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Cow Slaughter

How Cow Slaughter has been Used to humiliate the Hindus!

July 24, 2020
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Beef is synonymous with Islam in India now.  In fact, when a friend of mine married a Muslim guy and was converted to Islam, the first thing she was given to eat – despite the fact that she disliked meat – was beef.  This is a critical step in conversions of Hindus to Islam in South Asia and elsewhere.

Was Beef and Cow Slaughter a Mechanism for HIndu Humiliation and Domination? #EngineerRashid Click To Tweet

But why Beef (cow) and Islam?  Maybe because cows were aplenty in Mecca or Medina and Mohammad had them as well as some holy practice.  Seems right?  Wrong!  You can hardly find cows in Saudi Arabia.  The main livestock consists of Sheep (63%), Goat (30%), Camel (5%) and Cattle (2%).  This is when Saudi Arabia’s cattle and dairy industry has made great strides thanks to petro-dollars.

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So, when the Islamic invaders came to India, how did they suddenly started considering cow to be so important in their diet?  None of them was used to cow meat.  In fact they were more used to goat or sheep meat (therefore Bakr-i-Eid and tradition of goat or sheep on Eid!).  Then why cows?

The answer lies in Islamic invaders’ need to not just subjugate the native Hindus by force and war but also humiliate them.  Destruction of temples and Cow Slaughter were two important tools used.  Genesis of Beef’s connection with Islam lies there.

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The invaders had realized very early that cow was considered holy by many Hindus.  To attack the natives’ faith and religious system, cow slaughter and public spectacle of beef eating became a way to not just humiliate the Hindus after military defeat, but to break down their social and religious emotions.  For example, Moinuddin Chisti of Ajmer – who accompanied Sultan Muhammad Ghauri in his campaign against Prithviraj Chauhan – would have his followers bring a cow daily to a famous temple, slaughter it and cook kebabs and have them to treat the local Hindus with contempt.

Excerpt from Page 123 of Islamic Jihad: A Legacy of Forced Conversion, Imperialism, and Slavery By M. A. Khan
Excerpt from Page 123 of Islamic Jihad: A Legacy of Forced Conversion, Imperialism, and Slavery By M. A. Khan

In fact, despite the campaign of contempt by Islamic invaders – Sufis included – cow was still not the main source of meat.  It wasn’t until the British came – whose natural diet included bovine meat – that cow slaughter became so rampant.

British found the practice of cow slaughter by the Islamic invaders to be a great way to create further divide between Hindus and Muslims.  If – it stood to reason – the Muslims slaughtered cow as a matter of religious statement, then Hindus – who considered cow holy – would be forced to live away from them.  This tactic worked.

‘That the Muslims continued to sacrifice the cow at least on festive occasions like Bakri Id and they were made to feel that the job of a butcher was honourable was also a basic political requirement of the British rule in India.’

‘But for the British it was a matter of importance that the Muslims assumed a separate identity, social intercourse with other Indians reduced and with passing of time Muslims began to live separately in distinct localities. Similar separation of persons of different Christian denominations took place in Europe from about the mid 16th century.’

‘We must thank Queen Victoria for having broadcast the truth about widespread cow-killing in India, by the British, in her letter dated December 8, 1893, to Indian Viceroy Lansdowne. ‘Though the Muhammadans’ cow-killing is made the pretext for the agitation, it is in fact, directed against us, who kill far more cows for our army, than the Muhammadans.

Hindus, over time, considered it “bad” to eat at a Muslims house.  For obvious reasons.  A sentiment that has continued to this day in many areas of India.  In fact, the housing societies that explicitly or implicitly disallow Muslims do so precisely due to the seed sowed by the British.

What folks like Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti started as a means to subjugate Hindus and convert them, the British reaped for and through their divide and rule.  And therein lies the historical “tradition” of how Islam in South Asia came to be linked to beef and cow slaughter and why it was so important for the Hindu converts to Islam to first taste beef during conversion!  A tradition of perfidious contempt!

Why Public Spectacle of Cow Slaughter creates Outrage

Kashmir has a history of Sufis and Islamic kings (backed by these Sufis) – using various means to convert and subjugate the Hindu population.  Before the Kashmiri Pandit exodus and earlier, cow slaughter was a common way to warn, threaten and browbeat Hindus.

When Engineer Rashid, the J&K MLA hosted a Beef Party, he was basically doing a Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti.

