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<blockquote data-quote="Mai Harinder Kaur" data-source="post: 152879" data-attributes="member: 3558"><p style="text-align: left">Tejwant ji, I lived in Las Vegas for a time in the late 1980s and nothing they say on conservative talk radio there would surprise me in the least. They were viscous then and, I imagine, more viscous now.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">I have also written a short piece about 9/11. With moderators' indulgence, this thread seems a good place to share it. </p> <p style="text-align: left"></p><p style="text-align: left"><p style="text-align: center">WILL THE TERRORISTS WIN?</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p><p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"><table class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wXvGdgCitws/Tmwxoj7ahVI/AAAAAAAAAU4/EhIxDXfhIPw/s1600/twin+towers+blue+light.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wXvGdgCitws/Tmwxoj7ahVI/AAAAAAAAAU4/EhIxDXfhIPw/s400/twin+towers+blue+light.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Source: US Department of Defence</td></tr> </tbody></table></p> <p style="text-align: left">So, it's 11 September 2011, ten years later.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">CBC has been obsessing about this, even outdoing the USA networks.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">These have been a very difficult time for us Sikhs in North America. We have been snubbed, bullied,beaten and murdered in a case of mistaken identity. I admit that I often think that this is a willing mistake on the part of those who have chosen to hate us. We look different - even worse, we CHOOSE to look different. We choose not to blend in, we choose to stand out.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oXb6_MHq4Jg/TmwzI9ahRjI/AAAAAAAAAU8/Cdsnk7rCO4I/s1600/balbir.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oXb6_MHq4Jg/TmwzI9ahRjI/AAAAAAAAAU8/Cdsnk7rCO4I/s1600/balbir.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">Still, I, at least, feel a bit guilty when I explain that I am not a Muslim, a chunni is not a hijab. Am I implying there is something wrong about being a Muslim? No, I am not! But sometimes, it is taken that way, especially by Muslims. I can usually get them to see what I mean by asking, "Would you like to be taken for a Sikh?"</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">I heard of a group of Christian girls and women in Kansas City, who, with much publicity, donned hijabs after the attacks with the state motive to make it impossible to look at a woman and know iof she is a Muslim. Look at the picture below. Can you be sure of her religion?</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"><table class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OP00tA81N5Y/Tmw8xUOTJbI/AAAAAAAAAVI/jR1ac0Uctb0/s1600/girl-wearing-hijab-md.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OP00tA81N5Y/Tmw8xUOTJbI/AAAAAAAAAVI/jR1ac0Uctb0/s1600/girl-wearing-hijab-md.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">GIRL IN HIJAB </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></p> <p style="text-align: left"></td></tr> </tbody></table></p> <p style="text-align: left">I have no idea how the Muslim community reacted to this, but it </p> <p style="text-align: left">raised an interesting question: How would we react as a community if a </p> <p style="text-align: left">group of non-Sikhs grew kesh and tied turbans to protect us? I'm really</p> <p style="text-align: left">not certain, but it's interesting to think about.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">Whatever.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">It has been ten years, ten difficult years for Sikhs in the USA. I will not compare the North American experience with what the Sikhs of India suffered in the last 15-20 years of the Twentieth Century. That is a different situation, and I hope my fellow Diasporan Sikhs draw courage and commitment from those Sikhs. </p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">I think that this would be a good time to renew our commitment to stand for good for all humanity. Let us live the truth of the words we say at least once every day:</p> <p style="text-align: left"><table class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0c6yL47UKTc/Tmw2TgVoDPI/AAAAAAAAAVA/YOrUArNJ8nE/s1600/earth+Ardas.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0c6yL47UKTc/Tmw2TgVoDPI/AAAAAAAAAVA/YOrUArNJ8nE/s400/earth+Ardas.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo: Courtesy NASA</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></p> <p style="text-align: left"></td></tr> </tbody></table></p> <p style="text-align: left">To that end, I suggest we join with Pete Seeger, a great USAer and a great humanitarian, singing the great USA song of hope, optimism and commitment, WE SHALL OVERCOME. I'll make it easy for you. This video has on-screen lyrics.