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Indian Hindus attack on Arakan Muslims because of cows

8 September 2017

Arakan News Agency

Four Arakan Muslims were injured by Hindu villagers on the backdrop of a Muslim attempt to slaughter two cows as a sacrifice on the occasion of Eid al-Adha in northern India.
According to local Indian media, 45 Arakan Muslims from Myanmar, who live in the village of Mujere, in the northern state of Haryana, collected a sum of money among themselves and bought two cows for slaughter at Eid. Neighboring Hinduism.
The media reported that the Muslim villagers decided to abandon the slaughter of the cows because of the opposition of neighboring villages, and the sale of cows in the market.
They said that although the Muslims abandoned the slaughter of cows, but a group of Indians between 15-20 people, attacked the village and wounded four people.
More recently, attacks and crimes against Muslims in India have increased in the name of “cow protection” and have reached the point of death.
Hindus, who consecrate, prevent, sell and eat cows, account for 80 percent of India’s total population of more than 1.3 billion, according to 2015 estimates.
While India has 154 million Muslims (14% of the population), making India the largest Muslim nation in the world.

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