☀️ JOIN SPN MOBILE
Forums
New posts
Guru Granth Sahib
Composition, Arrangement & Layout
ਜਪੁ | Jup
ਸੋ ਦਰੁ | So Dar
ਸੋਹਿਲਾ | Sohilaa
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ | Raag Siree-Raag
Gurbani (14-53)
Ashtpadiyan (53-71)
Gurbani (71-74)
Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
Vaar Siri Raag (83-91)
Bhagat Bani (91-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
Gurbani (94-109)
Ashtpadi (109)
Ashtpadiyan (110-129)
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)
Ashtpadiyan (235-242)
Chhant (242-249)
Baavan Akhari (250-262)
Sukhmani (262-296)
Thittee (296-300)
Gauree kii Vaar (300-323)
Gurbani (323-330)
Ashtpadiyan (330-340)
Baavan Akhari (340-343)
Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
Bhagat Bani (345-346)
ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
Aasaavaree (409-411)
Ashtpadiyan (411-432)
Patee (432-435)
Chhant (435-462)
Vaar Aasaa (462-475)
Bhagat Bani (475-488)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੂਜਰੀ | Raag Goojaree
Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ | Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree
Gurbani (527-536)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਹਾਗੜਾ | Raag Bihaagraa
Gurbani (537-556)
Chhant (538-548)
Vaar Bihaagraa (548-556)
ਰਾਗੁ ਵਡਹੰਸ | Raag Wadhans
Gurbani (557-564)
Ashtpadiyan (564-565)
Chhant (565-575)
Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
Vaar Wadhans (582-594)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
Asatpadhiya (634-642)
Vaar Sorath (642-659)
ਰਾਗੁ ਧਨਾਸਰੀ | Raag Dhanasaree
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)
Bhagat Bani (870-875)
ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ | Raag Ramkalee
Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
Gurbani (876-902)
Anand (917-922)
Sadd (923-924)
Chhant (924-929)
Dakhnee (929-938)
Sidh Gosat (938-946)
Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
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)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਾਰਗ | Raag Saarag
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)
Bhagat Bani (1292-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਾਨੜਾ | Raag Kaanraa
Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
Vaar Kaanraa
Bhagat Bani (1318)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਲਿਆਨ | Raag Kalyaan
Gurbani (1319-23)
Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
ਰਾਗੁ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ | Raag Prabhaatee
Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
Salok | Gatha | Phunahe | Chaubole | Swayiye
Sehskritee Mahala 1
Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
Phunhay Mahala 5
Chaubolae Mahala 5
Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
Shaloks Sheikh Farid
Swaiyyae Mahala 5
Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
Shalok Ninth Mehl
Mundavanee Mehl 5
ਰਾਗ ਮਾਲਾ, Raag Maalaa
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New resources
Latest activity
Videos
New media
New comments
Library
Latest reviews
Donate
Log in
Register
What's new
New posts
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Welcome to all New Sikh Philosophy Network Forums!
Explore Sikh Sikhi Sikhism...
Sign up
Log in
Discussions
Hard Talk
Head-scarf Is A Nonissue (SFJ) - Obama Shies Away From Paying Tribute To Innocent Sikhs Massacred At
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="spnadmin" data-source="post: 135517" data-attributes="member: 35"><p><strong><span style="color: Blue">Forwarded for posting by forum mentor Gyani Jarnail Singh ji Dhillon "Arshi"</span></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>HEAD-SCARF IS A NONISSUE - OBAMA SHIES AWAY FROM PAYING TRIBUTE TO INNOCENT SIKHS MASSACRED AT GOLDEN TEMPLE IN JUNE 1984</p><p> </p><p></p><p>New York: </p><p></p><p>Reacting to the President Obama's refusal to visit Golden Temple, Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), a human rights advocacy group backed by hundreds of Sikh Gurudwaras across North America stated that cancellation of visit by President is not due to headscarf issue as Indian lobbyists want everyone to believe but instead President has shied away from speaking about and paying tribute to the thousands of innocent pilgrims who were murdered in Golden Temple by Indian Army in June 1984.</p><p></p><p>According to Attorney Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, legal advisor to SFJ, President Obama is going to Mumbai a city of about 20 million populations to pay tribute to victims of terrorist attacks while ignoring Sikh victims of violence who had approached him ahead of his visit to Golden Temple.