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<blockquote data-quote="Randip Singh" data-source="post: 107285" data-attributes="member: 1323"><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Thanks for sharing this.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Interestingly Muslims say theirs is the way that is most humane of slaughtering.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">The Sikh thought on this is not about cruelty, because if you think about it “humane slaughtering” is a bit of an oxy{censored}.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">What the Guru’s said was, look what is the point of, “ritual slaughter”? </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Is it going to purify it? </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">If you are saying you are purifying it, then for what purpose? </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">How can a man purify that which is created by God?</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Ritual slaughter would include Halal, Kosher and even Hindu Bali (which is Jhatka).</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">So it is not the method of slaughter which is being criticised, but the ritual itself. The Guru’s criticised Anustrani, where an animal (and vegetable food), wood be dispatched with the cremated body to help appease the dead person ancestors. A meaningless ritual, for the Guru’s.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">It is important to remember that the Guru’s are not criticising just Halal, but the word being used is “Kuttha” pronounced “Katthaa” which criticises ALL ritual slaughter, but does not criticise meat eating per se.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">This point is one that many people miss in their eagerness to prove a point one way in another.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The Guru’s were no fools, they chose the specific word of “Kuttha” as shown here Page 472:</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">mehlaa 1. </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">maanas khaanay karahi nivaaj</span></span></em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">. </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">chhuree vagaa-in tin gal taag.</span></span></em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">tin ghar barahman pooreh naad.</span></span></em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">unHaa bhe aavahi o-ee saad.</span></span></em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">koorhee raas koorhaa vaapaar.</span></span></em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">koorh bol karahi aahaar.</span></span></em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">saram Dharam kaa dayraa door.</span></span></em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">naanak koorh rahi-aa bharpoor.</span></span></em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">mathai tikaa tayrh Dhotee kakhaa-ee.</span></span></em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">hath chhuree jagat kaasaa-ee.</span></span></em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">neel vastar pahir hoveh parvaan.</span></span></em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">malaychh Dhaan lay poojeh puraan.</span></span></em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">abhaakhi-aa kaa<strong> kuthaa</strong> bakraa khaanaa. </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">cha-ukay upar kisai na jaanaa.</span></span></em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">day kai cha-ukaa kadhee kaar.</span></span></em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">upar aa-ay baithay koorhi-aar.</span></span></em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">mat bhitai vay mat bhitai.</span></span></em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">ih ann asaadaa fitai.</span></span></em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">tan fitai fayrh karayn.</span></span></em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">man joothai chulee bharayn.</span></span></em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">kaho naanak sach Dhi-aa-ee-ai.</span></span></em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">such hovai taa sach paa-ee-ai</span></span></em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">. </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">First Mehl: </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">The man-eaters say their prayers.</span></span></em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Those who wield the knife wear the sacred thread around their necks.</span></span></em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">In their homes, the Brahmins sound the conch.</span></span></em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">They too have the same taste.</span></span></em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">False is their capital, and false is their trade.</span></span></em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Speaking falsehood, they take their food</span></span></em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">. </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">The home of modesty and Dharma is far from them.</span></span></em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">O <a href="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/guru-nanak-dev/" target="_blank">Nanak</a>, they are totally permeated with falsehood.</span></span></em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> <em>The sacred marks are on their foreheads, and the saffron loin-cloths are around their waists;</em></span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">in their hands they hold the knives - they are the butchers of the world!</span></span></em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Wearing blue robes, they seek the approval of the Muslim rulers.</span></span></em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Accepting bread from the Muslim rulers, they still worship the Puraanas.</span></span></em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">They eat the meat of the goats, killed after the <strong>Muslim prayers</strong> are read over them,</span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">but they do not allow anyone else to enter their kitchen areas.</span></span></em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">They draw lines around them, plastering the ground with cow-dung</span></span></em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">. </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">The false come and sit within them.</span></span></em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">They cry out, "Do not touch our food,</span></span></em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">this food of ours will be polluted!</span></span></em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">But with their polluted bodies, they commit evil deeds.</span></span></em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">With filthy minds, they try to cleanse their mouths.</span></span></em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Says <a href="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/guru-nanak-dev/" target="_blank">Nanak</a>, meditate on the True Lord.</span></span></em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">If you are pure, you will obtain the True Lord.