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Message: <blockquote data-quote="A_seeker" data-source="post: 226941" data-attributes="member: 22047">This article draws on a historical incident supported by  some documented sources, so I am equally justified in using historical references to present my arguments.....Just to recall Harsimrat Badal  Akali leader in Parliment angrily in the Lok Sabha said It was our Guru who sacrificed who was beheaded to save your Tillak and Janeau .. And  When challenged by a BJP MP that the Gurus belonged to Hindus as well, Harsimrat Kaur angrily rejected the former’s claim and emphasized that the Gurus belonged only to the Sikhs. A similar narrative was  given by Yograj Singh, the father of ex-cricketer Yuvraj Singh durning farmer protest During the times when invaders like Ahmad Shah Durrani attacked, countless Hindus women and daughters were abducted and sold for a pittance. It was the Sikhs who risked their lives and fought to save their honor and bring them back.”Neither of the above reflects a tone of humanism... instead, they convey more of a tribalistic mindset.It is a historical fact  that Aurangzeb’s policies were aggressive Islamisation ,, Destruction of temples,,,Mass conversions (especially in Kashmir). Since the author of this article has citied  sources from M.A Macauliffe Let me cite from book  Vol4 fof  the same author : Guru Gobind Rai thus writes of his father:-He protected the frontal marks and sacrificial threads ofthe Hindus And displayed great bravery in this Kal age.When he put an end to his life for the sake of holy men, He gave his head, but uttered not a groan.He suffered martyrdom for the sake of his religion;He gave his head but swerved not from his determination.God's people would be ashamedTo perform the tricks of mountebanks and cheats.Either this passge was missed out from his research or he deliberatley avoided to mention it .Other source  used is Sooraj Peakash Granth by KAvi Santokh Singh  ..Now this granth also has verses that  indeed consciously identified Gurus sacrifice for  Hindu Dharam  , rashi 12  :ਤਿਨ ਤੇ ਸੁਨਿ ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਤੇਗ ਬਹਾਦਰ। ਧਰਮ ਨਿਬਾਹਨਿ ਬਿਖੈ ਬਹਾਦਰ। ਉੱਤਰ ਭਯੋ ‘ਧਰਮ ਹਮ ਹਿੰਦੂ। ਅਤਿ ਪ੍ਰਿਯ ਕੋ ਕਿਮ ਕਰਹਿਂ ਨਿਕੰਦੂ॥੩੪॥ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਪਾਸੋਂ ਸੁਣ ਕੇ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਗੁਰੂ ਤੇਗ ਬਹਾਦਰ ਜੀ, ਜਿਹੜੇ ਧਰਮ ਨਿਬਾਉਣ ਵਿਚ ਵੱਡੇ ਬਹਾਦਰ ਹਨ, ਬੋਲੇ, "ਸਾਡਾ ਹਿੰਦੂ ਧਰਮ ਸਾਨੂੰ ਅਤੀ ਪਿਆਰਾ ਹੈ, ਇਸ ਦਾ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਨਾਸ਼ ਕਰੀਏ॥੩੪॥ਲੋਕ ਪ੍ਰਲੋਕ ਬਿਖੈ ਸੁਖਦਾਨੀ। ਆਨ ਨ ਪਈਯਹਿ ਜਾਂਹਿ ਸਮਾਨੀ। ਮਤਿ ਮਲੀਨ ਮੂਰਖ ਮਤਿ ਜੋਇ। ਜਿਸ ਕੋ ਤ੍ਯਾਗਹਿ ਪਾਂਮਰ ਸੋਇ॥੩੫॥ਇਹ (ਹਿੰਦੂ ਧਰਮ)ਲੋਕ ਪਰਲੋਕ ਵਿਚ ਸੁਖਾਂ ਦਾ ਦਾਤਾ ਹੈ, ਕੋਈ ਹੋਰ ਧਰਮ ਇਸ ਦੀ ਬਰਾਬਰੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਕਰ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ। ਮਲੀਨ ਮੱਤ ਵਾਲੇ ਜੋ ਮੂਰਖਮਤੀ ਹਨ, ਉਹੀ ਇਸ ਮੱਤ ਨੂੰ ਤਿਆਗਦੇ ਹਨ॥੩੫॥There are some persian  texts and quote from Dasam Granth  as well which refers the guru with hindu identity If you  go by historical texts which the article drives its information from  there are  Hindu identity markers.Yes,Gurus act represents Humanistic   values, but Humanistic  values arise from specific struggles.At that moment in history, the oppressed community was Hindu. And Based on the Historical  Sources His sacrifice  upheld the civilizational continuity of  the land which includes  Dharmic philosophy, culture, and practices.</blockquote>

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