Singh Sabhas condemn article on Sikhs

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Singh Sabhas condemn article on Sikhs

TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ TUESDAY, OCTOBER 07, 2003 02:27:37 PM ]

JALANDHAR: The Confederation of the Singh Sabhas of Jalandhar City has condemned " the highly obnoxious statement appearing in the October, 2003 issue of the Spokesman in which the Sikhs are referred to as 'jangli'." In a press release e-mailed to TNN the Confederation has reproduced part of the write-up.

It says : "Muglan de daur vich sikhan nun janglan vich ja chhupnan piya.Janglan vich reh ke sikhan ne ‘janglee’ adtan nu hi apna lya. Sara din khande peende rahe (jo kujh vi mile), larde rahe te galan kadhde rahe. Shahri jeevan vich vapas parat ke vi Sikh janglan dian adta nun aje tak nahin bhule..."

The press release further says that "the statement has been been deliberately made to hurt the sentiments of the entire Sikh world to take away their attention from the nefarious activities of the journal and his collaborators conspiring against the Sikh traditions of hukamnama and authority of Akal Takhat."

The release further says : "It is true that from time to time the governments of the day had been calling Sikhs as snakes, dogs, jaraim pesha (criminal tribe) and what not but it is for the first time that the entire Sikh community right from the time of Guru Gobind Singh ji to date have been dubbed as janglees and ravenous people constantly engaging themselves in name calling and invectives against each other."

The press release further states that the "period of eighteenth century is the most glorious period of Sikh history. The Sikhs made maximum sacrifices d

uring that period and at the cost of their lives kept the flame of Sikhism burning. This was the period when even the women and infants also had to pay for their life for adhering to the Sikh faith. Now dubbing those Sikhs as wild and calling them names is the most heinous and monstrous act. This is an insult to the entire Sikh nation and the Gurus and ought not be ignored."

The Confederation further states that " of late the Spokesman along-with certain disgruntled elements abhorrent to Sikh Rahit Maryada has been carrying on a tirade against the concept of Miri-Piri, the daily prayer and baptismal banees , the maryada of Harimandir Sahib, the principle of hukam-namas."

The Confederation has " warned the Sikhs to beware of the nefarious designs of this anti-Sikh group publishing such material. It is now evident that these people have ganged up against the concept and institution of Hukamnama because of their mentors Nirankari and Bhag Singh Ambala against whom Hukamnamas were issued by Akal Takhat ostracizing them from the Panth. Of these Bhag Singh Ambala had written against // sri bhagauti ji ki and benati chaupai patshahi dasvin penned by Guru Gobind Singh ji.

Bhag Singh Ambala had submitted himself before the Akal Takhat and sought forgiveness for his blasphemous writings. He was pardoned. But now this group comprising Mohinder Singh Bakshi (Josh) who claims to be the legatee of Bhag Singh has tried to dig up the dead issues and is conspiring against the concept of Hukamnamas.Dr. Man Singh Nirankari is also one of the prominent members of this group. He is not only openly advocating and writing against the Nitnem and Ardas of the Khalsa but is also spreading the blasphemous canard that the gurus also had the ‘mundan’ ceremony."

In view of this, the Confederation calls upon the Sri Akal Takhat Sahib and the SGPC to take note of this blasphemous statement given by the Spokesman and take strict action according to the Pan

thik traditions.

The confederation also brings this to the notice of the authorities for taking action against the write-up of the Spokesman which is nothing but an attempt to hurt the religious feelings of the Sikhs and has the potential of disturbing the peace and tranquility of the society. The press statement has been issued under the names of Tarlochan Singh, president and Jagjit Singh Gabba, president of the Confederation.

[Guest mehtab]

if only we cud bring back abdali, zakariya khan, mir mannu,nadir shah, bahadur shah, farrukhsiyar, aurangzeb, wazir khan back to life and ask them how they feel about Sikhs. the writer of this article would find them shivering to death and might think of making changes in the piece of garbage he wrote :umm: :umm: :D @ @

[Guest balwinderkaur]

if only we cud bring back abdali, zakariya khan, mir mannu,nadir shah, bahadur shah, farrukhsiyar, aurangzeb, wazir khan back to life and ask them how they feel about Sikhs. the writer of this article would find them shivering to death and might think of making changes in the piece of garbage he wrote   

soooooooooo true rochak bhai :umm: