Attack on Sikhi in Punjab

Could those big words have anything to do with being caught by the camera? I guess muting this will cover all the other similar actions that were not recorded!
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Please Sikh reporters highlight these actions every time possible.
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davinderdhanjal ji

I cannot add to what you have written -- and will only sum up from my point of view. A culture of contempt has been nourished, and the self-esteem of Sikhs is so badly eroded, that even Sikhs are contemptuous of Sikhs. If the past is prologue to the present, then most of the 19th and all of 20 th centuries have been eras of contempt. Now perhaps this very day the turban will be the living symbol around which a shared sense of past suffering and a positive future can restore high positive regard for the Sikh quom.

p/s I do have something to add, forgive me. What Sikhs for Justice under the joint leadership of Advocates Pannum and Phoolka is doing is very important. This incident is nothing new. This incident is not just about turbans. It is part of a long--standing pattern. There have been scores of incidents since 1999, even worse. But each time shared outrage either wears itself out or is brutally silenced. Pannum is piecing each chapter into a larger framework. Each chapter can no longer be isolated from the one before. As astonishing as his plans may seem to some, it is the only way to bring leadership to account.

Waheguru ji ka Khalsa, Waheguru ji ki Fateh ji, the important thing was that the police tried to abuse the person by targeting his faith. And we all reacted because we are Sikhs. Will we react if something similar happens to a Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, Christian or a Jew person? No? Then it was not at all worth it. Guru Tegh Bahadur gave up his life to stand up for freedom to practice religion. We have to do the same, irrespective of the fact if the affected person is Sikh or not. Akaal Sahai.

Veer ji

I understand how the breadth of your humanity folds the suffering of all into its embrace. But before Sikhs can effectively address the political and religious suffering of others in convincing ways, we have to clean up our own house. Otherwise it is nothing but noise from an empty barrel.

Sikhs must demand from their leadership the same respect that Hindus had for our Gurus 400 hundred years ago. Their integrity was so convincing, two were martyred for it. Guru Hargobind, Guru Teg Bahadur, Guru Gobind Singh commanded the respect of others because they respected the identity of panth, and its principles. The events of the week past, and the years since the 1980's prove we have a lot of catching up to do.
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When we study what happened in Mohali, look several levels down, the event is not about disrespecting the turban. It is about disrespecting the identity of the one who is wearing it.

TURBAN along with KESH is a PRIME identity for Sikhs.
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Any insult to these in any form should be considered as Non Bailable offence then only we should expect restrictions on such activities.
Prakash.S.Bagga

Latest...update

Sikhs hold protest, block traffic in Mohali

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/si...ohali/770177/0


Hundreds of Sikhs held a massive demonstration and blocked traffic on the busy road connecting Mohali with Chandigarh — through Sector 51-52 and Sector 43-44 — on Thursday evening. They were protesting against Wednesday’s incident where policemen had allegedly removed the turban of a Sikh in Mohali.

Following this, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal sought a detailed report of the magisterial inquiry — ordered by him on Wednesday — within 48 hours to initiate further action against all those found guilty in “showing disrespect to the Sikh religion by removing a turban of a Sikh in Mohali”. Mohali SP (Detective) Pritam Singh and Phase VIII SHO Kulbhushan Kumar — accused in the incident — have already been placed under suspension.

To lodge their protest against what they termed as “hurting the religious sentiments”, Sikhs from different quarters gathered at Gurdwara Amb Sahib in Phase VIII around 5 pm and marched towards the Phase VII-VIII traffic light point. They squatted on the middle of the road, blocking traffic. They not only demanded that the guilty policemen be dismissed from service with immediate effect but a criminal case under Section 295-A of the IPC be registration against them.


Those who participated in the protest included local SGPC member Hardeep Singh, All India Sikh Students Federation president Karnail Singh Peer Mohammad, Youth Akali Dal Panch Pardhani president Sandeep Singh Canadian, Shiromani Akali Dal Panch Pardhani president Harpal Singh Cheema, Akhand Kirtani Jatha International president R P Singh, Kalgidhar Sewak Jatha president Jatinderpal Singh, Guru Asra Trust promoters Kuldeep Kaur and Kanwar Singh Dhami, and Voice of Nature president Chuhar Singh.
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Half-an-hour into the protest, the local administration — led by SDM Amit Talwar and SP (City) Harpreet Singh — reached the spot. They accepted a memorandum from the protesters, with an assurance to forward it to the state government.

SJF’s Open Letter to Punjab CM




On March 28, 2011 when pharmacists from Punjab exercising their fundamental right gathered in Mohali for a peaceful sit-in to high light their demands. Punjab police first cane charged the gathering in which women were beaten mercilessly. Not satisfied after beating the women, SP Pritam Singh then ordered SHO Kulbhusan to forcibly remove turban of a Sikh youth Jagjit Singh.


