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05-13-2017, 01:16 PM
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Indian court hands abattoirs reprieve
 NEW DELHI: India’s most populous state must immediately re-issue licences to abattoirs closed in a recent *****down led by Hindu hardliners that angered the country’s Muslim mi**rity, a court ruled on Friday. The chief minister of Uttar Pradesh state, a Hindu priest who has in the past been accused of fiery anti-Muslim rhetoric, ordered the closure of unlicenced slaughter houses after he was appointed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in March. The *****down was welcomed by right-wing Hindu groups who want to end the slaughter of cows, considered holy in Hinduism, but hit the Muslim community hard. The mi**rity accounts for almost a fifth of Uttar Pradesh’s population and dominates the meat industry. The election of Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party in 2014 has emboldened many Hindu groups to press harder for protection of the cow, and several Muslims transporting cattle have been killed by vigilante groups. India’s history is pockmarked by bloody Hindu-Muslim communal clashes. Allahabad High court ruled on Friday that the state should start re-issuing licences to the abattoirs in Uttar Pradesh, allowing them to re-open. "The court has instructed the government to renew the licence of all the slaughter houses and also allow butchers to start business in India," B K. Singh, a lawyer representing 800 meat shop owners said. أكثر... 
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