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Al-Qaeda's Zakir Musa urges Muslims to launch jihad against gau rakshaks

He slammed the Indian Muslims for not standing up against the violence by cow protectors

Zakir Rashid Bhat
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Zakir Rashid Bhat

BS Web Desk New Delhi
Zakir Musa, a former Hizbul Mujahideen commander and a radical militant leader who recently joined Al Qaeda, released a 4-minute audio clip on Monday urging Indian Muslims to  “stand up against oppression” and  launch jihad against gau rakshaks (cow protectors). Musa’s message is being circulated  on social media platforms.

He  slammed the Indian Muslims for not standing up against the violence being unleashed in the name of cow protection and not joining Islamic jihad for 'Ghazwa-e-Hind' (the final and last battle for the conquest of India).  

In his message, Musa referred to the recent rape of a Muslim girl