No animal sacrifice in open space on Bakrid in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

“No selfies with animals before and after the sacrifice, no slaughter in public, no blood in drains”: UP CM Yogi Adityanath’s list of ‘Don’ts’ for Bakrid.

Prateek Jain | HENB | Lucknow | Aug 22, 2016::  As the country celebrates Bakrid on Wednesday and in many places it would be observed in Thursday also, animal slaughter in the open will not be allowed in Uttar Pradesh. Selfies during animal sacrifice are also prohibited in the state. In a video conference with district magistrates in UP, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath instructed police and administration to ensure sacrifice of animals on Bakr-Eid was not done in the open, and blood from the site shouldn’t flow in the drains. Action will be taken against those found flouting the rules, the chief minister warned.

A trend has emerged in the last few years where on Bakrid social media gets flooded with selfies featuring animals before and after the sacrifice — from that “one last selfie” with the animal to some really gory, bloody images.

In a video conference with officials across the state on Saturday night, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath instructed police and administration to ensure sacrifice of animals on Bakr­ Eid was not done in the open, and that blood and offal is not dumped in open drains, so that religious sentiments of other communities are not hurt.

According to sources, the CM also directed officials to maintain law and order and ensure basic services like power and water supply are maintained in the district, and that protected animals are not sacrificed. Muzaffarnagar district magistrate Rajeev Sharma said, “We will make sure the CM’s instructions are complied with. We have held a meeting with district officials. On Monday, there will be another meeting between officials and prominent members of both communities about the festival.”

“According to Islam, qurbani ko parde mein rakh ke karne ke liye kaha gaya hai (sacrifice shouldn’t be done in the open). Clicking selfies is a modern thing, religion has nothing to do with it,” said Khurshid Ahmed, a hotel owner in Etawah.

Rabia Naik from Lucknow says she will follow the order. “Religion teaches us to be respectful of others’ faith and belief systems. We will ensure that no community’s sentiments are hurt with our celebrations.”

Imam Kamaluddin Ashrafu, the chief imam at Etawah eidgah said, “We have advised people not to sacrifice animals in the open. We have also asked them to offer qurbani quietly and not make a show of it or hurt the sentiments of our Hindu brothers.”

We also don’t agree with selfies with animals and have discouraged people from sharing them on Facebook and WhatsApp, he added.

To prevent blood from flowing in the streets or drains, pits have been dug up, police said. The offal can be disposed of later.

The chief minister has also asked officials to maintain law and order and ensure electricity and water supply isn’t disrupted in the state.

The police have also been instructed to make sure that protected animals are not sacrificed on the festival and to step up vigilance in areas where the Kanwar Yatra – an annual pilgrimage undertaken by Lord Shiva’s devotees – is in progress.

Bakrid or Eid al-Adha is a “festival of sacrifice”. Eid al-Adha honours the willingness of Ibrahim, the messenger in Islam, to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to God’s command. Muslims worldwide celebrate Bakrid by sacrificing a male goat as a symbol of the sacrifice made by Ibrahim. The families feast on the goat’s meat and also distribute it among friends and neighbours.

No animal sacrifice in open space on Bakrid rules Uttarakhand HC.

No cow or cows’ progeny or any camel shall be slaughtered in Uttrakhand on Bakrid.

Vicky Nanjappa | OneIndia OnLine | Dehradun | Aug 22, 2018:: The Uttarakhand High Court has said that no animal will be sacrificed in open spaces on Eid-ul-Adha or Bakrid. The court passed the order while taking suo moto cognisance of newspaper reports on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath’s order prohibiting animal sacrifice in open areas on Bakrid.

The court also directed that no cow or cows’ progeny or any camel shall be slaughtered on Bakrid.

A Division Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Rajiv Sharma and Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari said, “it is directed that on the day of Eid-ul-Zuha, i.e. August 22/23, 2018, no animals including goat/sheep/buffalo shall be sacrificed in an open space, on any public street or any thoroughfare in front of any place of worship.”

The court further said that the blood from animal sacrifice must go into drains and the blood and offal must not be dumped in open spaces across the state.

Just in last week, the Uttarakhan Court appointed itself legal guardian (parens patriae) of cows in the state+.

Calcutta High Court also directed the WB Govt to stop illegal open slaughter in the state by next Iduz Zoha+.

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