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| Source: US Department of Defence |
CBC has been obsessing about this, even outdoing the USA networks.
These have been a very difficult time for us Sikhs in North America. We have been snubbed, bullied,beaten and murdered in a case of mnistaken identity. I admit that I often think that this is a willing mistake on the part of those who have chosen to hate us. We look different - even worse, we CHOOSE to look different. We choose not to blend in, we choose to stand out.
Still, I, at least, feel a bit guilty when I explain that I am not a Muslim, a chunni is not a hijab. Am I implying there is something wrong about being a Muslim? No, I am not! But sometimes, it is taken that way, especially by Muslims. I can usually get them to see what I mean by asking, "Would you like to be taken for a Sikh?"
I heard of a group of Christian girls and women in Kansas City, who, with much publicity, donned hijabs after the attacks with the state motive to make it impossible to look at a woman and know iof she is a Muslim. Look at the picture below. Can you be sure of her religion?
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| GIRL IN HIJAB |
I have no idea how the Muslim community reacted to this, but it raised an interesting question: How would we react as a community if a group of non-Sikhs grew kesh and tied turbans to protect us? I'm really not certain, but it's interesting to think about.
Whatever.
It has been ten years, ten difficult years for Sikhs in the USA. I will not compare the North American experience with what the Sikhs of India suffered in the last 15-20 years of the Twentieth Century. That is a different situation, and I hope my fellow Diasporan Sikhs draw courage and commitment from those Sikhs.
I think that this would be a good time to renew our commitment to stand for good for all humanity. Let us live the truth of the words we say at least once every day:
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| Photo: Courtesy NASA |
To that end, I suggest we join with Pete Seeger, a great USAer and a great humanitarian, singing the great USA song of hope, optimism and commitment, WE SHALL OVERCOME. I'll make it easy for you. This video has on-screen lyrics.
CREDIT: GIRL IN HIJAB by Mohammed Ibrahim
http://www.clker.com/clipart-girl-wearing-hijab.html
How can Sikhs live with Hindoo Bindoo ?
ReplyDeleteIs it a fair surmise to argue that Sikh Theology and Scripture consider Hindoo Faith to a demonic faith as the Granth regards the Sikh Trinity as Demonic
https://dindooohindoo.page.tl/Granth-Says-Dindoo-Trinity-%3D-Trash.htm
JAITSREE, THE WORD OF THE DEVOTEES: ONE UNIVERSAL CREATOR GOD. BY THE GRACE OF THE TRUE GURU:
|| 3 || Shiva cut off Brahma’s head,and Gautam’s wife and the Lord Indra mated; Brahma?s head got stuck to Shiva?s hand, and Indra came to bear the “marks of a thousand female organs”. || 4 || “These demons” have fooled, bound and destroyed me.
RAAG MALAAR, THE WORD OF THE DEVOTEE NAAM DAYV JEE:ONE UNIVERSAL CREATOR GOD. BY THE GRACE OF THE TRUE GURU:
|| 1 || In His House,the “insane Shiva”, the Guru of the World, lives; he imparts spiritual wisdom to expain the essence of reality.
WADAHANS, THIRD MEHL, FIRST HOUSE:
ONE UNIVERSAL CREATOR GOD. BY THE GRACE OF THE TRUE GURU:
1 || The wise one, Shiva,pervades his own home, but he is “engrossed in dark passions and excessive egotism”.
SOOHEE, FOURTH MEHL, SEVENTH HOUSE: ONE UNIVERSAL CREATOR GOD. BY THE GRACE OF THE TRUE GURU:
|| 1 || Pause || Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva suffer from the”disease of the three gunas”,the three qualities; they do their deeds in egotism. The “poor fools” do not remember the One who created them; this understanding of the Lord is only obtained by those who become Gurmukh.
BHAIRAO, ASHTAPADEES, FIRST MEHL, SECOND HOUSE:ONE UNIVERSAL CREATOR GOD. BY THE GRACE OF THE TRUE GURU
|| 3 ||Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva are “diseased”;
BHAIRAO, THE WORD OF THE DEVOTEES, KABEER JEE, FIRST HOUSE:ONE UNIVERSAL CREATOR GOD. BY THE GRACE OF THE TRUE GURU:
|| 3 ||Shiva, Shankara and Mahaysh “are polluted”. The Siddhas, seekers and strivers, and those who wear religious robes, are polluted.
If So , then why do referebces in the Bachetar Natak indicate a God with Hindoo features ? Is it Hindoo Osmosis or just a forgery and why do Sikhs regard themselves as Hindoos
RAAG MALAAR, FIFTH MEHL, CHAU-PADAS, FIRST HOUSE:ONE UNIVERSAL CREATOR GOD. BY THE GRACE OF THE TRUE GURU:
|| 2 ||Shiva,Brahma, angels and demons, all “burn in the fire of death”.