Indian authorities say there is no ban on sacrifice of animals during Eid al Adha, a day after ordering law enforcers to stop animals' sacrifice, heightening tensions in the disputed region
A Kashmiri Muslim livestock vendor feeds his flock of sheep as he waits for customers at a market ahead of the festival of Eid al Adha in Srinagar, India-administered Kashmir, on July 16, 2021.
Indian authorities in disputed Kashmir have said there is no ban on the sacrifice of animals during the upcoming Islamic Eid al Adha holiday, a day after law enforcers were ordered to stop the sacrifice of cows, calves, camels and other animals. That order caused an uproar in the already volatile Muslim-majority India-administered region with an association of groups of Muslim scholars calling it "arbitrary" and "unacceptable."
GL Sharma, a senior government official, said on Friday the earlier communication was "misconstrued," and the government had been seeking proper transportation of animals and the prevention of cruelty during the Muslim festival. "The letter was sent to enforcement agencies to enforce the laws of the Animal Welfare Board and it is at the time there is mass slaughter of animals to prevent cruelty on animals," Sharma said, according to the local news portal
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