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ਸੋ ਦਰੁ | So Dar
ਸੋਹਿਲਾ | Sohilaa
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ | Raag Siree-Raag
Gurbani (14-53)
Ashtpadiyan (53-71)
Gurbani (71-74)
Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
Vaar Siri Raag (83-91)
Bhagat Bani (91-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
Gurbani (94-109)
Ashtpadi (109)
Ashtpadiyan (110-129)
Ashtpadi (129-130)
Ashtpadiyan (130-133)
Bara Maha (133-136)
Din Raen (136-137)
Vaar Maajh Ki (137-150)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ | Raag Gauree
Gurbani (151-185)
Quartets/Couplets (185-220)
Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
Karhalei (234-235)
Ashtpadiyan (235-242)
Chhant (242-249)
Baavan Akhari (250-262)
Sukhmani (262-296)
Thittee (296-300)
Gauree kii Vaar (300-323)
Gurbani (323-330)
Ashtpadiyan (330-340)
Baavan Akhari (340-343)
Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
Bhagat Bani (345-346)
ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
Aasaavaree (409-411)
Ashtpadiyan (411-432)
Patee (432-435)
Chhant (435-462)
Vaar Aasaa (462-475)
Bhagat Bani (475-488)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੂਜਰੀ | Raag Goojaree
Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ | Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree
Gurbani (527-536)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਹਾਗੜਾ | Raag Bihaagraa
Gurbani (537-556)
Chhant (538-548)
Vaar Bihaagraa (548-556)
ਰਾਗੁ ਵਡਹੰਸ | Raag Wadhans
Gurbani (557-564)
Ashtpadiyan (564-565)
Chhant (565-575)
Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
Vaar Wadhans (582-594)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
Asatpadhiya (634-642)
Vaar Sorath (642-659)
ਰਾਗੁ ਧਨਾਸਰੀ | Raag Dhanasaree
Gurbani (660-685)
Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
Bhagat Bani (691-695)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਤਸਰੀ | Raag Jaitsree
Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
Bhagat Bani (710)
ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
ਰਾਗੁ ਬੈਰਾੜੀ | Raag Bairaaree
ਰਾਗੁ ਤਿਲੰਗ | Raag Tilang
Gurbani (721-727)
Bhagat Bani (727)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੂਹੀ | Raag Suhi
Gurbani (728-750)
Ashtpadiyan (750-761)
Kaafee (761-762)
Suchajee (762)
Gunvantee (763)
Chhant (763-785)
Vaar Soohee (785-792)
Bhagat Bani (792-794)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ | Raag Bilaaval
Gurbani (795-831)
Ashtpadiyan (831-838)
Thitteen (838-840)
Vaar Sat (841-843)
Chhant (843-848)
Vaar Bilaaval (849-855)
Bhagat Bani (855-858)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
Gurbani (859-869)
Ashtpadiyan (869)
Bhagat Bani (870-875)
ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ | Raag Ramkalee
Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
Gurbani (876-902)
Anand (917-922)
Sadd (923-924)
Chhant (924-929)
Dakhnee (929-938)
Sidh Gosat (938-946)
Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
ਰਾਗੁ ਨਟ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ | Raag Nat Narayan
Gurbani (975-980)
Ashtpadiyan (980-983)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ | Raag Maalee Gauraa
Gurbani (984-988)
Bhagat Bani (988)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ | Raag Maaroo
Gurbani (889-1008)
Ashtpadiyan (1008-1014)
Kaafee (1014-1016)
Ashtpadiyan (1016-1019)
Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
Dakhni (1033-1043)
ਰਾਗੁ ਤੁਖਾਰੀ | Raag Tukhaari
Bara Maha (1107-1110)
Chhant (1110-1117)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕੇਦਾਰਾ | Raag Kedara
Gurbani (1118-1123)
Bhagat Bani (1123-1124)
ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
Ashtpadiyan (1153-1167)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਸੰਤੁ | Raag Basant
Gurbani (1168-1187)
Ashtpadiyan (1187-1193)
Vaar Basant (1193-1196)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਾਰਗ | Raag Saarag
Gurbani (1197-1200)
Partaal (1200-1231)
Ashtpadiyan (1232-1236)
Chhant (1236-1237)
Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਲਾਰ | Raag Malaar
Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
Ashtpadiyan (1273-1278)
Chhant (1278)
Vaar Malaar (1278-91)
Bhagat Bani (1292-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਾਨੜਾ | Raag Kaanraa
Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
Vaar Kaanraa
Bhagat Bani (1318)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਲਿਆਨ | Raag Kalyaan
Gurbani (1319-23)
Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
ਰਾਗੁ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ | Raag Prabhaatee
Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
Salok | Gatha | Phunahe | Chaubole | Swayiye
Sehskritee Mahala 1
Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
Phunhay Mahala 5
Chaubolae Mahala 5
Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
Shaloks Sheikh Farid
Swaiyyae Mahala 5
Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
Shalok Ninth Mehl
Mundavanee Mehl 5
ਰਾਗ ਮਾਲਾ, Raag Maalaa