Unfortunately, Mohali is not the first incident when Sikh turban was desecrated and women were beaten during SAD (Badal) rule. In another recent incident, women demanding jobs were mercilessly beaten by none other than your senior party leader Sikander Singh Malooka in the presence of SAD (Badal) Member Parliament Harsimrat Kaur Badal. Desecrating of turban and beating women are severely abhorred in Sikh religion but unfortunately instead of taking action against MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal who claims to be champion of women rights, Sikander Singh Malooka and other SAD workers who took part in beating women, you as SAD head and chief Minister of Punjab added insult to the injury by defending and justifying the beating of women.
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No wonder, Mr. Chief Minister, that today Sikh men and women around the world are being singled out and subjected to attacks because they are being disrespected and crushed under the boots by their own leaders and parties in their homeland Punjab.

While in foreign lands, Sikhs face turban patting in the name of security check up, however, what happened in the state of Punjab, the homeland of Sikhs and Sikhism under the rule of SAD (Badal) is actually an attack on Sikh identity and desecration of Sikh religion. SAD (Badal) has been very vocal in asking Union Government headed by Congress (I) to take up the issue of turban frisking with foreign governments. Now that there is irrefutable evidence of consistent acts of desecrating turbans in Punjab, you as a head of the Punjab Government should act to restore the sanctity of the articles of Sikh faith.
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While the perpetrators of Mohali incident must be arrested and prosecuted, the root cause of attack on Sikh identity and religion lies in the fact that Sikhism has been stripped off its separate identity under Article 25 of the Constitution of India. In your own statement of August 14, 2002 you publically admitted that: “I burnt copy of Article 25: Badal”, however, after reaping the political benefits, you have abandoned the issue of segregation of Sikhism from Hinduism. Abandoning this central issue by parties like SAD (Badal) has made Sikh articles of faith an easy target of desecration, home and abroad.

To maintain honor and dignity of Sikh articles of faith and to restore respect of women, we demand:

Punjab Vidhan Sabha should pass a resolution demanding Parliament of India to amend Article 25 to segregate Sikhism from Hinduism.

Arrest and prosecute S.P. Pritam Singh and SHO Kulbhushan for desecrating turban.
Arrest and prosecute the policemen who cane charged women in Mohali.

Pass special legislation from Punjab Vidhan Sabha making special law “Violence Against Women Act” (WAVA) protecting women.

To act on these demands is well within your powers. As Chief Minister of State of Punjab you do not need permission or consent from the Government of India.

http://www.sikhsiyasat.net/2011/04/0...-to-punjab-cm/

No we wont - if I may be allowed to present an excuse - we are being attacked from too many angles.
I am sure we can offer help to them by asking them to contact Badel Government and Indian Government - and ask them a question "how did they manage to stifle a race that that drove out Afganis out of India and then the British?" The answer might save these minorities at least.

Khalsa Ji, I will not say anything else as I am totally lost for words in that this happens in the land of the Sikh Gurus and in Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nager, which the central Government has renamed as Mohali.Sikhs should insist on calling it sahibzada Ajit Singh nager, even in posts.

This is one of the main leading forums of the Sikhs.Along with other Sikh groups we should call for naming SP Pritam Sinh as the GADAAR of the Kaum for insulting the Dastaar of Guru Gobind Singh Ji.

Pritam Sinh is NOTHING more than a paid GADAAR of the Sikh panth.This should be awarded as the official TITLE for Pritam Sinh.
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Kul Bhushan is nothing more than the aulaad of gangu Brahman, who acted on the say of his MASTER.He is nothing more than a slave.

This is not the only incident in recent days.A gangu Brahman di aulaad wala officer also stopped two Sikh youths in Chandigarh and threatened them with issuing a ticket for not wearing a helmet.When the Sikh youth protested, he was asked to offer a bribe;when the youth refused, he was asked to take off his turban to prove that he was a Sikh.This was shown on a hindi news channel and the comentator recalle dthat In parliament of India the insult to the turban at Milan was refered to as national insult to india, but within India the police are insulting the turban... how does the government intends to stop such insults...What the hell is wrong with this so called police mentally?When challenged by the camera man, the man was cowering to hide ...and walking away and trying to give excuses...This story has been overlooked.This also needs to addressed.
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This cannot carry on.Sikhs have to do something to stop it for once and all.We are fighting head, foot and nail for respect to be shown to the dastaar in the foreigna lands , but in Punjab it is abused openly and easily by corrupted paid agents of gangu brahman.

Pritam Sinh should be declared as THE GADAAR of the Panth and addressed as such by all in their writings from now on.


Sikhs in foreign countries should look out for Pritam sinh should he decide to .....