</p><p></p><p> Attorney Pannun further added that President Obama's visit to Golden Temple would have given a tremendous push to key Sikh issues such as separate religious identity of Sikhs, massacre of Sikhs at Golden Temple by the Indian Army and his visit would have been seen around world as a gesture of support to suppressed religious minorities. No other world leader is more capable to understand the plight of India Sikhs than President Obama who himself comes from a community that had suffered discrimination and injustice, added attorney Pannun.</p><p></p><p>President Obama, has played right into the hands of Indian lobbyists who have successfully thwarted his visit to Golden Temple. The refusal by President Obama to visit Golden Temple exposes hollowness of Obama's claim of respect for religious diversity, and undermines the so called "world leader" stature of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who is a Sikh.</p><p></p><p>In his January 19, 2008 statement, President Obama stated that he will be a President who will "respond forcefully to all genocides", however, President Obama's refusal to visit Golden Temple has become another instance where he failed to fulfill his electoral promise and caved in to the Indian lobbying.</p><p></p><p>According to attorney Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, legal advisor to SFJ, any electoral promise aside, Article 1 of U.N Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948) requires the United States President to take all actions necessary to prevent and punish acts of genocide. The obligation to act on the issue of every Genocide, added attorney Pannun, is neither absolved because of the economic status of the country where the Genocide was committed (i.e. India) nor is it mitigated by the number and status of victims (i.e. Sikhs).</p><p></p><p>SJF backed and supported by hundreds of Sikh Gurdwaras across America approached President Obama in September 2010 in Philadelphia and urged him to show solidarity during his visit to Golden Temple, where thousands of innocent Sikh pilgrims were ruthlessly murdered by the Indian Security Forces in this very Temple, the Vatican of Sikhs, in June 1984. President Obama's visit to Golden Temple and SFJ's campaign was going to expose the gross human rights violations and murders committed by the Indian Army in the same very Golden Temple in June 1984. Unfortunately President Obama who himself comes from a minority community, caved in to the pressure of lobbyists and cancelled his visit to Golden Temple instead of standing with an oppressed minority of India.</p><p></p><p>According to Attorney Pannun who practices human rights, refugee and asylum law in the United States, such efforts on part of Indian lobbyists are not new or surprising because since June 1984, Indian Government has consistently blocked and disallowed visits to Punjab by foreign human rights organizations in order to cover the atrocities perpetrated against Sikhs in India. He further added that most recently members of United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCRIF) who wanted to visit India to investigate the state of affairs viz`-a-viz´ Indian Christians, were denied visas by the Indian Government. In April 2009 Amnesty International was forced to close its office in New Delhi, making India the only democracy in the world without the presence of even a single international human rights organization.</p><p>Coordination Committee</p><p></p><p>Sikhs For Justice</p><p></p><p>E: <a href="mailto:support@sikhsforjustice.org">support@sikhsforjustice.org</a> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p>Supported and Endorsed By:</p><p></p><p>NEW YORK</p><p></p><p>Gurdwara Sikh Cultural Society, Richmond Hill - Gurdwara Baba Makhan Shah Lobana Sikh Centre, Richmond Hill - Gurdwara Sikh Center of New York, Flushing - Gurdwara Singh Sabha of New York (Bowne St.), Flushing - Gurdwara Sant Sagar, Bellerose - Khalsa (Flushing School), Queens Village - Gurdwara Mata Sahib Kaur Glen Cove, Long Island - Gurdwara Guru Gobind Singh Sikh Center, Plainview - Ramgharia Sikh Society, Richmond Hill - Gurdwara Sant Baba Majha Singh, South Ozone Park - Gurdwara Shri Guru Ravidass Temple, Woodside - Hudson Valley Sikh Society, Middle Town, Sikh Gurdwara of Westchester, Chappaqua - Sikh Association of Staten Island, Staten Island - Gurdwara of Rochester, Penfield - Mid Hudson Sikh Cultural Society, Fiskhill, Majha Singh, Ozen Park - Sikh Youth of America</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>NEW JERSEY</p><p></p><p>Gurdwara Dashmesh Darbar, Carteret - Gurdwara Singh Sabha , Carteret - Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha Inc., Glenrock - Gurdwara Garden State Sikh Association , Bridge Water - Central Jersey Sikh Association, Windsor - Gurdwara Sikh Sabha Central