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 16867" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #0000ff"><a href="http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,17019370%5E1702,00.html" target="_blank">http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,17019370%255E1702,00.html</a></span></span></strong></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: red">Piggy banks banned on Muslim fears</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: blue">24oct05</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p>[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif]<span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: blue">BRITISH banks are banning piggy banks because they may offend some Muslims.</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: blue"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: blue">Halifax and NatWest banks have led the move to scrap the time-honoured symbol of saving from being given to children or used in their advertising, the <em>Daily Express/Daily Star</em> group reported today. </span></span>[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif]<span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: blue">Muslims do not eat pork, as Islamic culture deems the pig to be an impure animal. </span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: blue">Salim Mulla, secretary of the Lancashire Council of Mosques, backed the bank move. </span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: blue">"This is a sensitive issue and I think the banks are simply being courteous to their customers," he said. </span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: blue">However, the move brought accusations of political correctness gone mad from critics. </span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: blue">"The next thing we will be banning Christmas trees and cribs and the logical result of that process is a bland uniformity," the Dean of Blackburn, Reverend Christopher Armstrong, said. </span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: blue">"We should learn to celebrate our difference, not be fearful of them." </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: blue">Khalid Mahmoud, the Labour MP for a Birmingham seat and one of four Muslim MPs in Britain, also criticised the piggy-bank ban. </span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: blue">"We live in a multicultural society and the traditions and symbols of one community should not be obliterated just to accommodate another," Mr Mahmoud said. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: blue">"I doubt many Muslims would be seriously offended by piggy banks."</span></span>[/FONT]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 16867, member: 884"] [FONT=Arial][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][URL="http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,17019370%5E1702,00.html"]http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,17019370%255E1702,00.html[/URL][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=red]Piggy banks banned on Muslim fears[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][SIZE=4] [/SIZE][SIZE=1][COLOR=blue]24oct05[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif][SIZE=2][COLOR=blue]BRITISH banks are banning piggy banks because they may offend some Muslims. Halifax and NatWest banks have led the move to scrap the time-honoured symbol of saving from being given to children or used in their advertising, the [I]Daily Express/Daily Star[/I] group reported today. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif][SIZE=2] [COLOR=blue]Muslims do not eat pork, as Islamic culture deems the pig to be an impure animal. [/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]Salim Mulla, secretary of the Lancashire Council of Mosques, backed the bank move. [/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]"This is a sensitive issue and I think the banks are simply being courteous to their customers," he said. [/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]However, the move brought accusations of political correctness gone mad from critics. [/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]"The next thing we will be banning Christmas trees and cribs and the logical result of that process is a bland uniformity," the Dean of Blackburn, Reverend Christopher Armstrong, said. [/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]"We should learn to celebrate our difference, not be fearful of them." [/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]Khalid Mahmoud, the Labour MP for a Birmingham seat and one of four Muslim MPs in Britain, also criticised the piggy-bank ban. [/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]"We live in a multicultural society and the traditions and symbols of one community should not be obliterated just to accommodate another," Mr Mahmoud said. [/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]"I doubt many Muslims would be seriously offended by piggy banks."[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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