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<blockquote data-quote="kaur-1" data-source="post: 46859" data-attributes="member: 3025"><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><strong> Inder Ghagga loses debates to Panthic Singhs in Toronto </strong></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><strong> Wednesday 11th of October 2006 </strong></span></span></p><p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong> Panthic Weekly News Bureau </strong></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><img src="http://www.panthic.org/data/images/news/categories/cat_123/2814_BhKulbirSinghJi.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </span></span></p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><img src="http://www.panthic.org/data/images/news/categories/cat_123/2814_InderGhagga.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </span></span></p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #000099">(Top) Bhai Kulbir Singh Ji of Toronto </span></span></strong></span></span></p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #000099">debating with Inder S. Ghagga (Bottom - center)</span></span></strong></span></span></p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong></strong> </span></span></p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Brampton, Canada (KP) - In the past few years, the public has seen an assortment of anti-Gurmat literature being produced by various individuals promoting Kala-Afghana/missionary lobby viewpoints. In their message, they viciously attack the very fundamentals that set the Sikh Panth apart for other faiths. Instead of utilizing sound logic and Gurbani as a basis of their arguments they often resort the ridicule and sarcasm in a sign of desperation and lack of confidence.</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">One such "parcharak" is Inder Ghagga. He was not allowed in UK Gurdwaras and was reportedly even dragged from the stage at a Gurdwara in the Eastern United States.</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">In Canada, he has caused skirmishes between his supporters and those who were offended by his derisive remarks against Gurmat and respected Gursikhs. </span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">When he spoke at Mayfield Gurdwara Sahib, in Brampton Ontario two weeks ago, a melee broke our between his supporters and members of Panthic organizations who charged that he was spreading anti-Sikh propaganda and was insulting respected Sikh personalities in his books and on stage. Ghagga in his book "Sada Berra Kio Garkia", he has harshly criticizes various Gursikhs and key Sikhi concepts.</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">In the Toronto area, Ghagga is being promoted by the pro-Kala Afghana supporter, Gurcharan ‘Jeeonwala‘ Brar. Overconfident of his debating skills, Ghagga has appeared on various radio talk shows and private functions where he has openly challenged anyone to debate him on this twisted philosophy on Gurmat.</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><span style="color: Blue">Some of his views include : </span></strong></span></span> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><br /> [*]<strong><span style="color: Blue">That there is no such thing as the power of Naam.<br /> </span></strong><br /> [*]<strong><span style="color: Blue">Naam simran that involves reciting of Gurmantar (as instructed in the Panthic Sikh Rahit Maryada) is Pakhand [hypocritical], he refers to is ‘Gorakh Dhandha.’<br /> </span></strong><br /> [*]<strong><span style="color: Blue">Guru Nanak Sahib Ji ate Halal meat under pressure, when he visited Mecca.<br /> </span></strong><br /> [*]<strong><span style="color: Blue">Siri Guru Arjun Dev Ji fainted when he was tortured because he could not withstand the pain. In other words, he views all of the ten Guru Sahibs as ordinary humans beings.<br /> </span></strong><br /> [*]<strong><span style="color: Blue">He wrote very harshly against Baba Gurbachan Singh Ji Bhindranwalay and other respected Panthic personalities, often ridiculing them in a offensive manner. <br /> </span></strong><br /> [*]<strong><span style="color: Blue">He is a also a ferocious supporter of meat eating.</span></strong></span></span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>Open Challenge to Singhs</strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong></strong> </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Since no one had seriously challenged him, he became further encouraged and arrogant and began to boast that there was not a single Sikh in Toronto who could debate him.</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">When sevadars of Gurdwara Tapoban Sahib, located in the Toronto suburb of Brampton, heard about Ghagga’s haughty challenge, they became curious about who this individual was. The more they found out of his warped ideology, the more they felt it was necessary to confront this man at an intellectual level for the defense of Gurmat and Panthic principles.