Jersey - Khalsa Darbar, Burlington - Gurdwara Guru Nanak Sikh Society of Delaware Valley, Deptford - Nanak Naam Jahaj, Jersey City</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>METROPOLITAN AREA (WASHINGTON/MARYLAND/VIRGINIA)</p><p></p><p>Guru Gobind Singh Foundation, MD - GNFA, MD - Sikh Association of Baltimore, Maryland - Gurdwara Singh Sabha, Brodeck - Sikh Center of Virginia -Sikh Foundation of Virginia - Sikh Gurdwara of Greater Washington, Virginia - Gurdwara Raaj Khalsa, Renden, Virginia</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>PENNSYLVANIA</p><p></p><p>Philadelphia Sikh Society (Philadelphia) - Guru Nanak Sikh Society (Philadelphia) - Guru Nanak Sikh Society of C. PA (Blue Mountain)</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>MICHIGAN</p><p></p><p>Guru Nanak Sikh Temple, Plymouth Twp - Guru Ram Das Ashram, Ferndale - Gurudwara Singh Sabha of Kalamazoo, Portage - Sikh Gurdwara of Michigan, Williamston - Sikh Society of Michigan, Madison Heights</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>CONNECTICUT</p><p></p><p>Gurdwara Guru Nanak Darbar, Southington - Gurdwara Tegh Bahadur ji Foundation, Norwalk</p><p></p><p>ILLINOIS</p><p></p><p>Sikh Religious Society of Chicago, Palatine</p><p></p><p>CALIFORNIA</p><p></p><p>Gurdwara Sahib, Sacramento - Sikh Center of Pacific Coast, Selma - Sikh Gurdwara, San Jose - Pacific Khalsa Diwan Society, Fresno - Sikh Temple, Livingston - Sikh Gurdwara Sahib, Stockton - Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha of Los Angeles, Alhambra - Sikh Temple, Turlock - Sikh Gurdwara Sahib, West Sacramento - Gurdwara Sahib, Fremont - Guru Nanak Sikh Society, Fresno - Gurudwara Guru Nanak Prakash, Fresno - Gurdwara Sahib El Sobrante - Gurudwara Guru Nanak Prakash, Tracy - Guru Ram Das Ashram, Los Angeles - The Sikh Temple, Los Angeles - Sikh Temple, Riverside - Sikh Temple, Yuba City - Sri Guru Nanak Sikh Temple, Yuba City</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 135517, member: 35"] [B][COLOR="Blue"]Forwarded for posting by forum mentor Gyani Jarnail Singh ji Dhillon "Arshi"[/COLOR][/B] HEAD-SCARF IS A NONISSUE - OBAMA SHIES AWAY FROM PAYING TRIBUTE TO INNOCENT SIKHS MASSACRED AT GOLDEN TEMPLE IN JUNE 1984 New York: Reacting to the President Obama's refusal to visit Golden Temple, Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), a human rights advocacy group backed by hundreds of Sikh Gurudwaras across North America stated that cancellation of visit by President is not due to headscarf issue as Indian lobbyists want everyone to believe but instead President has shied away from speaking about and paying tribute to the thousands of innocent pilgrims who were murdered in Golden Temple by Indian Army in June 1984. According to Attorney Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, legal advisor to SFJ, President Obama is going to Mumbai a city of about 20 million populations to pay tribute to victims of terrorist attacks while ignoring Sikh victims of violence who had approached him ahead of his visit to Golden Temple. Attorney Pannun further added that President Obama's visit to Golden Temple would have given a tremendous push to key Sikh issues such as separate religious identity of Sikhs, massacre of Sikhs at Golden Temple by the Indian Army and his visit would have been seen around world as a gesture of support to suppressed religious minorities. No other world leader is more capable to understand the plight of India Sikhs than President Obama who himself comes from a community that had suffered discrimination and injustice, added attorney Pannun. President Obama, has played right into the hands of Indian lobbyists who have successfully thwarted his visit to Golden Temple. The refusal by President Obama to visit Golden Temple exposes hollowness of Obama's claim of respect for religious diversity, and undermines the so called "world leader" stature of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who is a Sikh. In his January 19, 2008 statement, President Obama stated that he will be a President who will "respond forcefully to all genocides", however, President Obama's refusal to visit Golden Temple has become another instance where he failed to fulfill his electoral promise and caved in to the Indian lobbying. According to attorney Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, legal advisor to SFJ, any electoral promise aside, Article 1 of U.N Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948) requires the United States President to take all actions necessary to prevent and punish acts of genocide. The obligation to act on the issue of every Genocide, added attorney Pannun, is neither absolved because of the economic status of the country where the Genocide was