He was openly and shamelessly trying to humiliate Hindus using a tool that has been employed brutally and blatantly by the Islamic invaders for last over thousand years.  To eat beef is not an Islamic right or tradition.  It became a Tool of Subjugation in the hands of barbaric invaders to humiliate Hindu natives over the centuries.

Its not about whether cow “should be” holy for Hindus or not.  And feelings against cow slaughter are not a symbolism of Hindu “superstition” but a reiteration of Islamic barbarism.  For a religious group which considers following Mohammad as part of the main pillars of their religion, cow was the last thing on the dinner table in the place of its origin.  Its importance stems from the need to subjugate.

The ink meant for Rashid was in a way also meant for Khwaja Chisti and his barbaric followers.  And unlike the tradition of Kashmiri Muslims, the people who protested against Rashid did not throw stones or pump bullets into him.  Something that the Kashmiri Pandits had become used to in the name of “Kashmiriyat”.  Instead they used a symbolic way to show their anger.  By blackening the face of a person who made a spectacle of cow slaughter, not because it was his religious tradition coming down from Arabia (as is the custom), but because of his contempt for Hindus!

From where I see, it is a statement of a population that was humiliated by a mindset that sought to indulge, and indeed, revel in contempt.  And, contempt can not and should not be allowed to be a matter of right!

It is because cow slaughter was used as an instrument of subjugation and humiliation by Muslims on Hindus, that for Hindus, ban on cow slaughter has become a matter of recovering their identity.  The basis of anti-beef movement of the Hindus may not necessarily be in the Hindu scriptures but rather, in the perfidious means used by Muslims to scorn contempt at Hindus for centuries!  It is important to understand that while Beef has absolutely NOTHING to do with the religious right in Islam, a religion started where there were NO cows, it however became an important mechanism of religious intolerance and humiliation by Muslims towards the Hindus!

Featured Image – A cow sculpture at the Sri Mariamman Temple by Ivan Bandura on Flickr

Tags: BeefCow SlaughterIslamJihadKhwaja Moinuddin Chisti
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Comments 36

  1. Thiruvenkatam C says:
    5 years ago

    Religious tolerance is must for development of Humanity

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    • Desh Kapoor says:
      5 years ago

      Hi CT – agree 🙂

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  2. Aniruddha Shrivastava says:
    5 years ago

    Hard and bitter truth. The question is will the hardliners want to change?
    Religious tolerance can never be a one way path. It involves at-least two parties so it should be practiced from both sides.

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    • Desh Kapoor says:
      5 years ago

      Hey Aniruddha – thanks so much.. totally agree on the tolerance 🙂

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  3. Jyoti says:
    5 years ago

    यह मसला हिंदू-मुस्लिमों क न होकर सिर्फ सियासती ही है। सभी पार्टिया अपनी-अपनी रोटियां सेंक रही है।

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    • Desh Kapoor says:
      5 years ago

      Agree, Jyoti-ji! 🙂

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  4. MP UPPAL says:
    5 years ago

    Well done for expressing the truth about cow slaughter by the other community. How outrageous that the Hindus are made to feel apologetic about their faith. The media should act responsibly in its reporting.

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    • Desh Kapoor says:
      5 years ago

      I agree, Uppal-ji! But how does one do when media is hypocritical.

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  5. Tina Acharya says:
    5 years ago

    Well researched and Very informative. At present the Unrest is quite manufactured to divide people. I hope people will maintain their calm, not getting too political. You really expressed the TRUTH with facts…!! Well done!!

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    • Desh Kapoor says:
      5 years ago

      Thanks Tina! That was my point. When someone uses an age-old mechanism to simply provoke a group, then someone needs to tell them to keep common social sense. Apparently, that hasn’t happened.

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  6. cifarshayar says:
    5 years ago

    Information about Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti was totally false and misleading instead he promoted understanding between Hindus and Muslims which I am sure is not possible by demeaning religious beliefs of others. The sacred cow thing came after 1857 first war of Independence when Britishers promoted hatred through Hindu Mahasabha and Muslim League. Please refer Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s writing about Brahamanwaad and for Chisti Wikipedia is enough to enlighten you.

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    • Desh Kapoor says:
      5 years ago

      Says who? There are enough references in books and commentaries. Start with S.S.A. Rizvi in ‘A History of Sufism in India, Vol. 1 (Munshiram Manoharlal,
      1978, p. 117) and Jawahar-i-Faridi.

