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
And a little more:
http://www.isna.net/index.php?backPID=35&id=35&tt_news=763
Sikh UN Peacekeepers Provide Help While Under Fire in Southern Lebanon
“Sikh UN peacekeeping soldiers in Southern Lebanon provided major assistance in the rescue efforts after the recent deadly shelling by Israeli defense forces of a UN observation post in which four UN military observers were killed. Hundreds of Sikh soldiers, serving as United Nations peacekeepers, are currently deployed in Southern Lebanon and the Golan Heights in the Middle East. “
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“Many of the Sikh soldiers in Southern Lebanon, who have come under fire from the Israeli defense forces, are a part of a battalion of a Sikh Regiment sent by India to this volatile region of conflict for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFL) along with Ghana Army forces. They are deployed at five “hotspots” in southern Lebanon near the border with Israel where the exchange of hostilities between Israeli defense forces and Hezbollah is taking place across their positions. Last week Rajinder Singh, a Sikh UN soldier of the 4 Sikh Regiment, was injured in the Israeli shelling of the border village of Houla, near the contentious Sheikh Abbad Tomb post in Shiite dominated southern Lebanon.
Some Sikh peacekeeping troops are also posted at the Golan Heights on the Israeli-Syria border since January of 2006. They are a part of the UN Disengagement Observers Force (UNDOF), a group of 185 officers and troops from India, Canada, Japan, Slovakia, Austria and Poland.
While some Sikh civilians of Indian origin have been evacuated from Lebanon, hundreds more still remain in the country trapped by the cross-fire between Israeli forces and Hezbollah. “