</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Gurdwara Tapoban sevadars after a Gurmatta, accepted the challenge and via Ghagga’s liaisons, a debate was set up for September 27th, 2006 at Gurdwara Sahib Tapoban. </span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">According to witnesses present there, "He came with about 10-15 of his supporters. The Singhs went in the debate as underdogs and he was full of haumai. Within minutes [of debating], he realized that he was stuck."</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>‘The Fierce debater vs. a Young Khalsa’</strong></span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Ghagga was to debate the Panthic Singhs led by Bhai Kulbir Singh, a young Singh in his thirties, who is considered quite knowledgeable in Gurmat and Gurbani Viakaran (grammar). Ghagga who has been preaching his missionary 'Sikhi' for the last three decades, thought this would be a no contest debate. Soon, he would find out how wrong his assumptions were. </span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">According to several eyewitnesses interviewed by Panthic Weekly, Ghagga became so uneasy that he asked for drinking water three times. Witnesses stated that his hands were trembling and he was perspiring heavily throughout the debate. It was clear that the fierce 'debater' Ghagga had lost his bearing. </span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Ghagga lost the entire debate on all subjects and now the some neutral Singhs insisted that another debate be set at a public venue. The date was set for October 1, 2006 at 9am, but Ghagga never showed up. Via third parties, and with great difficulty, he was persuaded to debate and finally the debate was set up for about 4 hours later at 1pm. </span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>Second Debate</strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong></strong> </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">This debate went on for about two hours and has been video recorded. The recordings of this second debate are being made available by the Singhs and will be available on Panthic Weekly soon. </span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">It is interesting to note that the Panthic Singhs led by Kulbir Singh did not have any prior public debating experience, yet they were successful in defeating someone such as Ghagga who has spent his entire life in such controversies. Instead of debating on the contentious issues, Ghagga kept digressing and changing subject. This further proved that he could no longer defend himself or his philosophy. </span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Most importantly, Ghagga publicly accepted that Naam Simran is a principal of Gurmat. He accepted that his sakhi about Guru Nanak Dev Ji eating meat in Mecca was his imagination as was Guru Arjun Dev Ji’s fainting incident. </span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">According to eyewitnesses, having lost twice on all subjects, Ghagga left as a very upset man. He has declined to debate any further. His skills seems more fitted for an arguer than a true debater.</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>Deflated Pride</strong></span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Subsequent to this debate, the Panthic Singhs had challenged him for another debate and the challenge was published in the Punjabi Post newspaper. However, the man who boasted so much on the radio waves that not a single Singh in Toronto can debate him, had now become silent. Publicly it is now clear that these so-called scholars are merely paper tigers.</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Editors can be reached at <a href="mailto:editors@panthic.org">editors@panthic.org</a></span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kaur-1, post: 46859, member: 3025"] [LEFT][COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana][B] Inder Ghagga loses debates to Panthic Singhs in Toronto [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana][B] Wednesday 11th of October 2006 [/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [LEFT][COLOR=#000080][FONT=arial][B] Panthic Weekly News Bureau [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana] [CENTER][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][IMG]http://www.panthic.org/data/images/news/categories/cat_123/2814_BhKulbirSinghJi.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.panthic.org/data/images/news/categories/cat_123/2814_InderGhagga.jpg[/IMG] [B][SIZE=1][COLOR=#000099](Top) Bhai Kulbir Singh Ji of Toronto debating with Inder S. Ghagga (Bottom - center)[/COLOR][/SIZE] [/B] [/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Brampton, Canada (KP) - In the past few years, the public has seen an assortment of anti-Gurmat literature being produced by various individuals promoting Kala-Afghana/missionary lobby viewpoints. In their message, they viciously attack the very fundamentals that set the Sikh Panth apart for other faiths. Instead of utilizing sound logic and Gurbani as a basis of their arguments they often resort the ridicule and sarcasm in a sign of desperation and lack of confidence. One such "parcharak" is Inder Ghagga. He was not allowed in UK Gurdwaras and was reportedly even dragged from the stage at a Gurdwara in the Eastern United States. In Canada, he has caused skirmishes between his supporters and those who were offended by his derisive remarks against Gurmat and respected Gursikhs. When he spoke at Mayfield Gurdwara