YOUNG BULL FOR SACRIFICE IN PAKISTAN
Animal sacrifice is mentioned hundreds of times in the Old Testament, but over the centuries, both Judaism and Christianity have gradually consigned the practice to the past.
A fundamental difference within the disturbed world of Islam is that the majority of peaceful Muslims are unwilling to acknowledge, much less abjure, the warrant for violence and intolerance embedded in the Qur’an. The Qur’an is believed to be the direct words of God, revealed via the Angel Gabriel to the Prophet Muhammad,more than 1400 years ago. It is therefore considered sacrilegious to affect any changes in the text.
THE HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD CUTS THE THROAT OF A SACRIFICIAL ANIMAL IN LAHORE
Whereas Salafists take the Qur’an at its most literal, pious Muslims quietly adhere to its teachings on diet and dress without trying to impose Islamic lore on unbelievers. The problem is that many of their religious beliefs sit uncomfortably in the economic, cultural and political structure of democratic societies playing host to millions of Muslim migrants and refugees,
Islam espouses many customs that aggravate western sensibilities. Perhaps none is more sensitive than the edicts concerning women. Sura 4:34 …”Allah permits the hitting of women”…being one of the most noxious.
Ramadan, the month long fast when Muslims may not eat or drink between the hours of dawn and dusk may have been all very well for a herdsman resting under a date palm in 9thcentury Arabia, but the practice is unsuited in an inter-connected world.
A WRETCHED BULL FOR SACRIFICE IN INDONESIA WHICH HAS AN ABOMINABLE ANIMAL RIGHTS RECORD
Among other Muslim observances, Eid ul-Adha — the feast of sacrifice — is considered repugnant in societies with a concern for animal welfare. Dating from a time when Arabs offered blood sacrifices to pagan idols, it requires every Muslim family slaughter an animal at the end of the hajj pilgrimage (a symbolic act commemorating the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his son to God, and believed to bring good karma).
HOW TO EDUCATE CHILDREN ON KINDNESS TO ANIMALS WHEN SACRIFICE IS SEEN AS ENTERTAINMENT
On the first day of Eid ul-Adha an estimated 400 million animals worldwide have their throats cut — bull, buffalo, cow, sheep, camel, goat — whatever the head of the household can afford, with the meat then distributed, as an act of charity, to the poor.
DISTRIBUTION OF MEAT OF SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS IN BANDA ACEH
How much more compassionate it would be to gift the animal to a poor family for milk. Or to build up a small rural herd. It is also economically more sensible.
” Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day: give him a fishing rod and he’ll eat for a lifetime. ”