</span></span></em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Sri <a href="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/guru-granth-sahib/" target="_blank">Guru Granth Sahib</a> ji</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">The key to this is Ritual, Ritual purification, Ritual Slaughter (done under the guise of prayers, be it Muslim or otherwise).</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randip Singh, post: 107285, member: 1323"] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Thanks for sharing this.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Interestingly Muslims say theirs is the way that is most humane of slaughtering.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]The Sikh thought on this is not about cruelty, because if you think about it “humane slaughtering” is a bit of an oxy{censored}.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]What the Guru’s said was, look what is the point of, “ritual slaughter”? [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Is it going to purify it? [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]If you are saying you are purifying it, then for what purpose? [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]How can a man purify that which is created by God?[/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Ritual slaughter would include Halal, Kosher and even Hindu Bali (which is Jhatka).[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]So it is not the method of slaughter which is being criticised, but the ritual itself. The Guru’s criticised Anustrani, where an animal (and vegetable food), wood be dispatched with the cremated body to help appease the dead person ancestors. A meaningless ritual, for the Guru’s.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]It is important to remember that the Guru’s are not criticising just Halal, but the word being used is “Kuttha” pronounced “Katthaa” which criticises ALL ritual slaughter, but does not criticise meat eating per se.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]This point is one that many people miss in their eagerness to prove a point one way in another.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]The Guru’s were no fools, they chose the specific word of “Kuttha” as shown here Page 472:[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]mehlaa 1. [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]maanas khaanay karahi nivaaj[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]. [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]chhuree vagaa-in tin gal taag.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]tin ghar barahman pooreh naad.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]unHaa bhe aavahi o-ee saad.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]koorhee raas koorhaa vaapaar.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]koorh bol karahi aahaar.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]saram Dharam kaa dayraa door.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]naanak koorh rahi-aa bharpoor.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]mathai tikaa tayrh Dhotee kakhaa-ee.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]hath chhuree jagat kaasaa-ee.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]neel vastar pahir hoveh parvaan.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]malaychh Dhaan lay poojeh puraan.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]abhaakhi-aa kaa[B] kuthaa[/B] bakraa khaanaa. [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]cha-ukay upar kisai na jaanaa.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]day kai cha-ukaa kadhee kaar.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]upar aa-ay baithay koorhi-aar.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]mat bhitai vay mat bhitai.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]ih ann asaadaa fitai.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]tan fitai fayrh karayn.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]man joothai chulee bharayn.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]kaho naanak sach Dhi-aa-ee-ai.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]such hovai taa sach paa-ee-ai[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]. [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]First Mehl: [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]The man-eaters say their prayers.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]Those who wield the knife wear the sacred thread around their necks.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]In their homes, the Brahmins sound the conch.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]They too have the same taste.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]False is their capital, and false is their trade.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]Speaking falsehood, they take their food[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]. [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]The home of modesty and Dharma is far from them.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]O [URL="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/guru-nanak-dev/"]Nanak[/URL], they are totally permeated with falsehood.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial] [I]The sacred marks are on their foreheads, and the saffron loin-cloths are around their waists;[/I][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]in their hands they hold the knives - they are the butchers of the world![/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]Wearing blue robes, they seek the approval of the Muslim rulers.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]Accepting bread from the Muslim rulers, they still worship the Puraanas.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]They eat the meat of the goats, killed after the [B]Muslim prayers[/B] are read over them,[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]but they do not allow anyone else to enter their kitchen areas.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]They draw lines around them, plastering the ground with cow-dung[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]. [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]The false come and sit within them.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]They cry out, "Do not touch our food,[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]this food of ours will be polluted![/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]But with their polluted bodies, they commit evil deeds.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]With filthy minds, they try to cleanse their mouths.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]Says [URL="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/guru-nanak-dev/"]Nanak[/URL], meditate on the True Lord.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]If you are pure, you will obtain the True Lord.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=blue][FONT=Arial]Sri [URL="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/guru-granth-sahib/"]Guru Granth Sahib[/URL] ji[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]The key to this is Ritual, Ritual purification, Ritual Slaughter (done under the guise of prayers, be it Muslim or otherwise).[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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