Mob In India Allegedly Beats Muslim To Death Over Rumors That He Ate Beef

[geek tragedy]

Source: Huffington Post (AP)

BISARA, India (AP) — Indian police arrested eight people and were searching for two more Wednesday after villagers allegedly beat a Muslim farmer to death and severely injured his son upon hearing rumors that the family was eating beef — a taboo for many among India's majority Hindu population.



The mob of about 60 Hindus became incensed when a temple announced that the family had been slaughtering cows and storing the beef in their house in Bisara, a village about 45 kilometers (25 miles) southeast of the Indian capital of New Delhi, said District Magistrate Nagendra Pratap Singh.



He said the mob dragged 52-year-old Mohammad Akhlaq and his son from their home Monday night and beat them with sticks and bricks. Akhlaq was declared dead at a nearby hospital, while his son was being treated for serious injuries.

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When police arrested the suspects on Tuesday, a group of protesters attacked the officers and their vehicles, forcing police to open fire, according to local newspapers including The Indian Express. One 20-year-old man was reportedly injured, the paper said, without elaborating.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/india-arrests-8-beat-muslim-to-death-over-beef-rumors_560be445e4b0dd850309e9ac

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Yay religion!

[BlueJazz]

1. I'm only going to say: Damn!

[yuiyoshida]

2. Given a few years

and if a Republican wins, we may see this type of thing happen here. Some states just might have to build their own walls!

[shenmue]

3. But he's not even Hindu

[geek tragedy]

4. rural India is not a civilized place. This is where village elders order girls raped

to punish them for something a family member did.

[jeff47]

5. And?

I'm not a Christian, but there's plenty of people in the US attempting to make me follow their rules.

[snooper2]

12. Fundies don't give a fuck who they hurt, mythology kills

[progree]

6. The Hindus were merely exercising their religious freedom rights, based on sincerely held religious

beliefs. Or something like that. {sarcasm}

[whatthehey]

7. The Kim Davis school of religion strikes again

When will godbotherers ever accept that what their imaginary friend tells them not to do does not bind those with a different, or no, imaginary friend?

i am firm in my support for Kim's right to never have to marry another woman, or Hindus' rights to never have to eat beef, regardless of how fairytale their reasoning. Where we part company is on their insistence on making sure nobody else ever gets that choice, and especially in the all too common use of violence to prevent it.

[JI7]

8. fucking trash. any comments from the pm on this ?

[Recursion]

24. On the death of a Muslim by a violent Hindu mob?

You're joking, right?

[Binkie The Clown]

9. Religion was invented by the devil to tear mankind apart.

At least that's what I would believe if I did believe in imaginary beings like gods, devils, and Leprechauns, which I don't.

[WestSeattle2]

10. Sounds like Kentucky

[packman]

11. Carrying vegetarianism too far

This is what happens when you mix diet and religion - wackadoodlery. Actually what happens when you mix religion with anything.

[Jesus Malverde]

18. Not vegetarians

Just believe somehow that cows are sacred.



They eat all kinds of animal protein. If it's anything like Nepal, each caste has it's own dietary restrictions.

[Recursion]

25. Many Indian Hindus will eat chicken, eggs, and (in some areas) fish (nt)

[Nye Bevan]

13. Just a hunch

but I have a feeling that any God would be more pissed off about a mob beating a guy to death than about someone eating the wrong kind of meat.

[McCamy Taylor]

14. This is how the 99% gets divided and conquered. Their enemy was not a farmer.

[7962]

15. I know a couple vegans who are nearly as radical....

[itcfish]

16. So Now if the Hindu Eats Pork

The muslims have a right to beat him to death? When does this insanity end???

[AngryAmish]

17. Savages

On edit: anyone remember how the Sepoy Mutiny started?

HINDU sepoys: hey, are these cartridges oiled with beef?

East India Company: No, pork.

MUSLIM sepoys: HEY????

Next thing you know there is the Black Hole of Calcutta and Sepoys getting exploded by cannon.


Right fucking mess.

[Jesus Malverde]

19. Interesting history I wasn't aware of

The final spark was provided by the ammunition for the new Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifle. These rifles, which fired Minié balls, had a tighter fit than the earlier muskets, and used paper cartridges that came pre-greased. To load the rifle, sepoys had to bite the cartridge open to release the powder. The grease used on these cartridges was rumoured to include tallow derived from beef, which would be offensive to Hindus, and pork, which would be offensive to Muslims. At least one Company official pointed out the difficulties this may cause:

unless it be proven that the grease employed in these cartridges is not of a nature to offend or interfere with the prejudices of caste, it will be expedient not to issue them for test to Native corps.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Rebellion_of_1857

Thanks!

[smirkymonkey]

20. WTF? Religion strikes again.

[LiberalElite]

21. I am a long-time vegetarian and

I condemn this. IMO this has more to do with fundamentalism than diet; but that being said, you don't kill somebody because you don't agree with their choice of food.

[JI7]

22. they just wanted to beat up and kill muslims

[LiberalElite]

23. I didn't think of that - yeah. I think you're right. nt