Syed Zainul Abedin, the spiritual head of Ajmer shrine, has announced he and his family were voluntarily giving up beef and exhorted Muslim leaders to support a nationwide ban on cow slaughter.
"Since time immemorial, we have been living in harmony with our fellow brothers and sisters. The fact that we eat beef has hurt the religious sentiments of our brothers and sisters. Hence, it is our duty that we stop eating the meat of any bovine species. Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti strived for communal harmony in the country and we must respect that," he said.
Abedin's statements come close on the heels of the recent crackdown on slaughter houses in Uttar Pradesh after the BJP victory in the assembly polls. In Chhattisgarh, Chief Minister Raman Singh had triggered controversy by saying that those who kill cows would be "hanged" in his state.
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