Abattoir in Pakistan: le Président et les Chèvres……….
“A spokesman for the president told the Dawn newspaper the goats were slaughtered as an act of Sadaqah -- meaning "voluntary charity" in Islam whereby one gives out money or the meat of a slaughtered animal to the poor to win Allah's blessing and stave off misfortune. "It has been an old practice of Mr Zardari to offer Sadaqah. He has been doing this for a long time," the spokesman, Farhatullah Babar, told the paper. Pakistan is a predominantly Muslim country where many of the well-off offer Sadaqah. Though Muslim, many people also follow certain superstitious practices. Hundreds of goats had been sacrificed at Zardari's house since he was sworn in September 2008, the Dawn newspaper reported. It said Zardari's detractors would see in his "new-found religiosity" a sign of nervousness in the face of growing woes………..”
This is not a habit anymore, it is a fetish. An interesting example of the cosmopolitan Pakistani elite at work. I bet Musharraf never did that.
I suppose if I had the Taliban and al-Qaeda after my 'wallet', I’d be slaughtering a sheep or two a day.
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