[dighton]

I think you're confused on who asked what.

To prevent all sorts of confusion, I'll repeat *my* question: Did you initially assume that "AKAL" was Muslim?

It's a simple matter of Yes or No, which IMO #36 didn't resolve.

[Fred Mertz]

Did you initially assume that "AKAL" was Muslim?

It doesn't make any difference. Knock off the sideshow act.

Why does a foreign private enterprise 'protect' 3/4 of the federal courts?

[rdavis84]

You really want to know something about that? I DON'T CARE if they're IRISH. I didn't turn up AKAL in my searching at first, somebody else did. My interest was and still IS --- Why did TEG disappear?

Now, you just flip a coin about AKAL and what my guess WOULD have been about their religious affinity might have been. At the time they were being discussed, I was still trying to get a handle on TEG (psssst... I think THEY, TEG, might have been Catholic). Butwho cares?

[honway]

To prevent all sorts of confusion, I'll repeat *my* question: Did you initially assume that "AKAL" was Muslim?

No one in the investigation ever assumed AKAL was Muslim. Muslim terrorists train in the same training camps Sikh terrorists train in. Obviously, the two groups are allies since they train together.

[singhx]

There appears to be a lot of stonewalling on this word issue...it's sort of slimy if whoever started this (IMO#36) cannot answer the question/admit they don't know. Hey, just say, "I don't know".

With that said, I'll answer the question of Akal as a muslim word...

The work "akal" means "undying: and has it's roots in both the Hindu/Muslim world from around the 16th century. The Sikh community, during that time frame, was under attack by Muslim fanatics--the Sikhs survived and won 9 Jihad over a 90 year period. Hence, the phrase "Sat Siri Akal", translates, "Sat"=truth, "Siri"=great, "Akal"=undying".
Sikhs greet another "Sat Siri Akal", the great truth is undying...Never say "Sat Siri Kal" to a Sikh becasue that means "the great truth IS dying".

Another expression used by Sikhs (in battle) is "Teg Deg Fateh", which roughly translates, "Victory by the Sword".
(I will have to look up the exact word translation). I believe, "Teg" is the sword, Fateh, means victory, but I don't recall "deg"...)

Yogi Bhajan (the head of 3HO/Sikh Dharma Brotherhood) was in charge and would tell his American converts what to name business; the entire reason for the security business was to protect Yogi Bhajan wherever he went. Security gaurds could carry weapns across state lines, sit on the front porch of where ever he slept, ect. Why? Because back in the early 80's, when Richardson was just being courted by the group, there was a lot of drug and arms smuggling by a few key members of the group (you can read about the federal bust on Rickross.com).

I hope this clears up the confussion so that the real issue, why does Akal exist and for what purpose, can continue.