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Recent content by Amandeep Kaur

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    Hard Talk How Many Sikhs Have Married Out Of Caste/race?

    Thank you for that clarification. I am a little too young (22 years old) to be married, so maybe I shouldn't be in this discussion at all. But below are my thoughts on what I would like in the future. As far as people marrying outside of their class - I think this is a complicated question...
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    Hard Talk How Many Sikhs Have Married Out Of Caste/race?

    I don't really understand this question. My parents told me that in Sikhism, there is no caste. How can Sikhs marry outside their caste if they don't even have a caste. If I have a caste, I certainly don't know what it is. Race and tribe?
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    Sikh Girls: A Confused Lot. Are Parents To Blame?

    I am very sorry to hear that. I cannot imagine watching that happen to my brother. It is very dissimilar from my experience living in the States.
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    Sikh Girls: A Confused Lot. Are Parents To Blame?

    I agree that it would be difficult to find a muslim for a life partner who adhered to the tenants to the level of believing that non muslims are lesser people or in need of conversion. And it is true that these are beliefs that are written for muslims to have. Sikhism does not need to conflict...
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    Sikh Girls: A Confused Lot. Are Parents To Blame?

    I'm not saying that going out with a Muslim is progressive behavior. I'm saying that condemning an entire group of people is backwards behavior and explicitly discouraged in Gurbani. I would not encourage my daughters to put themselves in situations that were more likely to be dangerous ones...
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    Sikh Girls: A Confused Lot. Are Parents To Blame?

    Is it impossible that someone who disagrees with you is also educated? You do not know who I am or what choices I make. Perhaps we should just stick to speaking about each others views instead of positing things about each other's personal characters. And I apologize also for making some...
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    Sikh Girls: A Confused Lot. Are Parents To Blame?

    No. I don't believe it hurts sikh girls to tell them to stay away from muslim men. I only meant that making sweeping prejudgements about huge groups of people based on the actions of a few individuals leads us eventually to thinking it is okay to hurt anyone associated with that group and that...
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    Sikh Girls: A Confused Lot. Are Parents To Blame?

    Why must she run away with him? Why must she leave her family, cut herself off, and make herself vulnerable and unsupported? Did her family disown her? Did they tell her she would be on her own if she made that decision? Why would they do that? I don't think all muslims live on the same...
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    Sikh Girls: A Confused Lot. Are Parents To Blame?

    Yes. These men are not all of the Muslims that exist. Not all Muslims are crooked. It may be that many of them are, but women in general should seek to be careful about who they pick. Women should be aware of dangers. But people should always judge people as individuals, not as members of a...
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    Sikh Girls: A Confused Lot. Are Parents To Blame?

    I never said Sikh men should go to the gym more. That was MKaur. But I don't think that was actually her point. I think her point was more that women are not just attracted to men's muscles and that physical appearance is in fact a fairly small component of what comprises attraction. I think...
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    Sikh Girls: A Confused Lot. Are Parents To Blame?

    People doing stuff like that to _any_ people is wrong. As a Sikh, you should recognize all people as "your people." If you want to talk about helping people, calling them stupid and naive, condemning them, telling them they are getting what they deserve only drives them away from safety, help...
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    Sikh Girls: A Confused Lot. Are Parents To Blame?

    People are people no matter what religion they are born into. It is wrong to stereotype them. If there is anything to learn from Gurbani, it is that all people are created equal, regardless of where they come from and that there are many paths to God and living a godly life. Being born Muslim...
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    Sikh Girls: A Confused Lot. Are Parents To Blame?

    dalsingh What a ridiculous and racist thing to say. I assume by "her stupidity" you mean that she trusted a Muslim man? I just have no words to begin to convey how wrong what you said is. It's not the girl that looks stupid to me.
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    Kesh

    The reason for keeping long hair is as a constant flag of one's religion, established originally in an India of forced conversions and religiously oppressive invading rulers. It is not, as commonly claimed, because we should leave our hair untouched because that is how we were made by God...
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    Help - I Want To Cut My Hair

    Your hair, your religion, it is all your choice. No one can force religion into your heart, even if they can force you to grow your hair long. Keeping long hair will not make you more of a Sikh, no matter what your parents feel. Sikhs keep their hair long as a visible symbol, a constant...
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