One of the most revered Sunni Muslim leaders in India, the spiritual head of Ajmer shrine, has announced he and his family were voluntarily giving up beef and exhorted Muslim leaders to support a nationwide ban on cow slaughter so as to put an end to this issue that he said was at the "root of all hatred" between Hindus and Muslims.
"Any act of killing bovine species for its flesh should attract life imprisonment. In fact, cow should be declared India’s national animal. It is a matter of respecting the feeling of our Hindu brethren and that cannot be compromised. To safeguard the teachings of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, I declare that from today, me and my family members will not consume beef,” said Dewan Syed Zainul Abedin.
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