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Sikh Community Saves Town's July Fourth Fireworks Display
NBC News ^ | July 4, 2017 | Alex Seitz-Wald

Posted on 07/04/2017 5:06:19 AM PDT by C19fan

When the mayor of Visalia, located in California's agricultural Central Valley, mentioned to a local Sikh businessman that the city of 120,000 might have to forego a July Fourth fireworks display due to financial concerns, the religious community jumped.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: ca; california; firework; fireworks; july4th; sikh; sikhs
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Only had positive interactions with Sikhs. Too bad ignorants confuse them with Muslims as Sikhs have been battling Muslims for hundreds of years. You are pretty bad ass people when you incorporate a sword to chop Muslims in your community symbol.
1 posted on 07/04/2017 5:06:19 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan
Right.

Khanda (Sikh symbol). Those curvy things on the right and the left are crossed swords.

2 posted on 07/04/2017 5:20:34 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("God bless the child who's got his own." - Billie Holliday)
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To: C19fan
Right.

Khanda (Sikh symbol). Those curvy things on the right and the left are crossed swords. And yes, they have had to use them vs Muslim aggression.

3 posted on 07/04/2017 5:21:21 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("God bless the child who's got his own." - Billie Holliday)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

The Sikhs came to be BECAUSE of Muslim aggression and atrocities.


4 posted on 07/04/2017 5:29:48 AM PDT by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: C19fan

Nice article; thanks for posting!


5 posted on 07/04/2017 5:33:54 AM PDT by TXBlair (We will not forget Benghazi.)
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To: C19fan

From what I’ve seen, they are hard working people who’ve maintained their cultural/religious identity while at the same time integrating into the American society rather than demanding it acquiesce to their beliefs.


6 posted on 07/04/2017 5:34:51 AM PDT by Godzilla ( I just love the smell of COVFEFE in the morning . . . . .)
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You don’t need to speak Punjabi to understand what he’s talking about.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBqQd-zx5Gs


7 posted on 07/04/2017 5:39:29 AM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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Sikhs are not Muslims and are reasonable and rational people. Other than the whole ever wash your hair thing which can be a bit odorous on a hot day. Their religion is it one of oppression and violence.


8 posted on 07/04/2017 5:46:10 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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Sikhs are cool.


9 posted on 07/04/2017 5:54:02 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (The Civil Rights movement compared content of their character to skin color and chose the latter)
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To: C19fan

The Sikhs are great. Bring more of them into the country. They are a positive asset.
Don’t bring any more m*slims in! They destroy everything they touch.


10 posted on 07/04/2017 5:56:50 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Acting constantly in contradiction with one's human nature is de facto evidence of insanity.)
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Thank God for Sikhs. They keep muslims from my neighborhood.


11 posted on 07/04/2017 6:44:59 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: Mrs. Don-o

The Khanda is a collection of FOUR edged weapons: two curved swords on the side, one straight sword in the center, and a circular throwing blade (chakram) on top.

Xena liked the throwing blade:


12 posted on 07/04/2017 6:56:45 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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I know OF Sikhs, but I only know one. She’s a veterinarian, and her husband works with her. He’s Muslim.

She’s one of the nastiest people I’ve ever met. And she barely respects animals as a way to make money.

I hear this is exceptional, but I have yet to actually get to know any.


13 posted on 07/04/2017 7:03:16 AM PDT by Celerity
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To: shibumi

Excellent.


14 posted on 07/04/2017 7:24:29 AM PDT by jonno (Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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"I know OF Sikhs, but I only know one. She’s a veterinarian, and her husband works with her. He’s Muslim."

I think it's *far* more likely that she's a Moslem too.
Probably a ruse to placate those who would (wisely)
never allow a Moslem to touch their pets.

(Hint: If she is truly a Sikh she will have the middle name
"Kaur" which all Sikh women carry after they become "Khalsa.")

15 posted on 07/04/2017 7:35:10 AM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: jonno

From the battlefields of the Punjab
to the frozen lakes of Finland -
a song for every occasion.


16 posted on 07/04/2017 7:37:50 AM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: PapaBear3625

WoW x4!

Thanks for that info. I'll have to look up more info about this fascinating group.

17 posted on 07/04/2017 8:02:08 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("God bless the child who's got his own." - Billie Holliday)
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To: C19fan

Isn’t Nikki Haley Sikh? Maybe not, but I think I’ve heard that she is.


18 posted on 07/04/2017 8:11:55 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("Negative people make healthy people sick." - Roger Ailes)
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Of all the Sikhs I've had the privilege of knowing, I found them to be clever, humorous -- and great friends -- and I hold them all in high regard!

I'd prefer 100 Sikh immigrants over even one "moderate" Muslim immigrant!

19 posted on 07/04/2017 8:17:39 AM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's alias. "Islam": Allah's assassins"; "Moderate Muslims": Islam's useful idiots.)
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To: shibumi

True. However even if you speak Punjabi it’s not gonna help figure out what THIS guy is talking about:

https://youtu.be/vTIIMJ9tUc8


20 posted on 07/04/2017 8:50:57 AM PDT by Eyes Unclouded (Click. Click. Click. Click. Click. It's real easy, man.)
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