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Sikh holy site in Pakistan demolished by local authorities
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Posted on 05/29/2019 9:30:44 AM PDT by Cronos

A four-centuries-old Sikh heritage shrine in Pakistan was partially destroyed by locals and civic authorities this week. The Guru Nanak Palace, called Mahalan by the locals, stood near Bathanwala village in Pakistan’s Narowal city, only 100km from the Lahore. Pakistan’s leading newspaper The Dawn reports that the demolishing party pulled down parts of the structure, sold off its windows, doors and ventilators.

The Guru Nanak Palace is said to be four centuries old. The structure stood four storeys tall and was made brick, sand, clay and limestone. It had had 16 rooms, the walls of which were adorned with pictures of Guru Nanak and various other Hindu rulers and princes. The history of this place isn’t clear, but it is considered holy by the Sikh community in the region. The Dawn reports that the group of people who pulled down the structure were supported by the local civic authorities.

Even the department in charge of religious affairs was informed, but refused to act. Pakistan has several shrines of importance to the Sikh community (check them out here). Earlier this year, Prime Minister Imran Khan also formally inaugurated work on the Kartarpur Corridor, which will give Indian devotees access to the Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara on the Pakistan side of the border. Khan has also proposed to open access to the ancient Sharda Peeth temple which stands in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.


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Islam destroying holy sites of other religions. Nothing new here....
1 posted on 05/29/2019 9:30:44 AM PDT by Cronos
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To: Cronos

Because Islam only knows how to destroy.


2 posted on 05/29/2019 9:33:39 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Where does it say in the Constitution anyone is entitled to the property another has labored for?)
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To: Cronos

What is it about the past that frightens Muslims so much? The truth?


3 posted on 05/29/2019 9:34:05 AM PDT by bk1000 (I stand with Trump)
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To: Cronos

Don’t piss off the Sikhs.........................


4 posted on 05/29/2019 9:34:29 AM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: bk1000

Sikh and ye shall find.....................


5 posted on 05/29/2019 9:35:01 AM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Cronos

Islam? Figures.

Course we Americans don’t have centuries old artifacts. But we do have plenty of history that “needs” to be destroyed.

Course we don’t use muzzies to do that. We use Antifa.


6 posted on 05/29/2019 9:35:42 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd ( Import the third world and you'll become the third world.)
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To: Cronos

All Sikh men are traditionally supposed to wear curved knife called a Kirpan. Its considered one of the “Five Articles of Faith” they are supposed to wear at all times.

The historical purpose was to “defend the defenseless” and make Sikh men into “Saint-soliders.”

Why was this necessary? To protect themselves from the Muslim rulers of India at the time who were forcing Sharia and the Jizya Tax on Sikhs and Hindus in the Punjab.

So as you see, this Muslim shit has a very, very long history.


7 posted on 05/29/2019 9:40:13 AM PDT by PGR88
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> What is it about the past that frightens Muslims so much? The truth? <

I don't think they're motivated by fear as much as they are motivated by a red-hot hatred.

Just like these book-burning guys were.


8 posted on 05/29/2019 9:42:17 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: PGR88

I used to work with some Sikhs. As solid and good charactered a people as they come.


9 posted on 05/29/2019 9:44:44 AM PDT by Ciaphas Cain ("You will live to see man-made horrors beyond your comprehension." -- Tesla)
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To: Cronos

The Sikhs I have known have all been pretty decent people. The Pakistani Muslims I have known have, for the most part, have been the scummiest scum of the Earth.


10 posted on 05/29/2019 9:47:22 AM PDT by House Atreides (Boycott the NFL 100% — PERMANENTLY)
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To: Leaning Right

> I don’t think they’re motivated by fear as much as they are motivated by a red-hot hatred.

Islam’s primary motives are neither fear nor hatred. They are lust, greed and will-to-power. Read the Hadiths to see how Mohammad motivated his followers - by offering them shares of the loot from his banditry, piracy, and conquests.

And you can see this in specific promises made as well. The infamous 72 virgins promise is about lust, as are the promises of sex slaves from conquered peoples.

It’s very base, animal type motivations. These are not high-cultured thoughts and practices that go into it.


11 posted on 05/29/2019 9:48:45 AM PDT by thoughtomator (The Clinton Coup attempt was a worse attack on the USA than was 9/11)
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To: PGR88

Before the met with Islam, Sikhs were pacifists. Self-preservation forced a change in the Sikh religion to the martial attitude we see now.


12 posted on 05/29/2019 9:49:53 AM PDT by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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13 posted on 05/29/2019 9:52:33 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: bk1000

Muslims are taught that the past before Islam was all evil. They are taught not to question that. Ergo Islam is then the only way. That is why Islam is terrified of the past


14 posted on 05/29/2019 9:57:25 AM PDT by Cronos (Obama hated Assad as he wasn't a Muslim but an Alawite)
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To: BenLurkin

moozlums want to destroy (or subjugate) everything and everyone that isn’t moozlum. All cultures aren’t equal. The moozlums are the perfect example refuting that LIB premise.


15 posted on 05/29/2019 9:59:03 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: SunkenCiv

Satanists sataning again.


16 posted on 05/29/2019 10:02:30 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Who will think of the gerbils ? Just say no to Buttgiggity !)
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To: Cronos

Islam refers to the time before Islam as the “Age of Ignorance”. Islam needs to convince its followers that all wisdom comes only from Islam.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jahiliyyah


18 posted on 05/29/2019 10:12:59 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Socialists want YOUR wealth redistributed, never THEIRS!)
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19 posted on 05/29/2019 10:14:33 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Leaning Right

Islam, like Nazism, needs to be eradicated as an ideology.


20 posted on 05/29/2019 10:15:50 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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