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Gurbani (14-53)
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Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
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Bhagat Bani (91-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
Gurbani (94-109)
Ashtpadi (109)
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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)
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Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
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Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ | Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree
Gurbani (527-536)
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Gurbani (537-556)
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Gurbani (557-564)
Ashtpadiyan (564-565)
Chhant (565-575)
Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
Asatpadhiya (634-642)
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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)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ | Raag Ramkalee
Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
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Anand (917-922)
Sadd (923-924)
Chhant (924-929)
Dakhnee (929-938)
Sidh Gosat (938-946)
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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)
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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)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਕਾਨੜਾ | Raag Kaanraa
Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
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Gurbani (1319-23)
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 140712" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: navy"><strong>PQ demonizes minorities to advance separatism</strong></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">January 20, 2011</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy"><strong>Haroon Siddiqui - E<em>ditorial page editor emeritus - </em>THE STAR, Toronto</strong></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">When a majority feels threatened by minorities, it’s a society lacking self-confidence and wallowing in victimhood. That’s Quebec these days.</span></p><p><span style="color: navy">It has whipped itself into a frenzy — first, over Orthodox Jews, then Muslims in general and niqab-wearing women in particular, and now, kirpan-carrying Sikhs.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">This is ironic and sad. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">A Catholic majority that rightly ended the historic domination by the Protestant minority in Quebec, and ensured a reblossoming of the minority French language in a sea of English North America is now demonizing its own minorities. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">At the very least, it’s letting politicians exploit collective insecurities by claiming that majority mores are imperiled by minority demands.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">What makes it worse is that it’s the Parti Québécois that’s playing this dirty game to resurrect itself and breathe life into its failed separatist project. It has put the government of Jean Charest on the defensive, forcing him to play catch-up.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">But it’s really the premier’s own fault, dating back to 2007.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Mario Dumont of Action démocratique was making headway campaigning against immigrants and minorities. Charest ducked and set up a commission on reasonable accommodation. The ploy did not work, as his Liberals were reduced to a minority and Dumont became leader of the opposition. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">The commission got an earful from witnesses that their society was being changed for the worse by Jews, Sikhs and especially Muslims. But in its 2008 report, the commission said there was no crisis. Minorities were <em>not</em> making unreasonable demands. And it laid down sensible guidelines for majority-minority relations in a secular, democratic society. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">With the crisis diffused, Charest called a snap election in December 2008, and won back his majority, crushing Action démocratique and triggering Dumont’s exit from politics. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Enter the PQ’s Pauline Marois, picking up his banner of identity politics. She railed against Orthodox Jews wanting to open their separate schools on Sundays (to make up for activities interrupted by the Saturday Sabbath). She wanted the niqab banned. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Charest half obliged. He allowed Jewish schools on Sundays but introduced an anti-niqab bill last year. Those not showing their face would be denied all government services, including health care.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Those opposing the draconian bill included the Jewish Orthodox Council of Quebec. On Tuesday, a group of Sikhs went to the National Assembly to do the same. But they were denied entry because they were carrying kirpans, even though there’s no such ban in Parliament or other provincial assemblies. (OnWednesday, the Bloc Québécois jumped on the PQ bandwagon and demanded a ban in Parliament.) There’s also the unanimous 2006 Supreme Court ruling in a Quebec case that schools cannot ban kirpans, only place some limitations for safety. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Such give-and-take already also governs the niqab, with women lifting their veils for purposes of identification, passport and security. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Yet the PQ keeps stoking the fires. It said that a ban on the kirpan be included in the anti-niqab bill. It anchored the demagoguery in its anti-Canadian creed. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">“Multiculturalism may</span><span style="color: navy"> be a Canadian value but it’s not a Quebec one,” said Louise Beaudoin, PQ critic for secularism. “We haven’t signed the Constitution of Canada because it contains this notion of multiculturalism.”</span></p><p><span style="color: navy">This is revisionist nonsense. Quebec was the only province not to sign the 1982 Constitution but not necessarily for that reason. Besides, Quebec is not immune from Canadian law, especially as laid down by the Supreme Court.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Yet, the Charest Liberals demurred. Immigration Minister Kathleen Weil refused to take a stand, talking vaguely about “pluralism” and “openness.” </span></p><p><span style="color: navy">This is empty rhetoric. Liberals need to stand up for liberal, democratic, secular principles, including freedom of religion and protection from those who attack its expression — as in the vandalism at six Jewish institutions in Montreal over the weekend. