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   SUFI ISLAM & SAAS GIRAAS SIMRAN

   March 23, 2005 by sher_panjabi

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   Some sections from my (BA Religious Studies) essay which i thought wud be nice to share with the Sangat - the essay was on comparing and contrasting the practices of two modern Sufi brotherhoods DHIKR = Remembrance of Allah (Dhikr = Simran) Below is a paragraphy from my essay describing dhikr and how Sufis practice it.

   

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   Sikhi, Congenital Illness, The Disabled...

   March 20, 2005 by sissy

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   firstly i would like to clarify...sikhs believe in reincarnation, yes? if so.... with regard to reincarnation, i have come across the view that those born with congenital illnesses and/or disabilities (visual, hearing, intellectual) have those problems as a result of something that occurred in their previous life... using the principles of reincarnation i can understand why this is said, however in itself i find it really hard to deal with and accept... when i think of waheguru ji, i think of waheguru's pyar and this idea seems rather close to the idea of god providing a form of punishment (assuming that one views illness and disability as less preferable than a heal…

   

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   8.4 MILLION : NEXT TURN AS A GHOST 1 2

   March 23, 2005 by Guest SScom

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   is a jamdhoot or ghost also part of the 8.4m that Maharaaj talks about?

   

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   Vaisakhi Radio 2005

   March 24, 2005 by Nama Singh

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   Supported by Young Sikhs UK and Sikhifm.com

   

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   sangat i need help again 1 2

   March 24, 2005 by Guest Lohgarh Singh

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   wjkk wjkf say i have a freind, and say he has trouble at school from people, say he is scared of these people, number one, how do u get rid of fear? how do u not feel fear? how much paath do u need to do to not feel fear? how do you fite sum1 bigger and stronger than you? how do you fite multiple people? is it wrong to be afraid? dz akaal and dasam paatshai still love u if u r afraid of sum1 or smin? number 2, say my friend has a "sikh" friend at school, my friend's friend is not a religious person, he swears eats meat etc but keeps his kes and has a starched dastaar, say this "sikh" has truble of people as well, shud my frend bak him up? or leave it?

   

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   Sikh Riot Theatre Stages Play About Muslim Brothel

   March 21, 2005 by Guest SScom

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   Sikh riot theatre stages play about Muslim brothels By Nigel Reynolds, Arts Correspondent (Filed: 21/03/2005) A theatre which was forced to axe a play after a riot by Sikhs is to risk controversy again by staging a new drama about Muslim brothels. The new play, Bells, by a young Anglo-Pakistani playwright, Yasmin Whittaker Khan, will expose the secret world of the "mujra", or courtesan house. Bells: the play features non-graphic sexual scenes set in a fictional British ‘mujra’ It shows how Muslim girls find themselves trapped, and exposes the hypocrisy of the otherwise religious men who visit them. The play, featuring "non-graphic" sexual scenes, is set in a ficti…

   

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   Election Of Guru Nanak Gurdwara Smethwick 1 2 3 4 5

   March 17, 2005 by Singh_Shiromani

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   Sadh Sangat Gaj Ke Balao Waheguru Ji ka Khalsa!! Waheguru Ji ki Fateh!! The Election / Selection of the Management committee of Guru Nanak Gurdwara Smethwick (Sikh Temple) High Street, Smethwick is coming soon, either in April or May 2005. Sri Sadh Sangat Sahib Jio, anyone and everyone that has been Amritdhari for the last two years, a regular member of the Sadh Sangat of GNG Smethwick for the last two years, is 110% Khalistani and believes in Dhan Dhan Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaj as their Guru (all as per Constitution) can become a member of Guru Nanak Gurdwara Smethwick Parbandhak Committee. Khalsa ji, as you know our Panth has been infiltrated by people who k…

   

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   Every1 Reply With Vaheguru 1 2

