The Shahi Imam of Delhi’s Jama Masjid, Syed Ahmed Bukhari, has written a letter to Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh, urging him to take steps to ensure that those ferrying buffaloes and goats for sacrifice on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha are not attacked.
“We are not in favour of sacrificing cows. Sentiments of a particular religious community are attached with the cow. We give due respect to their religious sentiments, but if those carrying buffaloes and goats are attacked in the name of the protection of animals, then the peace of the country will get vitiated,” Bukhari was quoted as saying by PTI.
He further said that as sacrifice of animals on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha is a part and parcel of the Muslim faith, there should be no hindrance in the process even as he urged the government to give instructions to police and administration to provide security to Muslims employed in the cattle transport business.