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Sending police after the fact is only the reactive stage of a governmental process that begins with engendering respect for diverse peoples rather than mollycoddling the bigots braying at them.</span></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="color: navy"><strong>Haroon Siddiqui</strong> is the Star's editorial page editor emeritus. His column appears on Thursday and Sunday. <strong><a href="mailto:hsiddiqui@thestar.ca">hsiddiqui@thestar.ca</a></strong></span></em></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy"><strong>source:</strong></span></p><p><a href="http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/924878--siddiqui-pq-demonizes-minorities-to-advance-separatism" target="_blank"><span style="color: navy">http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/924878--siddiqui-pq-demonizes-minorities-to-advance-separatism</span></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 140712, member: 884"] [SIZE=5][COLOR=navy][B]PQ demonizes minorities to advance separatism[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [COLOR=navy]January 20, 2011[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080][/COLOR] [COLOR=navy][B]Haroon Siddiqui - E[I]ditorial page editor emeritus - [/I]THE STAR, Toronto[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]When a majority feels threatened by minorities, it’s a society lacking self-confidence and wallowing in victimhood. That’s Quebec these days.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]It has whipped itself into a frenzy — first, over Orthodox Jews, then Muslims in general and niqab-wearing women in particular, and now, kirpan-carrying Sikhs.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]This is ironic and sad. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]A Catholic majority that rightly ended the historic domination by the Protestant minority in Quebec, and ensured a reblossoming of the minority French language in a sea of English North America is now demonizing its own minorities. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]At the very least, it’s letting politicians exploit collective insecurities by claiming that majority mores are imperiled by minority demands.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]What makes it worse is that it’s the Parti Québécois that’s playing this dirty game to resurrect itself and breathe life into its failed separatist project. It has put the government of Jean Charest on the defensive, forcing him to play catch-up.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]But it’s really the premier’s own fault, dating back to 2007.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Mario Dumont of Action démocratique was making headway campaigning against immigrants and minorities. Charest ducked and set up a commission on reasonable accommodation. The ploy did not work, as his Liberals were reduced to a minority and Dumont became leader of the opposition. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]The commission got an earful from witnesses that their society was being changed for the worse by Jews, Sikhs and especially Muslims. But in its 2008 report, the commission said there was no crisis. Minorities were [I]not[/I] making unreasonable demands. And it laid down sensible guidelines for majority-minority relations in a secular, democratic society. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]With the crisis diffused, Charest called a snap election in December 2008, and won back his majority, crushing Action démocratique and triggering Dumont’s exit from politics. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Enter the PQ’s Pauline Marois, picking up his banner of identity politics. She railed against Orthodox Jews wanting to open their separate schools on Sundays (to make up for activities interrupted by the Saturday Sabbath). She wanted the niqab banned. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Charest half obliged. He allowed Jewish schools on Sundays but introduced an anti-niqab bill last year. Those not showing their face would be denied all government services, including health care.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Those opposing the draconian bill included the Jewish Orthodox Council of Quebec. On Tuesday, a group of Sikhs went to the National Assembly to do the same. But they were denied entry because they were carrying kirpans, even though there’s no such ban in Parliament or other provincial assemblies. (OnWednesday, the Bloc Québécois jumped on the PQ bandwagon and demanded a ban in Parliament.) There’s also the unanimous 2006 Supreme Court ruling in a Quebec case that schools cannot ban kirpans, only place some limitations for safety. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Such give-and-take already also governs the niqab, with women lifting their veils for purposes of identification, passport and security. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Yet the PQ keeps stoking the fires. It said that a ban on the kirpan be included in the anti-niqab bill. It anchored the demagoguery in its anti-Canadian creed. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]“Multiculturalism may[/COLOR][COLOR=navy] be a Canadian value but it’s not a Quebec one,” said Louise Beaudoin, PQ critic for secularism. “We haven’t signed the Constitution of Canada because it contains this notion of multiculturalism.”[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]This is revisionist nonsense. Quebec was the only province not to sign the 1982 Constitution but not necessarily for that reason. Besides, Quebec is not immune from Canadian law, especially as laid down by the Supreme Court.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Yet, the Charest Liberals demurred. Immigration Minister Kathleen Weil refused to take a stand, talking vaguely about “pluralism” and “openness.” [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]This is empty rhetoric. Liberals need to stand up for liberal, democratic, secular principles, including freedom of religion and protection from those who attack its expression — as in the vandalism at six Jewish institutions in Montreal over the weekend. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Sending police after the fact is only the reactive stage of a governmental process that begins with engendering respect for diverse peoples rather than mollycoddling the bigots braying at them.[/COLOR] [I][COLOR=navy][B]Haroon Siddiqui[/B] is the Star's editorial page editor emeritus. His column appears on Thursday and Sunday. [B][EMAIL="hsiddiqui@thestar.ca"]hsiddiqui@thestar.ca[/EMAIL][/B][/COLOR][/I] [COLOR=navy][B]source:[/B][/COLOR] [URL="http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/924878--siddiqui-pq-demonizes-minorities-to-advance-separatism"][COLOR=navy]http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/924878--siddiqui-pq-demonizes-minorities-to-advance-separatism[/COLOR][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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