Nagpur Muslims Back ‘Declare Cow National Animal’ Demand, Urge End to Lynching
A Muslim religious body in Nagpur has backed one of the more striking demands in recent community discourse — that the central government declare the cow India’s national animal.
Mufti Mohammad Sabir, district president of Jamiat Ulema Nagpur, made the appeal at a meeting held at the organisation’s Mominpura office. His argument was direct: if the cow gets national animal status, the political exploitation of cow slaughter as a trigger for mob lynching and communal violence loses its ground entirely.“Declaring the cow a national animal will strengthen social brotherhood and bring religious violence to a permanent end,” Sabir said, adding that the Centre and MPs must act on this demand.The call is not new to Jamiat. It was first raised by the organisation’s national president, Hazrat Maulana Sayyad Arshad Madani, and subsequently backed by Jamiat Ulema Maharashtra.
Nagpur’s district unit has now formally aligned with the demand — lending it a local, ground-level endorsement that organisers hope will resonate beyond the community.The meeting also addressed civic matters. SP Ateeq Qureshi urged Muslim residents to maintain strict cleanliness in their localities, calling on the NMC health department to arrange waste collection twice daily in Muslim-majority areas and on OCSSB and the civic body to ensure uninterrupted water supply.
Adherence to Nagpur city police commissioner’s guidelines, said transport vice-chairman Mohammad Zahid Ansari and Ejaz Patel, is every citizen’s responsibility.Senior Jamiat office-bearers and workers attended the meeting.
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