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To: La Lydia

Amritsar isn’t Muzlim. It is Sikh, which has nothing to do with Izlam. But they do wear turbans

Actually, Sikhism is part Muslim and part Hindu and part a mixture of both, and they can be quite violent, towit. Air India flight out of Vancouver about 20 years ago loss of life over 300


24 posted on 10/19/2010 9:14:37 PM PDT by munin (Enki did it, George Bush did it)
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To: munin

Which part of Sikhism is Muzlim?


27 posted on 10/19/2010 9:22:21 PM PDT by La Lydia
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To: munin; La Lydia

Sikhism originated in Punjab (now part of Pakistan) in the 15th century and one of its founder’s important sayings was that “now there is no Hindu and there is no Muslim,” since the two groups had traditionally been in conflict in that area. Much of its philosophy is Hindu, although it is monotheistic and has some Muslim cultural touches because of where it originated.

There was a Sikh separatist movement in India and Pakistan, but I don’t know if it’s still very important. The Indians stormed the Golden Temple after it had been occupied by Sikh separatists, and this led to the bombing of a Canadian Air India flight in 1985, although I’m not sure where the separatist movement stands now.


45 posted on 10/20/2010 2:20:42 AM PDT by livius
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To: munin; La Lydia
Sikhiism may draw it's philosophies from Islam and Hinduism, but it is NOT part Moslem and part Hindu.

Yes, the violence for Punjab was there, but since Sikhs tend to be an ethno-religious group (i.e. nearly all Sikhs are Punjabis but not all Punjabis are Sikhs), it's a bit difficult to separate it from a regional struggle (which has ended by the way completely and India now has an elected Sikh Prime Minister who rules the country).
60 posted on 10/20/2010 9:49:25 AM PDT by Cronos (This Church is Holy,theOne Church,theTrue Church,theCatholic Church - St. Augustine)
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