Sahib, in Brampton Ontario two weeks ago, a melee broke our between his supporters and members of Panthic organizations who charged that he was spreading anti-Sikh propaganda and was insulting respected Sikh personalities in his books and on stage. Ghagga in his book "Sada Berra Kio Garkia", he has harshly criticizes various Gursikhs and key Sikhi concepts. In the Toronto area, Ghagga is being promoted by the pro-Kala Afghana supporter, Gurcharan ‘Jeeonwala‘ Brar. Overconfident of his debating skills, Ghagga has appeared on various radio talk shows and private functions where he has openly challenged anyone to debate him on this twisted philosophy on Gurmat. [B][COLOR=Blue]Some of his views include : [/COLOR][/B][/SIZE][/FONT][LIST] [*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2] [*][B][COLOR=Blue]That there is no such thing as the power of Naam. [/COLOR][/B] [*][B][COLOR=Blue]Naam simran that involves reciting of Gurmantar (as instructed in the Panthic Sikh Rahit Maryada) is Pakhand [hypocritical], he refers to is ‘Gorakh Dhandha.’ [/COLOR][/B] [*][B][COLOR=Blue]Guru Nanak Sahib Ji ate Halal meat under pressure, when he visited Mecca. [/COLOR][/B] [*][B][COLOR=Blue]Siri Guru Arjun Dev Ji fainted when he was tortured because he could not withstand the pain. In other words, he views all of the ten Guru Sahibs as ordinary humans beings. [/COLOR][/B] [*][B][COLOR=Blue]He wrote very harshly against Baba Gurbachan Singh Ji Bhindranwalay and other respected Panthic personalities, often ridiculing them in a offensive manner. [/COLOR][/B] [*][B][COLOR=Blue]He is a also a ferocious supporter of meat eating.[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/LIST][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][B]Open Challenge to Singhs [/B] Since no one had seriously challenged him, he became further encouraged and arrogant and began to boast that there was not a single Sikh in Toronto who could debate him. When sevadars of Gurdwara Tapoban Sahib, located in the Toronto suburb of Brampton, heard about Ghagga’s haughty challenge, they became curious about who this individual was. The more they found out of his warped ideology, the more they felt it was necessary to confront this man at an intellectual level for the defense of Gurmat and Panthic principles. Gurdwara Tapoban sevadars after a Gurmatta, accepted the challenge and via Ghagga’s liaisons, a debate was set up for September 27th, 2006 at Gurdwara Sahib Tapoban. According to witnesses present there, "He came with about 10-15 of his supporters. The Singhs went in the debate as underdogs and he was full of haumai. Within minutes [of debating], he realized that he was stuck." [B]‘The Fierce debater vs. a Young Khalsa’[/B] Ghagga was to debate the Panthic Singhs led by Bhai Kulbir Singh, a young Singh in his thirties, who is considered quite knowledgeable in Gurmat and Gurbani Viakaran (grammar). Ghagga who has been preaching his missionary 'Sikhi' for the last three decades, thought this would be a no contest debate. Soon, he would find out how wrong his assumptions were. According to several eyewitnesses interviewed by Panthic Weekly, Ghagga became so uneasy that he asked for drinking water three times. Witnesses stated that his hands were trembling and he was perspiring heavily throughout the debate. It was clear that the fierce 'debater' Ghagga had lost his bearing. Ghagga lost the entire debate on all subjects and now the some neutral Singhs insisted that another debate be set at a public venue. The date was set for October 1, 2006 at 9am, but Ghagga never showed up. Via third parties, and with great difficulty, he was persuaded to debate and finally the debate was set up for about 4 hours later at 1pm. [B]Second Debate [/B] This debate went on for about two hours and has been video recorded. The recordings of this second debate are being made available by the Singhs and will be available on Panthic Weekly soon. It is interesting to note that the Panthic Singhs led by Kulbir Singh did not have any prior public debating experience, yet they were successful in defeating someone such as Ghagga who has spent his entire life in such controversies. Instead of debating on the contentious issues, Ghagga kept digressing and changing subject. This further proved that he could no longer defend himself or his philosophy. Most importantly, Ghagga publicly accepted that Naam Simran is a principal of Gurmat. He accepted that his sakhi about Guru Nanak Dev Ji eating meat in Mecca was his imagination as was Guru Arjun Dev Ji’s fainting incident. According to eyewitnesses, having lost twice on all subjects, Ghagga left as a very upset man. He has declined to debate any further. His skills seems more fitted for an arguer than a true debater. [B]Deflated Pride[/B] Subsequent to this debate, the Panthic Singhs had challenged him for another debate and the challenge was published in the Punjabi Post newspaper. However, the man who boasted so much on the radio waves that not a single Singh in Toronto can debate him, had now become silent. Publicly it is now clear that these so-called scholars are merely paper tigers. Editors can be reached at [EMAIL="editors@panthic.org"]editors@panthic.org[/EMAIL][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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