      Let me know when you seek out Virender Sehwag to operate on you, I will take Ambedkar seriously as a historian. Ok? Nice try though.

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      • cifarshayar says:
        5 years ago

        The Laws of Manu from Manusmriti 31: ‘The consumption of meat (is befitting) for sacrifices,’ that is declared to be a rule made by the Gods; which means cows and other animals were slaughtered much before Islam arrived in India. Dr. Ambedkar is our constitution maker he you are not taking him seriously then you are not taking values on which India stands today seriously. Many historians objected to S.S.A Rizvi ‘s research as I have questioned yours.

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        • Desh Kapoor says:
          5 years ago

          You have made a lot of generalizations and assumptions without understanding the context.

          1. Manusmriti is a smriti. Smriti and Shrutis are two types of scriptures – smriti is for certain time and society and social ways of one group, while shruti is through experience and oriented to spiritual path. Manusmriti was ONLY about that time and no relevance later.
          2. If with just ONE book and ONE Prophet, Muslims have so many groups/sects etc and aren’t monolithic, then imagine Hindus with thousands of books, Rishis and Gods! The truth is that CERTAIN GROUPS under CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES and for CERTAIN PURPOSES used meat and sacrifices. Heck, Aghoris – and ONLY Aghoris initiated properly and managed by a proper Guru – even eat off of dead carcasses from the cremation grounds. For most householders and those oriented to Karma Yoga along with Bhakti Yoga – had to stay away from meat and specifically beef. Here is a good video at the end of the reply to help you understand what I am saying.

          3. Dr. Ambedkar was one of the greatest Legal and Constitutional expert. But NOT a Historian much less a person who could interpret the scriptures. So just as Sehwag is one of the greatest batsman, he is NOT a surgeon!
          4. Sufis served the purpose for Islamic invaders like Ghauri, that the missionaries served for the British. They were a FRONT for their atrocities. Chisti, for example, came with Ghauri and motivated him for attack on Chauhan. Moreover, it is a matter of record – documented in their OWN writings – how these Sufis would boast of the number of conversions they did. In fact, from Tansen to AR Rahman everyone was converted by a “Sufi”. Anyone who is even a beginner on the Spiritual journey knows that anyone talking of conversion is a religious BIGOT and not a Spiritual seeker! So spare me the stuff on Sufis please.

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        • cifarshayar says:
          5 years ago

          I have not generalized the things you have right with your opening remarks by labeling all Muslims beef eaters, beef is part of Indian diet even before the arrival of Islam. Many tribes in India still eat it you are trying to say that they are not satisfying their hunger but humiliating Hindus. Its Hunger which decides what you eat and not religion, Quran refers cows meat as deceased which should be avoided.

          India is largest beef exporter and the four biggest exporting companies in India are Hindus:

          1) Al-Kabeer Exports Pvt. Ltd.
          Its owner name: Mr. Shatish &Mr. Atul Sabharwal
          Add: 92, Jolly makers, Chembur Mumbai 400021

          2) Arabian Exports Pvt.Ltd.
          Owner’s name: Mr.Sunil Kapoor
          Add: Russian Mansions, Overseas, Mumbai 400001

          3) M.K.R Frozen Food Exports Pvt. Ltd.
          Owner’s name Mr. Madan Abott.
          Add : MG road, Janpath, New Delhi 110001

          4) P.M.L Industries Pvt. Ltd.
          Owner’s name: Mr. A.S Bindra
          Add : S.C.O 62-63 Sector -34-A, Chandigarh 160022

          You are saying that current BJP ruled government who consider itself as the biggest cow savers are humiliating Hindus if so right a researched article on Modi government’s role in promoting beef export.

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        • Desh Kapoor says:
          5 years ago

          Dude, I don’t think you are even reading what has been written. The provocative “Beef Party” was an act SIMILAR to what Chisti would do in front of Hindu temples in his time… just as Beef is used to seal the conversions of Hindus.

          And, don’t tell me that you don’t know all this. You obviously would know the use of beef against Hindus all this time INCLUDING its use in conversion. At least be honest to yourself!!

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  7. Matheikal says:
    5 years ago

    In short, beef issue has nothing much to do with religion; it’s all just politics!