</p></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><iframe allowfullscreen="" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/QhnPVP23rzo" frameborder="0" height="345" width="420"></iframe></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">CREDIT: GIRL IN HIJAB by Mohammed Ibrahim</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"> <a href="http://www.clker.com/clipart-girl-wearing-hijab.html" target="_blank">http://www.clker.com/clipart-girl-wearing-hijab.html</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mai Harinder Kaur, post: 152879, member: 3558"] [LEFT]Tejwant ji, I lived in Las Vegas for a time in the late 1980s and nothing they say on conservative talk radio there would surprise me in the least. They were viscous then and, I imagine, more viscous now. I have also written a short piece about 9/11. With moderators' indulgence, this thread seems a good place to share it. [LEFT][CENTER]WILL THE TERRORISTS WIN? [/CENTER] [LEFT] [LEFT] <table class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;">[URL="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wXvGdgCitws/Tmwxoj7ahVI/AAAAAAAAAU4/EhIxDXfhIPw/s1600/twin+towers+blue+light.jpg"][IMG]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wXvGdgCitws/Tmwxoj7ahVI/AAAAAAAAAU4/EhIxDXfhIPw/s400/twin+towers+blue+light.jpg[/IMG][/URL]</td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Source: US Department of Defence</td></tr> </tbody></table> So, it's 11 September 2011, ten years later. CBC has been obsessing about this, even outdoing the USA networks. These have been a very difficult time for us Sikhs in North America. We have been snubbed, bullied,beaten and murdered in a case of mistaken identity. I admit that I often think that this is a willing mistake on the part of those who have chosen to hate us. We look different - even worse, we CHOOSE to look different. We choose not to blend in, we choose to stand out. [CENTER] [URL="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oXb6_MHq4Jg/TmwzI9ahRjI/AAAAAAAAAU8/Cdsnk7rCO4I/s1600/balbir.jpg"][IMG]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oXb6_MHq4Jg/TmwzI9ahRjI/AAAAAAAAAU8/Cdsnk7rCO4I/s1600/balbir.jpg[/IMG][/URL][/CENTER] Still, I, at least, feel a bit guilty when I explain that I am not a Muslim, a chunni is not a hijab. Am I implying there is something wrong about being a Muslim? No, I am not! But sometimes, it is taken that way, especially by Muslims. I can usually get them to see what I mean by asking, "Would you like to be taken for a Sikh?" I heard of a group of Christian girls and women in Kansas City, who, with much publicity, donned hijabs after the attacks with the state motive to make it impossible to look at a woman and know iof she is a Muslim. Look at the picture below. Can you be sure of her religion? <table class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;">[URL="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OP00tA81N5Y/Tmw8xUOTJbI/AAAAAAAAAVI/jR1ac0Uctb0/s1600/girl-wearing-hijab-md.png"][IMG]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OP00tA81N5Y/Tmw8xUOTJbI/AAAAAAAAAVI/jR1ac0Uctb0/s1600/girl-wearing-hijab-md.png[/IMG][/URL]</td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">GIRL IN HIJAB </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> I have no idea how the Muslim community reacted to this, but it raised an interesting question: How would we react as a community if a group of non-Sikhs grew kesh and tied turbans to protect us? I'm really not certain, but it's interesting to think about. Whatever. It has been ten years, ten difficult years for Sikhs in the USA. I will not compare the North American experience with what the Sikhs of India suffered in the last 15-20 years of the Twentieth Century. That is a different situation, and I hope my fellow Diasporan Sikhs draw courage and commitment from those Sikhs. I think that this would be a good time to renew our commitment to stand for good for all humanity. Let us live the truth of the words we say at least once every day: <table class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;">[URL="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0c6yL47UKTc/Tmw2TgVoDPI/AAAAAAAAAVA/YOrUArNJ8nE/s1600/earth+Ardas.png"][IMG]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0c6yL47UKTc/Tmw2TgVoDPI/AAAAAAAAAVA/YOrUArNJ8nE/s400/earth+Ardas.png[/IMG][/URL]</td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo: Courtesy NASA</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> To that end, I suggest we join with Pete Seeger, a great USAer and a great humanitarian, singing the great USA song of hope, optimism and commitment, WE SHALL OVERCOME. I'll make it easy for you. This video has on-screen lyrics.[/LEFT] [CENTER] <iframe allowfullscreen="" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/QhnPVP23rzo" frameborder="0" height="345" width="420"></iframe> [/CENTER] [/LEFT] [/LEFT] CREDIT: GIRL IN HIJAB by Mohammed Ibrahim [URL]http://www.clker.com/clipart-girl-wearing-hijab.html[/URL][/LEFT] [/QUOTE]
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