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Hundreds Protest Beef Ban in Indian-Controlled Kashmir
Source: Associated Press
Hundreds Protest Beef Ban in Indian-Controlled Kashmir
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SRINAGAR, India — Sep 11, 2015, 9:19 AM ET
Hundreds of Kashmiris chanted anti-government slogans and hurled stones at police on Friday to protest a court ruling upholding a colonial-era law banning cow slaughter and the sale of beef in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir.
Police fired tear gas and used batons to disperse the protesters, who took to the streets after Friday prayers in mosques in Srinagar, Pulwama, Pattan and elsewhere in the region.
A court on Thursday ordered authorities to strictly implement the 1932 law making the slaughter of cows punishable by up to 10 years' imprisonment and a fine. Indian authorities did not enforce the law for about seven decades.
Kashmir is mainly Muslim, while the majority of people in the rest of India are Hindus who hold cows sacred.
Kashmiri people largely prefer goat meat over beef, but poor people in villages eat beef because it costs less.
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SRINAGAR, India — Sep 11, 2015, 9:19 AM ET
Hundreds of Kashmiris chanted anti-government slogans and hurled stones at police on Friday to protest a court ruling upholding a colonial-era law banning cow slaughter and the sale of beef in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir.
Police fired tear gas and used batons to disperse the protesters, who took to the streets after Friday prayers in mosques in Srinagar, Pulwama, Pattan and elsewhere in the region.
A court on Thursday ordered authorities to strictly implement the 1932 law making the slaughter of cows punishable by up to 10 years' imprisonment and a fine. Indian authorities did not enforce the law for about seven decades.
Kashmir is mainly Muslim, while the majority of people in the rest of India are Hindus who hold cows sacred.
Kashmiri people largely prefer goat meat over beef, but poor people in villages eat beef because it costs less.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/hundreds-protest-beef-ban-indian-controlled-kashmir-33682792
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as a response to swine flu. If all the cattle were dead, there'd be no cause for concern. The Native Americans were pacified pretty quickly after the deliberate destruction of the bison. Besides, goats breed more quickly than cattle, and if they didn't have to compete with cows for their food, there would be more goats for the Kashmiri to eat. 
And, just in case, 