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    • Desh Kapoor says:
      5 years ago

      No sir – it does have to do with religion. It was not merely an item of “food” but was employed as an instrument of subjugation of a religious group. Just as its use was in subjugating one group (Hindus), that group’s has over centuries linked it to their identity itself. It is a legacy of centuries. A bit of sensitivity to not rub it in – the ways of the colonials and Jihadis – should have been thought of.

      Unfortunately, there is absolutely NO debate on this issue in its COMPLETENESS. Instead there is Intellectual Fascism, where ANY narrative counter to the one provided by “Seculars” is derided and shot down and silenced.. for just mere expression.

      Its one thing to feign fairness and liberal ideals, quite another to look at counter narrative and not fall in the ditch of ad-hominem attack. Unfortunately, I haven’t found a self-professed intellectual who is liberal or fair. Just see.

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  8. Chaitali Bhattacharjee says:
    5 years ago

    Extensively researched and well put

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    • Desh Kapoor says:
      5 years ago

      HI Chaitali – thanks so much 🙂 Appreciate your kind words!

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  9. dNambiar says:
    5 years ago

    Thank you for doing the research and telling us about this part of Indian History, Desh. Looks like our history textbooks omitted this part when they were telling us about the ‘divide and rule’ that was done on Indian soil.

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    • Desh Kapoor says:
      5 years ago

      HI Dee – thanks for your comment! Yes, that’s true. In fact, all one needed to do was to check the percentage of cattle in the livestock and then think through the whole reason why is it so important for converting Hindus to have beef, to understand what Beef was used for by religiously aggressive Muslims? The answer was simple – as an instrument of subjugation. It wasn’t just a simple food. It was much more than that in symbolism and use.

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  10. Rakesh Pandey says:
    5 years ago

    Totally agree with you, Desh ji. In fact, the ‘Bada’ mutton, which is considered beef is required for certain feasts. But, it’s not beef. It means any large animal, most preferably a dumba- a double humped animal, found in abundance in deserts and used as livestock.

    There must be truth in your theory that the slaughter of cows were initiated by Mughals and other invaders. The bovine animals were indeed not found in Middle East during those times.

    As usual, another well researched article!

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    • Desh Kapoor says:
      5 years ago

      HI Rakesh-ji – thanks so much. I agree with you. The meat for feasts in the Arabic desert usually came from camels. That changed in India but it assumed importance in the context of how to deride the local culture.

      Bringing down the old native culture is a common practice to wean people away from their old heritage after conversions. Take for example, how Muslims talk of pre-Islamic Arabs. Those people are called Jahil. Now, everyone knows that Muhammad’s first wife (before he talked of Islam) Khadija was a 40+ lady and one of the most prominent businessperson in the land, who remained unmarried till that age and then decided herself on whom to marry. Such was the freedom with women. In the last 1000 years name ONE Arabic woman whose claim to fame is that she is a SINGLE, SUCCESSFUL and INDEPENDENT woman! Just one will do!! Heck, those women cannot even drive a car today!!

      So, what was done to pre-Islamic Arabs by Muslims was tried with Indians as well. Fortunately for us and the world, it didn’t work.

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      • Rakesh Pandey says:
        5 years ago

        Agree with each and every point. Religion should always be once personal prerogative and shouldn’t be mixed with anything else.

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  11. bestofguru says:
    5 years ago

    That was a bold move by you Desh Kapoor. You have handled the sensitive issue in the best possible way. Nice to know about Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti and the history behind the Cow slaughter thing. I admire about the time you might have took to do such a great research before posting it. Thanks again for this wonderful post and hope that every human thinks like a human being instead of religious hatred ness of something which has no value to humanity.

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    • Desh Kapoor says:
      5 years ago

      Thanks Guru! I think you might want to read the work of MA Khan on Sufis in Kashmir. He discusses how Sufis were as much involved in atrocities as the invaders were. One close look at their work and writings and you know that they were hypocritical and working on hearsay to cloak their own hatred of the native Hindus.

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  12. Piyu says:
    5 years ago

    Great article Desh Kapoor, quite a refreshing read in the present environment filled with hypocrisy.

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    • Desh Kapoor says:
      5 years ago

      Thanks Piyu! Hypocrisy is what we have all around these days of hyper-political-correctness. Look at how Gen VK Singh’s words have been twisted for something that is a colloquial use of language.

