Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!
Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!
This is the sad fact when a group representing Islam fails to interpret their religion for what it is, guidelines to live a peacful life, as is with every religion.
That is why sects of this religion exist in the greatest frequency. No one can completely understand the original meaning of the arabic within the Qur'an. We should dismiss this group as an order that has taken some meaning out of Islam that is not representative of the whole of that religion. Let's not say all Muslims believe what Al-Muhajiroun believe.
There are good and bad things taken from any religion. Obviously this group makes uneducated claims about our beliefs and makes theirs more superior. That is the worst discrimination. As Sikhs we never claim that we are better or worse than any religion, those who follow Sikhi know that it is a path to Truth. And in it lies an acceptance of all paths that search for Waheguru.
The fact that we sit here and nitpick each other's religions is beside the point that nitpicking in itself is what leads to conflict. I promote going out and protesting what they are doing in public, because it is severly discriminatory, but I'd rather we as Sikhs show our diligence to Gurujis teachings and basically ignore how the ignorant address ours or any other religions.
For us to succumb to such jeering and fingerpointing is not what Gurujis would consider learning and moving closer to the truth. Even in Islam, truths lie that we see are simply expressions of our Waheguru.
Guru Nanak Dev Ji never bowed to the Hindu God or the Muslim God, but He saw in both an element of Wah
eguru.
'Waheguru' in Sikh thinking is the ineffable wondrous awe-inspiring wisdom and knowledge of God. Waheguru underlies, like the sweet fragrance of a flower, all of creation. It is considered as the universal divine law, which harmonizes all creation to the will of God. This is the true mystical essence at the core of all great world faiths, and philosophies, such as, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism.
That essence is what teaches an individual to rise above his/her individualistic narrow-minded sectarian values, and see the one truth in all and every place. Something as a disciple a Sikh hopes to find. A truth that is termed or referred to by mankind in variety of ways - Allah in Islam, God in Christianity, Raam in Hinduism, Waheguru Guru in Sikhism etc.
One attempting to express this truth, is like a mute, who eats sugar and then tries to speak of its taste. This ineffable sublime universal reality/truth, the 'Tat Nachor' (meaning ‘true essence’), is very subtle and fine.
In ancient Sikh ideology, the majority of people in the world do not have the deeds/destiny to appreciate it. Even so-called intellectuals, scholars and religious leaders the world over cannot smell the sweet fragrance of this wondrous flower - the universal true world, spiritual path and the true Divine Dharma that harmonizes man internally and externally in the world. As sikhs this is ultimately the path that we are on.
Dharma brings peace of mind and contentment in life to all. However, the majority of so-called intellectuals, self-proclaimed religious and spiritual leaders, and followers of a particular faith fall into egotistic arguments. Each person claiming his/her own particular system of belief/way of life/religion/philosophy, etc is the only true one and the ‘best’ one, hence all others are false or limited in one way or another.
As was in the time of our Gurujis so it is today, we will rise above such idiosyncrats and their melange of egotistical debauc
hery.
Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!
Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!