows insulting people. Which means Hindus are well within their rights to insult Mohammad.

But it is not allowed keeping in mind that fellow Muslims would not like it/get offended. The same is applied on Muslims. Though I understand you would not get the concept of parity, we see the Islamist approach is quite popular in Pakistan.

Hinduism allows insulting people? Jeez, no wonder they could never go anywhere other than India.

 

[Contrarian]

Hinduism allows insulting people? Jeez, no wonder they could never go anywhere other than India.

Somehow, I knew your response would be a non-sequitor, designed to change the discussion at hand because it has grown uncomfortable. That really is common amongst all Islamists.

 

[Saheli]

Hinduism allows insulting people? Jeez, no wonder they could never go anywhere other than India.

They are there in every single country of the world. Also much of the SE Asian countries were Hindu once upon a time. In fact de facto you can consider SE countries as Hindu countries because worship of Hindu gods is rampant there.

 

[Sugarcane]

No we did not. We just responded to Chinese-Dragons new found partnership with Horus about fueling conflagration in India.

Dude i like your desh bhagti spirit

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

Cow protection activists ..

do they have orphanages too

So all we need to do to start communal riots in India is to pay people to shoot Cows and run. Jeez that will be the second best weapon after our 'SMS bomb' which starts mass migrations. Its time ISI sets up a desk for certified cow shooters

i know, right!!?

 

[Saheli]

Dude i like your desh bhagti spirit

Thanks dude. You are a desh bhakt too as you should be .

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

I guess even some random guy in America could start communal riots in India, by going to Indian websites and posting offensive images against one religion, while pretending to be from another religion.

or a simple facebook post, apparently

Tension between two communities in Muzaffarnagar over Facebook post | India News Analysis Opinions on Niti Central

Muzaffarnagar violence: Over 10,000 displaced; 10,000 arrested - The Times of India

 

[temp1994]

Ok thanks. I see, i just don't understand. Imean isn't it even more sacred if it keeps you alive with meat and lets you use it skin (leather).

While cows are sacred in Hinduism, but so are many other animals (including horses, though sacrificing horse use to be an integral part of Ashwamegha yagna during Vedic period); but aversion to cow killing and beef also has a sociological and political dimension.


During medieval era, when Muslims use to capture some city and covert it's inhabitant on swordpoint; the first thing they use to do ,after forcing hindus to read kalima, was to feed them beef. This has become part of Islamic ritual in India where a convert has to consume beef in order to prove that he has genuinely converted to Islam.Killing


Cows have overtime became the war bugle that muslim blows against hindus, and the violence that occures is more in response to symbolic act of agression done by muslims rather than protection of cows.This is the reason that Indians have problem with killing cows in India but no problem of them being killed elsewhere ( like US, Argentina, Australia, Saudi Arabia ).

I think @Solomon2 may also be interested in this explaination ( He wanted to know reasons in other thread ).

 

[SarthakGanguly]

But what about secular India?

and how can i have Beef Nihari made from Buffalo?

How is secularism in any way related to beef nihari? Last time I checked it's quite popular, but the term 'beef nihari' is absent from all definitions of secularism!

the first thing they use to do ,after making hindus read kalima, was to feed them beef.

This is STILL the common practice in India. It is done to 'cement' the conversion. Most return to their parent faiths (Buddhist/Hindus etc). As if people are chemicals.

 

[Saheli]

While cows are sacred in Hinduism, but so are many other animals (including horses, though sacrificing horse use to be an integral part of Ashwamegha yagna during Vedic period); but aversion to cow killing and beef also has a sociological and political dimension.During medieval era, when Muslims use to capture some city and covert it's inhabitant on swordpoint; the first thing they use to do ,after making hindus read kalima, was to feed them beef. This has become part of Islamic ritual in India where a convert has to consume beef in order to prove that he has genuinely converted to Islam.Killing Cows have overtime became the war bugle that muslim blows against hindus, and the violence that occures is more in response to symbolic act of agression done by muslims rather than protection of cows.This is the reason that Indians have problem with killing cows in India but no problem of them being killed elsewhere ( like US, Argentina, Australia, Saudi Arabia ).

