' Ahhhh, let there be no doubt, here in our glorious Country of India, our Cows are dear to our pure hearts. One Sacred Cow is more valuable to Hindus than one hundred meat eating Muslims. It does not matter that we kill one hundred Muslims, we know that at least one of them will have disrespected our Sacred Cow, and our Sacred Cows will be avenged. In fact, you will see right away that we love our cows more than we love Anything, which includes life itself, and even our Women, especially our daughters. What you do to our Cows, we will do to you! You see, you Westerners will Never understand our culture, and our 'ways' here in peaceful India. We are very religious, and we Hindus have practiced peaceful ways since time immortal. Here, we Live and 'let' live, but if you disrespect our Sacred Cows you will be disrespected in return, and you will quickly know what we mean by disrespect. Now in this instant incident it is tragic that this Muslim boy was not actually carrying beef in his truck, but he Could have been, and it is clear in our favored minds that he no doubt carried beef at some Other time! For sure he will never do so again. A lesson has been learned. It is better that we act first, and find out the truth of the matter later. It is said that now there will be great turmoil in our great Country, but no matter, because our Sacred Cows are more important to us than even our own Country. And beside, India has always been Hindu, there is only room for Hindus and Sacred Cows here. We are wise in our mysterious ways, and you will see that these Muslims who would slaughter and disrespect our Sacred Cows will quickly learn our ways, and then will be enlightened, just as we are ourselves.' :/ :/Buddy Black
Indian trucker was killed over rumor that he was carrying beef
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Channi Anand / AP
Stranded trucks stand in a line at the Jammu-Srinagar highway on the outskirts of Jammu, India, on Monday.
October 19, 2015, 12:52 p.m.
Some 2,000 people took to the streets Monday in an Indian-controlled area of Kashmir to protest the killing of a teenage Muslim truck driver who was burned to death in the cab of his truck, apparently because he was wrongly suspected of transporting beef.
It was the third instance in recent weeks in which a Muslim man has been killed over beef. Cows are considered sacred by Hindus.
Zahid Rasool Bhat, 18, the truck driver who died Sunday of burns, was buried Monday in his village, Botengo, in South Kashmir. Hindu militants are suspected of carrying out the attack, in which gasoline bombs were reportedly thrown into his vehicle on Oct. 9. The incident was caught on security cameras.
Bhat was reportedly carrying coal in his truck, not beef.
Protesters poured into the streets following his funeral, expressing grief and anger over his killing. “The protestors chanted anti-India and pro-freedom slogans,” said Shujaat Bukhari, editor of Rising Kashmir, an independent newspaper in the state.
The protests ultimately gave way to violent clashes between demonstrators and security forces. Police fired tear- and pepper-gas shells to subdue the stone-throwing protesters.
The chief minister of the state, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, condemned the killing and announced that the government would give Bhat’s family compensation of about $7,700, along with a government job.
Five people were arrested for murder, rioting, conspiracy and explosives charges, according to Waheed-ur-Rahman, spokesman of the state government. He said one had fled and was the target of a manhunt. He said the case would be held in a “fast-track” court designed to speed up India’s typically slow judicial process.
In response to concerns over religious tensions, the government of Jammu and Kashmir state declared a curfew in several parts of south Kashmir, and the Srinagar-Jammu national highway was being patrolled by a heavy police presence as well as paramilitary forces. The police have also stopped the entry of trucks into Kashmir as a precautionary measure.
“The situation is very intense at the moment,” said Bukhari. “Tempers are palpably running high. People have reacted strongly to the murder. We can only hope the situation does not lead to serious riots.”
Also Monday, Hindu militants threw ink on a Muslim lawmaker in New Delhi, where he was holding a news conference to protest Zahid's death. "India will not tolerate any disrespect to cows!" the assailants reportedly shouted.
The lawmaker, Abdul Rashid Sheikh, had drawn the ire of Hindu extremists earlier this month for hosting a party at which beef was served.
In previous recent cases, a mob of suspected members of the radical Hindu group Bajrang Dal killed a Muslim man for allegedly smuggling cattle from India's Himachal Pradesh last week. Three weeks earlier, a man in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh was lynched by a mob over apparently false rumors that he had been eating beef.
Parth M.N. is a special correspondent
It was the third instance in recent weeks in which a Muslim man has been killed over beef. Cows are considered sacred by Hindus.
Zahid Rasool Bhat, 18, the truck driver who died Sunday of burns, was buried Monday in his village, Botengo, in South Kashmir. Hindu militants are suspected of carrying out the attack, in which gasoline bombs were reportedly thrown into his vehicle on Oct. 9. The incident was caught on security cameras.
Bhat was reportedly carrying coal in his truck, not beef.
Protesters poured into the streets following his funeral, expressing grief and anger over his killing. “The protestors chanted anti-India and pro-freedom slogans,” said Shujaat Bukhari, editor of Rising Kashmir, an independent newspaper in the state.
The protests ultimately gave way to violent clashes between demonstrators and security forces. Police fired tear- and pepper-gas shells to subdue the stone-throwing protesters.
The chief minister of the state, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, condemned the killing and announced that the government would give Bhat’s family compensation of about $7,700, along with a government job.
Five people were arrested for murder, rioting, conspiracy and explosives charges, according to Waheed-ur-Rahman, spokesman of the state government. He said one had fled and was the target of a manhunt. He said the case would be held in a “fast-track” court designed to speed up India’s typically slow judicial process.
In response to concerns over religious tensions, the government of Jammu and Kashmir state declared a curfew in several parts of south Kashmir, and the Srinagar-Jammu national highway was being patrolled by a heavy police presence as well as paramilitary forces. The police have also stopped the entry of trucks into Kashmir as a precautionary measure.
“The situation is very intense at the moment,” said Bukhari. “Tempers are palpably running high. People have reacted strongly to the murder. We can only hope the situation does not lead to serious riots.”
Also Monday, Hindu militants threw ink on a Muslim lawmaker in New Delhi, where he was holding a news conference to protest Zahid's death. "India will not tolerate any disrespect to cows!" the assailants reportedly shouted.
The lawmaker, Abdul Rashid Sheikh, had drawn the ire of Hindu extremists earlier this month for hosting a party at which beef was served.
In previous recent cases, a mob of suspected members of the radical Hindu group Bajrang Dal killed a Muslim man for allegedly smuggling cattle from India's Himachal Pradesh last week. Three weeks earlier, a man in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh was lynched by a mob over apparently false rumors that he had been eating beef.
Parth M.N. is a special correspondent
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