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Muslim man beaten to death in India on suspicion of smuggling cows
Reuters ^ | July 21, 2018 4:29 AM | Promit Mukherjee

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. …

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Food; Local News; Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: cattlerustling; goodriddance; hindus; india; muzzie; noharmnofoul; qanon; rajasthan; rop; vegans; vegetarianism; vegetarians; vigilantes

1 posted on 07/21/2018 1:30:38 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Where I come from that’s called rustling, and time was folks were hanged for it.


2 posted on 07/21/2018 1:33:14 PM PDT by Spok ("What're you going to believe-me or your own eyes?" -Marx (Groucho) to sun spot6)
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To: Olog-hai

Bart: Stampeding cattle.
Hedley Lamarr: That’s not much of a crime.
Bart: ...through the Vatican?
Hedley Lamarr: [smiling] Kinky. Sign here.


3 posted on 07/21/2018 1:36:45 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Olog-hai

Adios Ahkbar!


4 posted on 07/21/2018 1:37:40 PM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: Olog-hai
" a group of five to seven people surrounded the man, identified only as Akbar"

What's that old saying?

"The only good indian Akbar is a dead Akbar."
 

5 posted on 07/21/2018 1:42:47 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (MAGA in the mornin', MAGA in the evenin', MAGA at suppertime . . .)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie
"It is was a trap"
6 posted on 07/21/2018 1:43:44 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Olog-hai

One down, 2 billion to go.
Gotta start somewhere, right?


7 posted on 07/21/2018 1:48:12 PM PDT by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
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To: Olog-hai

Who’s a cow?

Answer: A Cranky Old Woman!


8 posted on 07/21/2018 1:58:00 PM PDT by sodpoodle (Life is prickly - carry tweezers)
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To: Olog-hai

Must have had a huge bulge in his loin cloth.


9 posted on 07/21/2018 1:58:49 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneoHis hottie wife deserves so much better than him.)
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To: Olog-hai

Here’s a great instance where eating pork would have saved a Muslims life.


10 posted on 07/21/2018 2:01:18 PM PDT by HenpeckedCon (Covfefe Trump!)
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To: Olog-hai
Aloha steakbar! ☺
11 posted on 07/21/2018 2:01:58 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Spok

I think where the perp came from it’s called staffing a brothel.


12 posted on 07/21/2018 3:08:54 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Olog-hai

India should start importing camels.


13 posted on 07/21/2018 4:16:27 PM PDT by Lean-Right (Eat More Moose)
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To: Olog-hai

Where’s the beef ?


14 posted on 07/21/2018 4:18:22 PM PDT by clamper1797 (We are getting close to the last "box")
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To: Lean-Right

NW India has a large desert and I have seen camels in that region.


15 posted on 07/21/2018 4:32:33 PM PDT by entropy12 (1 Mil Daca is the shining object to hide 30 mil low quality LEGAL immigrants in last 25 years)
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To: Olog-hai

“...thrashed him to death...”

Is that a Brit term?


16 posted on 07/21/2018 4:58:12 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.)
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To: Olog-hai
most of the country’s 29 states have banned the killing of cows for meat.

Good...if the towelheads don't like it, there's always Pakistan!

17 posted on 07/21/2018 6:52:22 PM PDT by montag813
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To: entropy12

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.


18 posted on 07/21/2018 8:00:29 PM PDT by Lean-Right (Eat More Moose)
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