Taliban Beheads 3 Brave Sikhs Heros in Pakistan who Defiantly Refused to Convert to Islam

Randip Singh · #28 (**permalink**) 24-Feb-2010, 09:40 AM

I was watching an interview with ordinary Pakistani's on BBC News, and to be honest they hate the Taliban as much as the rest of the world.

This is really sad, and the Pakistani Govt will be well aware how infuriated the Sikh community get in India when they hear things like this.
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The last thing they want is a war to be sparked off.
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My thoughts are with the families, and with these brave Shaeeds who stood up to the extremist menace.
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Mai Harinder Kaur · #29 (**permalink**) 24-Feb-2010, 09:45 AM

I have also heard nothing about this on the news in USA or Canada, although I don't receive CNN.

I hear about civilians being killed by NATO troops in Afghanistan as a prelude to some sort of victory.

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But not a word about our shaheed brothers.

kds1980 · #30 (**permalink**) 24-Feb-2010, 09:50 AM

DAWN.COM | Pakistan | Kidnapped Sikh beheaded in Tirah valley

Mai Harinder Kaur · #31 (**permalink**) 24-Feb-2010, 09:50 AM

I did find this collage of news stories on Youtube, including Makkar mumbling some nonsense.

YouTube- Two Sikhs Beheaded By Pakistan Taliban

I am annoyed. Why has not some unilateral action been taken by the Sikhs? These shaheeds are our brothers, this is our fight. We are absolute idiots if we expect satisfaction either from the government of Pakistan or from our dear friends in the government of India.

Truthfully, I expect nothing of the Akal Takht or the SGPC, but where is Damdami Taksal and Hazoor Takht. They boast of their weapons and their Sikh spirit. They kill innocent goats for their "Tilak of Blood," but seem as unwilling as the rest of the Sikhs of the region to actually do anything.
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Do I have to jump on my winged horse and fly to Punjab and rally the troops myself?! I certainly hope not, as I have no winged horse and with my partially paralysed vocal chords can hardly speak above a whisper. Earlier, I wrote

THE SIKHS ARE BACK!!!

I pray I am right.

As a lone individual with grave physical disabilities, there's little I can do myself.

I ask my sisters and brothers to rise up as one to end this menace once and for all. Let us forget our differences and stand united against these earthly demons and handle the situation as our forefathers and foremothers would have.

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We can always go back to our infighting after the battle is won.

Narayanjot Kaur · #32 (**permalink**) 24-Feb-2010, 09:55 AM

dalbirk ji
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Fear

Their own Intelligence Organization is infiltrated with Taliban sympathiizers, operatives, and members. This has been the case since the US invastion of Afghanistan following 9/11, and before that. Every recent government in Pakistan, including that of Musharref, was 100 percent certain that its anti-terrorism policies and diplomatic agreements would be undermined.

BhagatSingh · #33 (**permalink**) 24-Feb-2010, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Randip Singh

I was watching an interview with ordinary Pakistani's on BBC News, and to be honest they hate the Taliban as much as the rest of the world.

This is really sad, and the Pakistani Govt will be well aware how infuriated the Sikh community get in India when they hear things like this.

The last thing they want is a war to be sparked off.

My thoughts are with the families, and with these brave Shaeeds who stood up to the extremist menace.

Problem is that they will deny the interpretation/existence/etc of the verses in Quran and Hadith that justify the existence of Taliban. not only that but the long history of Islam (very well connected to the prophet) that the taliban try to imitate.
Its starts of with apresumption: religion can't tell you to do evil things...
and of course, when you hold someone sacred, you are blind to any criticism of that person, no matter how factual it is.

The ideas that create taliban need to be addressed and criticized heavily. Otherwise we will have more intelligent, productive members of the society, get up one day and drive airplanes into our buildings.

Harry Rakhraj · #34 (**permalink**) 26-Feb-2010, 18:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Kanwardeep Singh

Peshawar/Islamabad: Two Sikhs who were kidnapped over a month back have been beheaded by the Pakistani Taliban in the country's restive tribal belt in a brutal act by the militants.

According to uncofirmed reports, the Taliban had dumped the heads of the two victims at a Gurudwara in Peshawar.

Some more members of the minority community are still in the custody of the rebels. The body of Jaspal Singh was found in the Khyber tribal region, located a short distance from the provincial capital of Peshawar, while the body of Mahal Singh was found in the Aurakzai Agency, sources told PTI on Sunday night.

There was confusion about the total number of Sikhs who were kidnapped for ransom from the Bara area of Khyber Agency by the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan. A source said four Sikhs were abducted while another report said the total number of kidnapped persons was six.

The Sikhs were kidnapped 34 days ago and the Taliban had demanded Rs 30 million as ransom for their release. Two of the kidnapped Sikhs were beheaded after the expiry of the deadline for the payment of the ransom, sources said.

Gurvinder Singh and Gurjit Singh are still in the custody of the militants, sources said. The kidnapping occurred in an area where there the government has virtually no control and the militants are in a dominant position, sources said.

A sizeable number of Sikhs lived in the tribal belt, particularly Aurakzai Agency, till the Taliban imposed jiziya or religious tax on them last year. Most members of the community then fled to cities across Pakistan.

An estimated 10,000 Sikhs live in the NWFP and tribal areas, descendants of those who chose not to move to India during the partition in 1947.

In 2009, the Taliban in Pakistan s North West Frontier Province (NWFP) forced the minority Sikh population to pay it lakhs of rupees as religious tax.

The Sikh community has been facing an uncertain future after fleeing fighting between security forces and the Taliban.

The cowardly act of beheading the brave Sikhs was carried out by the Pakistani Taliban, yes. And the Taliban are Muslim, yes. But why drag in Islam, a great religion vouched for by none other than our own revered Guru Sahibs ?

Mai Harinder Kaur · #35 (**permalink**) 26-Feb-2010, 18:35 PM

The Taliban claim to be "The Real Islam," that's why!

kee_jaana_mein_kaun · #36 (**permalink**) 26-Feb-2010, 20:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Mai Harinder Kaur

The Taliban claim to be "The Real Islam," that's why!

Yes similarly the present Damdami Taksal leaders (exactly opposite of Sant Bhindranwale)and Nangs(nihangs) claim to be the real Sikhs whereas everyone knows they are doing everything against Sikhi and are openly aligning with anti Sikh forces.