by Anila Muhammad
Friday, October 26th, marks the upcoming annual celebration of Eid al-Adha, which commemorates the story of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ishmael, is a day of celebration around the Muslim world. However, for millions of animals it is anything but a day for...
10-year imprisonment for cow slaughter
Rajmeet Singh/TNS
Mohali, September 20
From now on, those found guilty of cow slaughter would face imprisonment of 10 years instead of two years at present. To further ensure that those indulging in cow slaughter do not get scot free, the Punjab Gau...
Religion has forced environment ministry to alter its animal welfare bill, 2011. The environment ministry has changed the provision which could have made ritualistic slaughter of animals for food by different religious groups -halal by Muslims, jhatka by Hindus or Sikhs and kosher by Jews - an...
THE Dutch Parliament has passed a bill banning the slaughter of livestock without stunning it first, removing an exemption that allowed Jews and Muslims to butcher animals according to their centuries-old dietary rules.
If enacted and enforced, religious groups say observant Jews and Muslims...
Khalsa Women and Meer Mannu's Jail
Without any doubt, Sikh women had played an equal part in the struggle to keep alive the Khalsa ideals and beliefs. Sikh women worked as a silent majority in the background and sometimes as in the case of Mai Bhago exceeded the Khalsa men in warfare. But...
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