committed (i.e. India) nor is it mitigated by the number and status of victims (i.e. Sikhs). SJF backed and supported by hundreds of Sikh Gurdwaras across America approached President Obama in September 2010 in Philadelphia and urged him to show solidarity during his visit to Golden Temple, where thousands of innocent Sikh pilgrims were ruthlessly murdered by the Indian Security Forces in this very Temple, the Vatican of Sikhs, in June 1984. President Obama's visit to Golden Temple and SFJ's campaign was going to expose the gross human rights violations and murders committed by the Indian Army in the same very Golden Temple in June 1984. Unfortunately President Obama who himself comes from a minority community, caved in to the pressure of lobbyists and cancelled his visit to Golden Temple instead of standing with an oppressed minority of India. According to Attorney Pannun who practices human rights, refugee and asylum law in the United States, such efforts on part of Indian lobbyists are not new or surprising because since June 1984, Indian Government has consistently blocked and disallowed visits to Punjab by foreign human rights organizations in order to cover the atrocities perpetrated against Sikhs in India. He further added that most recently members of United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCRIF) who wanted to visit India to investigate the state of affairs viz`-a-viz´ Indian Christians, were denied visas by the Indian Government. In April 2009 Amnesty International was forced to close its office in New Delhi, making India the only democracy in the world without the presence of even a single international human rights organization. Coordination Committee Sikhs For Justice E: [email]support@sikhsforjustice.org[/email] Supported and Endorsed By: NEW YORK Gurdwara Sikh Cultural Society, Richmond Hill - Gurdwara Baba Makhan Shah Lobana Sikh Centre, Richmond Hill - Gurdwara Sikh Center of New York, Flushing - Gurdwara Singh Sabha of New York (Bowne St.), Flushing - Gurdwara Sant Sagar, Bellerose - Khalsa (Flushing School), Queens Village - Gurdwara Mata Sahib Kaur Glen Cove, Long Island - Gurdwara Guru Gobind Singh Sikh Center, Plainview - Ramgharia Sikh Society, Richmond Hill - Gurdwara Sant Baba Majha Singh, South Ozone Park - Gurdwara Shri Guru Ravidass Temple, Woodside - Hudson Valley Sikh Society, Middle Town, Sikh Gurdwara of Westchester, Chappaqua - Sikh Association of Staten Island, Staten Island - Gurdwara of Rochester, Penfield - Mid Hudson Sikh Cultural Society, Fiskhill, Majha Singh, Ozen Park - Sikh Youth of America NEW JERSEY Gurdwara Dashmesh Darbar, Carteret - Gurdwara Singh Sabha , Carteret - Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha Inc., Glenrock - Gurdwara Garden State Sikh Association , Bridge Water - Central Jersey Sikh Association, Windsor - Gurdwara Sikh Sabha Central Jersey - Khalsa Darbar, Burlington - Gurdwara Guru Nanak Sikh Society of Delaware Valley, Deptford - Nanak Naam Jahaj, Jersey City METROPOLITAN AREA (WASHINGTON/MARYLAND/VIRGINIA) Guru Gobind Singh Foundation, MD - GNFA, MD - Sikh Association of Baltimore, Maryland - Gurdwara Singh Sabha, Brodeck - Sikh Center of Virginia -Sikh Foundation of Virginia - Sikh Gurdwara of Greater Washington, Virginia - Gurdwara Raaj Khalsa, Renden, Virginia PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia Sikh Society (Philadelphia) - Guru Nanak Sikh Society (Philadelphia) - Guru Nanak Sikh Society of C. PA (Blue Mountain) MICHIGAN Guru Nanak Sikh Temple, Plymouth Twp - Guru Ram Das Ashram, Ferndale - Gurudwara Singh Sabha of Kalamazoo, Portage - Sikh Gurdwara of Michigan, Williamston - Sikh Society of Michigan, Madison Heights CONNECTICUT Gurdwara Guru Nanak Darbar, Southington - Gurdwara Tegh Bahadur ji Foundation, Norwalk ILLINOIS Sikh Religious Society of Chicago, Palatine CALIFORNIA Gurdwara Sahib, Sacramento - Sikh Center of Pacific Coast, Selma - Sikh Gurdwara, San Jose - Pacific Khalsa Diwan Society, Fresno - Sikh Temple, Livingston - Sikh Gurdwara Sahib, Stockton - Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha of Los Angeles, Alhambra - Sikh Temple, Turlock - Sikh Gurdwara Sahib, West Sacramento - Gurdwara Sahib, Fremont - Guru Nanak Sikh Society, Fresno - Gurudwara Guru Nanak Prakash, Fresno - Gurdwara Sahib El Sobrante - Gurudwara Guru Nanak Prakash, Tracy - Guru Ram Das Ashram, Los Angeles - The Sikh Temple, Los Angeles - Sikh Temple, Riverside - Sikh Temple, Yuba City - Sri Guru Nanak Sikh Temple, Yuba City [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Discussions
Hard Talk
Head-scarf Is A Nonissue (SFJ) - Obama Shies Away From Paying Tribute To Innocent Sikhs Massacred At
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.
Accept
Learn more…
Top