   March 21, 2005 by Inderpal

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   Vaheguru Vaheguru Vaheguru Vaheguru Vaheguru Vaheguru Vaheguru Vaheguru Vaheguru Vaheguru Vaheguru Vaheguru Vaheguru Vaheguru Vaheguru Vaheguru Vaheguru Vaheguru Vaheguru Vaheguru Vaheguru Vaheguru Vaheguru Vaheguru Vaheguru Vaheguru Vaheguru Vaheguru Vaheguru Vaheguru Vaheguru Vaheguru

   

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   Shaheed Bhagat Singh: March 23rd 1 2

   March 23, 2005 by Guest SScom

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   Im surprised. No one has posted the fact that today (March 23rd) we remember the day Shaheed Bhagat Singh was hanged. PARNAAM SHAHEEDA NU Heres the background - - - - - (http://www.bhagatsingh.com) One evening a boy of three was out for a walk with his father. There was also an elderly man with the father. Chatting they walked on and went beyond the village. Green crop delighted the eyes. The elders were walking along the edge of a field. Not hearing the footsteps of the boy, the father looked back. The boy was sitting on the ground and seemed to be planting some thing. The father became curious. "What are you doing?" said he. "Look, father, I shall grow guns all o…

   

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    Narendra Modi to visit UK, despite U.S. snub

    March 24, 2005 by sikhlionz

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    Modi to visit UK, despite U.S. snub 2005-03-23 Published by Hindusthan Times Gathered by Press Trust of India MUMBAY,MARCH 23: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi will travel to Britain this week to address a meeting of expatriate Indians and businessmen, officials said on Wednesday, days after his U.S. visa was revoked by Washington. The U.S. State Department revoked the Hindu nationalist leader’s tourist/business visa last Friday, sparking a storm of protest from India's powerful Hindu right. After protests by Muslim and liberal groups in the United States led to Modi's visa being revoked, British Muslim and human rights groups have protested against his planned t…

    

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    Khande Di Pahul (Amrit)

    March 24, 2005 by Nama Singh

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    Seva Of The Panj... 1 2

    March 10, 2005 by rKr

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    I have a question that I just want people's views on. If a non-amritdhari, non-kesh-dhari was to request the sangat and seva of the Panj Piyare, and prepeared the food with naam, and with complete sucham, can the Panj refuse the langar because this family are not initiated into the Khalsa? Just want to know people's veiws on this...

    

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    International Sikh Lobby and Protest

    March 24, 2005 by Nama Singh

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    NHSF, Sewa International and HSS/RSS

    March 24, 2005 by sarblohsingh2004

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    Vaheguru Jee Ka Khalsa, Vaheguru Jee Kee Fateh ! We all read the news last week: http://www.panthic.org/news/124/ARTICLE/1127/2005-03-20.html here is some more info i received on email: British Charity and Hindu Extremisim Go to website: http://www.awaazsaw.org/ibf/index.htm and top of page Download the pdf under " Print full report (high resolution images, pdf, 2Mb)" This is a very detailed report about the links of these 'charities' like Sewa International (UK) that are basically funding RSS They have particulary profited recently from the Gujrat Earthquake and recent Tsunami Disaster. Funding Gujarat extremists Download Channel 4 News on Sewa Internation…

    

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    Genocide '84: long search for culprits/RSS angle

    March 24, 2005 by sarblohsingh2004

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    Vaheguru Jee Ka Khalsa, Vaheguru Jee Kee Fateh ! http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/2004/...63011200483.htm Genocide '84: long search for culprits/RSS angle By Shamsul Islam Full 20 years have elapsed since genocide of Sikhs took place in November 1984. Despite the constitution of innumerable high-power committees, police investigation teams and commissions these are few small fries who have been booked; the real culprits are still eluding the call of justice. The Nanavati Commission which was constituted in 2002 has recently been given another extension till December 2004. The reality is that in last 20 years though the country has been ruled by every shade of pol…

    

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