HAZARD Posted March 14, 2017 Group: Royal Member Followers: 11 Topic Count: 320 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 6,830 Content Per Day: 0.84 Reputation: 3,570 Days Won: 1 Joined: 02/16/2002 Status: Offline Share Posted March 14, 2017 In a country where there is much poverty and starvation, its no wonder God has a hands off policy there? Indian state government to bring in life sentence for cow slaughter. The leader of an Indian state has announced that slaughtering cows and transporting beef will soon be punishable by a life sentence, the harshest penalty yet for crimes against the revered animal in the Hindu-majority country. The chief minister of Gujarat, Vijay Rupani, said his government would introduce a bill in the next week to bolster existing laws against butchering cows and related crimes. The current punishment is a Rs50,000 fine (£622) and up to seven years in jail. “We want to make this law more strict,” said Rupani, a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a Hindu nationalist party whose elected officials – including the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi – have long championed a national ban on beef consumption. “In the bill, we will make a provision wherein people found involved in cow-slaughtering as well transportation of beef will be punished with life imprisonment,” Rupani told a gathering at a Hindu social organisation. “Their vehicles too will be seized permanently.” A number of BJP-led states have extended bans or tightened punishments against cow slaughter since Modi became prime minister in 2014. The former Gujarat chief minister was elected on a platform that included a vow to outlaw it. Killing cows or transporting beef in states such as Haryana, Jharkand or Jammu and Kashmir is punishable by large fines and up to 10 years’ prison. Beef consumption is permitted in only eight of India’s 29 states and territories. Most Hindus honour cows as the embodiment of the principle of non-violence and idealise the animal as a selfless, nourishing mother. But attitudes towards beef consumption are not uniform across the country. Some southern Indian Hindus regularly eat beef, as do Muslims and members of less socially dominant castes who regard the animal as a cheap source of protein. The Modi government has reportedly asked country’s agriculture ministry to explore the possibility of a nationwide ban but has trodden carefully in actually implementing its election promise. Cow protection has been a trigger for sectarian violence throughout modern Indian history and a resurgence in recent years has been linked to an increasingly assertive Hindu nationalist movement. A Muslim villager from the outskirts of Delhi was lynched in September 2015 after being accused of storing beef in his freezer, a murder that government ministers were accused of underplaying. Bands of self-styled “cow protectors” have sprung up in parts of northern India, and been accused of fomenting sectarian violence and carrying out vigilantism. Cow-protection gangs were rebuked by Modi last year after videos emerged of their members flogging young Dalits. The least powerful group in the caste hierarchy are traditionally enlisted to dispose of dead cows. Link + picture; http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/world/indian-state-government-to-bring-in-life-sentence-for-cow-slaughter/ar-AAokL54?li=AA5249&ocid=spartanntp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyprayers Posted March 15, 2017 Group: Junior Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 16 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 209 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 127 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/03/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted March 15, 2017 What is the meaning that "God has a hands off policy in India? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAZARD Posted March 15, 2017 Group: Royal Member Followers: 11 Topic Count: 320 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 6,830 Content Per Day: 0.84 Reputation: 3,570 Days Won: 1 Joined: 02/16/2002 Status: Offline Author Share Posted March 15, 2017 5 hours ago, tinyprayers said: What is the meaning that "God has a hands off policy in India? The majority of people in India do not have much to do with God. They worship cows and have many other strange beliefs and followings, for instance one small example mentioned in the news today; They're even allowed to eat people.CNN News Anchor Eats Human Brain Why would God bless a nation like this? Compare India with any western Christian country and see the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silviawang Posted March 15, 2017 Group: Senior Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 128 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 825 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 153 Days Won: 1 Joined: 02/16/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted March 15, 2017 (edited) Most Hindus honour cows as the embodiment of the principle of non-violence and idealise the animal as a selfless, nourishing mother. ============= This is why I said that the we should have some knowledge about the Hinduism ***************** The cow, especially the white cow(as the pic shows)is be considered the most beloved pet of Shiva. Shiva, the god of destroy ,the god of gods ,is the most widely worshipped god in India. So his wife, his sons ,even his pet, are the most important gods in India And the white cow,be named Nandi ,is one of the most important gods in India,he is the Protecter of all animals So it is not bcs of “Most Hindus honour cows as the embodiment of the principle of non-violence and idealise the animal as a selfless, nourishing mother. “ It is the pure idolatry That white cow,the most beloved pet of Shiva ,whose name is Nandi IS A BULL Can he be a “nourishing mother”???????????????? ***************** The pic is Nandi in human’form: Look at he,male,male,male! Edited March 15, 2017 by silviawang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silviawang Posted March 16, 2017 Group: Senior Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 128 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 825 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 153 Days Won: 1 Joined: 02/16/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted March 16, 2017 And ,the cow, the white cow, which the Indians worship---nandi Is a warrior,is the leader of Siva’ army Most Hindus honour cows as the embodiment of the principle of non-violence？？？？？ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tea Ess Posted March 17, 2017 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 7 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 312 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 140 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/10/2016 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/05/1998 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Religious extremism and government don't mix well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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