Muslim man forces tribals to eat beef by threatening them with sharp weapons. Attempts to convert them to Islam
Hazaribag, Jharkhand, India 
29 December, 2022
Case Summary
In Jharkhand's Bariyath Birhor Tola area in the Barhi block of the Hazaribagh district, a Muslim man named Khallel Miya forcefully fed beef to locals belonging to the tribal community. The accused hosted a New Year party. At his party, the accused served beef along with liquor to his guests. Upon noticing pieces of meat in the food, the tribals protested. Khaleel Miya then compelled them to eat beef by brandishing sharp weapons. Following this, accused Khaleel Miya was arrested. As per reports, Khaleel Miya force-fed cow meat to around 50 people and also attempted to convert them to Islam.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
Harassment covers a wide range of behaviours of an offensive nature. It is commonly understood as behaviour that demeans, humiliates, and intimidates a person, including threats and coercion. Harassment and threats, in this case, find their root on discriminatory grounds which has the effect of nullifying a person’s rights or infringing upon his freedom to exercise his right specifically owing to the victim’s religious identity. Verbal and physical threats and psychological or physical harassment are often used against Hindu victims because they choose to practice their professed religion. Religious harassment also includes forced and involuntary conversions by harassment, threats or coercion. Coercion includes intimidatory tactics like force-feeding a Hindu victim beef to convert to another religion, forceful circumcision etc. In several cases documented, non-Hindu perpetrators or those who harbour specific animosity towards Hinduism, harass victims simply based on their religious identity. Such cases often also include harassment to ensure the Hindu victim abandons his/her professed religion and adopts the religion of the perpetrator. In this subcategory, we would only include cases where the victim was harassed, threatened or coerced to convert. Cases where attempts were made to convert but the victim resisted would be documented in another sub-category. Such cases where Hindu victims are harassed to convert to the perpetrator’s religion are rooted in animosity towards the victim’s religious identity and are therefore documented as religiously motivated hate crimes. The cow is a holy animal for the adherents of Hinduism. Seen in the light of a mother and a manifestation of the divine, the consumption of cow meat is considered against the religious practices of Hindus. Through the ages, Muslim radicals have force-fed meat to Hindus in their violent effort to convert them to Islam and insult Hindu religious beliefs. In this case, cow meat was forcefully fed to practising Hindus in an effort to convert them under threat and also, insult their religious belief, making it a religiously motivated hate crime.
Victim Details
Total Victim
50
Deceased
0
Gender
- Male 0
- Female 0
- Third Gender 0
- Unknown 50
Caste
- SC/ST 50
- OBC 0
- General 0
- Unknown 0
Age Group
- Minor 0
- Adult 0
- Senior Citizen 0
- Unknown 50
Case Status
Arrested
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Muslim Extremists
Perpetrators Range
One Person
Perpetrators Gender
male
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