Sikh soldier of the 11th Sikh Regiment with a captured Nazi flag in Italy at the end of the Second World War.
> Sikhs have gone to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg to challenge a French law banning the wearing of turbans for ID documents.
Good on the Sikhs. Their tradition of wearing turbans is well-known and generally respected, for good religious reasons.
Religions are known by their adherents, which puts Sikhs over Muslims a thousand over. If Islam is so interested in not being singled out for “persecution” let it police itself...which is impossible.
I once had Sikh friends. Great people. I even learned to wrap their turbans! And they have no love for Muslims, so I’d rather have Sikh immigrants than Muslim, given a choice- BUT.
In this case the laws seem aimed at preventing Muslims from Islamifying France, and others have to suffer in the process. If you allow turbans under ‘religious custom’, you’ll have to allow Muslims drivers licenses with only their eyes showing under their rags. It’s a slippery slope.
The Sikhs have been dealing with Islamist violence and oppression since their religion was born. Their religion forbids them from associating with anybody who harms their daughter, and they are forbidden from even ridiculing other religions. I hope nobody makes the mistake of lumping them in with turban-wearing adherents of other, less benevolent religious traditions.
Sikh soldier of the 11th Sikh Regiment with a captured Nazi flag in Italy at the end of the Second World War.
From having a sikh who lives NEXT DOOR to me and after researching his religion thoroughly, I have concluded that Sikhs are completely cool and should be respected. However, the knife they are required to wear might make you squeamish if you don’t have a concealed carry permit. Just kiddin, my wonderful Johnny Walker whiskey drinking next door Punjabi neighbor.
Like most fanatics, they are nuts!
Indira Gandhi was advised to remove Sikhs from her closest security but she refused to do so. On October 31, 1984, two of Indira Gandhi’s Sikh bodyguards, Satwant Singh and Beant Singh, assassinated her in the garden of the Prime Minister’s Residence at No. 1, Safdarjung Road in New Delhi. As she was walking to be interviewed by the British actor Peter Ustinov filming a documentary for Irish television, she passed a wicket gate, guarded by Satwant Singh and Beant Singh, where they proceeded to open fire with their machine pistols before being shot themselves by other bodyguards. One bodyguard was killed and the other wounded.
Gandhi died on her way to the hospital, in her official car, but was not declared dead until many hours later. She was taken to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, where doctors operated on her and reportedly removed 31 bullets from her body.
Interestingly, it was my study of Oprah-ish New Age “spirituality,” and the connections between it and the United Nations that sparked my interest in Islam.
For those who are interested, here are some starting points:
http://www.gnosis.org/wise_men.htm
http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/home/ts-links.htm
and
Deepak Chopra & Mohinder Singh
On the Future of Religion
From the Parliament of the World’s Religions
http://www.wie.org/unbound/media.asp?id=92
“Sikhs fight French ........”
The French have taken on the best of the Indian martial races. How long for them to surrender?