The Muslim community in Rumbek Central County said they want their fellow men to slaughter cows and goats in the slaughter house, claiming that the meat of a cow or goat slaughtered by none Muslims is unclean.Information received from South Sudan said Muslims slaughters’ leader Abdullah Ahmed presented a list of ten people to the Government health office on Monday their community selected to be slaughtering meat for them only.
Public Health Director Makur Ater Akony rejected the Muslims’ suggestion on the ground that it was political and would create division in the state.
Mr Akony advised the Muslim community to abandon their idea because in even Khartoum-Sudan where Muslims are the majority, slaughtering is done by both Muslims and Christians. “No one demands the monopoly,” he said.
This is the second time the Rumbek Muslims community is making such a demand. The first one was in 2010 in which the state government rejected the proposal.
SOURCE: CRN