I think @Solomon2 may also be interested in this explaination ( He wanted to know reasons in other thread ).

Cows have been forbidden to be killed for thousands of years and not just with the arrival of Muslims. It is not that had India been a 100% Dharmic society with no Muslims present everyone would be happily slaughtering a cow. Hindus do not want cows to be killed anywhere in the world. But they also acknowledge their limitations that they cannot impose their will on societies they are not a part of. So they do not voice protest over killing of cows in other countries.

 

[EagleEyes]

Cows have been forbidden to be killed for thousands of years and not just with the arrival of Muslims. It is not that had India been a 100% Dharmic society with no Muslims present everyone would be happily slaughtering a cow. Hindus do not want cows to be killed anywhere in the world. But they also acknowledge their limitations that they cannot impose their will on societies they are not a part of. So they do not voice protest over killing of cows in other countries.

Hindus shouldn't impose their beliefs on majority Muslim areas. Same as they can't impose their beliefs on entire world (thankfully).

 

[SarthakGanguly]

Cows have been forbidden to be killed for thousands of years and not just with the arrival of Muslims. It is not that had India been a 100% Dharmic society with no Muslims present everyone would be happily slaughtering a cow. Hindus do not want cows to be killed anywhere in the world. But they also acknowledge their limitations that they cannot impose their will on societies they are not a part of. So they do not voice protest over killing of cows in other countries.

India is ruled by law(thankfully). Those involved in illegal slaughter of cows will be dealt with by the law.

 

[temp1994]

Cows have been forbidden to be killed for thousands of years and not just with the arrival of Muslims..

You have got logic of my post upside down.

I didn't said that prohibition on killing cows came into place after arrival of muslims.It is a practics since later vedic period and had it's origin in utility of cows in agricultural society. Muslims made eating beef as compulsory ritual because it was prohibited in hinduism ( not other way around ).

What i was explaining was the violence that occures due to slaughtering of cows.Hindus would not consume beef, irrespective of what muslims do, but If there was no history behind cow slaughter;Hindus would not care much if muslims consume beef or abstain from it. Hindus generally do not care about what non-Hindus do.Muslims would be regarded as mellecha, outside the fold of hindu society if they consume beef.

 

[Saheli]

Hindus shouldn't impose their beliefs on majority Muslim areas. Same as they can't impose their beliefs on entire world (thankfully).

We don't impose our views on Middle East which is Muslim majority area. We only impose it in India which is Hindu majority area.

Hindus shouldn't impose their beliefs on majority Muslim areas. Same as they can't impose their beliefs on entire world (thankfully).

Also wait a few decades, majority of the world would have moved over to vegetarianism by then.

What i was explaining was the violence that occures due to slaughtering of cows.Hindus would not consume beef, irrespective of what muslims do, but If there was no history behind cow slaughter;Hindus would not care much if muslims consume beef or abstain from it. Hindus generally do not care about what non-Hindus do.Muslims would be regarded as mellecha, outside the fold of hindu society if they consume beef.

Cow slaughter was looked upon as sin. So even if Muslims had no history of force feeding the Hindu cows they would have not been allowed to slaughter cows in India at least. Hindus were protesting cow slaughter even under tyrant Mughals and getting killed for it. For regions not under their control, there is nothing they could do about it, so it is just dealt with disdain and contempt.

 

[SanjeevaniButi]

Ok thanks. I see, i just don't understand. Imean isn't it even more sacred if it keeps you alive with meat and lets you use it skin (leather).

I see, well then why don't people eat their parents and children to show how sacred family is since they will keep you alive with meat and you can even use their skin. ?

PS: I was not sure of your intent, if it was clean, do not take personal affront to the reply.