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Pakistani Mufti: Indian Fatwa Against Cow Slaughter is Wrong
Mufti Abdur Rahman Al-Rahmani of Pakistan-based Islamist group Jamatud Dawa has dismissed as incorrect a fatwa issued by India’s Darul Uloom Deoband that eating beef clandestinely is not right in places where cow slaughter is legally not permitted. The Indian fatwa came in view of the fact that in India the large Hindu population reveres the 'mother cow' and therefore in many parts of the country the state governments have outlawed cow slaughter, except in designated places. According to the Urdu-language website of Jamatud Dawa, Mufti Al-Rahmani said that cow is considered as a goddess by Hindus and is a source of idol-worshipping in Hinduism which is shirk – i.e. creating party in the status of God. Mufti Al-Rahmani said: ‘‘If the ulema begin to obey Indian law in respect of cow, then the future generations of Muslims will start accepting the Hindu belief in the sacredness of cow.’’ The fatwa by Mufti Habibur Rahman of Darul Uloom Deoband that cow slaughter is not right is likely to be interpreted as an attempt to create a harmonious relationship between Muslims and Hindus in India. Darul Uloom Deoband is the second biggest seminary after Cairo’s Al-Azhar University. Source: JamatudDawa.org, Pakistan, accessed May 7, 2008
Posted at: 2008-05-07
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