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  13. Ravi says:
    5 years ago

    Very good article Desh ji.
    It is refreshing to see an article written with researched facts and references on this highly polarizing issue. You have brought out a very good point of view on how beef eating was used to humiliate the Hindus and to put a final seal of conversion on those who were converted (forcibly or whichever way).
    The remains of Hindu temples at Qutub Minar as well as the violent means adopted by ISIS to spread Islam are a stark reminder of how situation must have been for Hindus during the years of mughal invasion in India. Unfortunately, the vote bank politics have prevented a fair, open debate and recording on this part of our history.

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    • Desh Kapoor says:
      5 years ago

      HI Raviji – precisely!! Someone objected to calling the people in that time as “barbarians”.. little reflecting as to what would they call ISIS? And folks like Aurangzeb, Babar, Ghauri.. and all the Sufis along with them were no different! Heck even what Akbar did with Rajasthan after his war with Rana Pratap is in the league of ISIS!!! And we are supposed to have a different standards for them!

      Such is the level of history white washing!

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  14. harilal says:
    5 years ago

    Beef is always a no -no in Indian army.Even in britishers time, it was not served even in Muslim regiments. Same is with other forces. Nobody till date complained ‘Freedom of eating’ in any army’s messes.Army was also never called less secular because of ‘no-beef’.

    As the author correctly pointed out,beef eating was/is an act of humiliation and subjugation. Even during partitions riots, we hear about Hindus and sikhs were force fed with beef and , cows were killed infront of temples nd Hindu villages.

    Banning of cow killings is certainly an act of redemption of Hindu honour and self esteem. Same is the reason why communists want beef to be eaten.

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    • Desh Kapoor says:
      5 years ago

      Totally agree harilal ji! People forget the partition time and how beef was used effectively to start riots all the time. It was a way to convert and threaten Hindus. That is how short term the whole memory is of this “Secular” gen.

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  15. shiva kakkar says:
    5 years ago

    A very fine article. In todays scenario, more than the muslims, its the intellectual liberal brigade that’s more interested in humiliating hindus in the name of liberalism and progressiveness. If you go into the roots, there is no reason of why these people call themselves ‘progressive’ or ‘liberal’. Basically, by not following any religious or cultural tenet they see themselves as being ‘liberated’ – a self glorification. There is nothing progressive about them. The only intention is that by labelling themselves as ‘progressives’ they are trying to convey to Hindus that ‘you are regressive’. It’s just a name game using complex jargons. Infact, these liberals are just headless cockroaches who would oppose anything and everything to carve a niche about themselves and what’s better at differentiating yourself than hurting the majority? These intellectuals consider themselves as superior to all other beings. I am a research scholar at IIM and I have seen the disdain my intellectual liberal professors have for Narendra Modi. Deep inside they just cant digest the fact that a hindu, less educated person is ruling them all. As rightly pointed out by Mr Kapoor, it is a question about identity. The left liberals want to dismantle the Hindu identity by questioning the rationale of certain things like ‘who said beef eating is bad, etc.’. However, they never question the rationale of other communities. And their own acts are sometimes completely devoid of all rationale. Entire meat economy rationally doesn’t make sense given the amount of crops that are grown to feed poultry animals. Many ‘liberal intellectuals’ call themselves Hindu on the face and give statements like ‘I am a Hindu and I eat beef’. This is done basically to create an identity confusion among the Hindu majority. Well, frankly, you are either a Hindu or you eat beef. If you eat beef, hate Hindu scriptures, history and it’s religious tenets then you are not a Hindu at all! It’s just a label that you are taking for getting all legal advantages of being a Hindu like property rights, etc.

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  16. Ravi says:
    5 years ago

    Are they Hindu?
    Our religion and way of life is under attack from every corner. In fact Muslims and Christians most of the time accept the life the way it has been going on for decades if not for centuries. But the new generation of pseudo intellectuals and the main stream media is hell bent upon questioning every practice, deriding everyone who supports anything related to Hinduism as practices in general life. There are enough of these who can be called atheists and anti tradition.
    So my question again, shouldn’t these people be classified as non-hindus and identified as people against Hinduism? If look with this perspective, we will realize how our way of life is under an insidious threat from modernization, pseudo intellectualism and westernization.

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  17. Rajiv says:
    5 years ago

    Very well written article.
    Thanks.

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