MOSLEM LEADERS ALLEGE HARASSMENT OF MEAT TRADERS IN INDIA BY HINDU EXTREMISTS
January 1st, 2013
THE LEADERS of India’s 160-million plus Muslim community that dominates the country’s meat trade is complaining of persistent harassment by Hindu hardliners.Zafarul-Islam Khan, president of the All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat (AIMMM), a Delhi-based religious organisation AIMMM, told globalmeatnews.com that on the pretext of saving cows, deemed sacred by Hindus, activists harass people working in buffalo abattoirs.According to Khan, about 90% of India’s meat business, (and a greater proportion of retail), is run by Muslims. The present situation, he ...
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