Does this look right?!

[Gursikh10]

When you watch this video, do you think this is what Sikhs should be known for? These people are ruining the Sikh image and I know this has been disputed many times and I don't know if the Sikh community will EVER be on the same page. But in my opinion this is just stupid.

These people are just looking for an excuse to eat meat...!

Even if I wasn't a Sikh, I would never EVER want to see this happening.

Taking the life of an innocent animal who has done nothing to harm you just so you can eat some meat?

I know this is not accepted in Sikhism.

Sikhism is a different religion, and the video below shows the exact opposite. I'm so happy I didn't see this when I went to Sri Hazur Sahib.

Nihaangs are not Singhs, this practice is horrible and not part of our values! By the way, this video is the first result on YouTube when you search " sri hazur sahib" . Big Impact.

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A fellow Gursikh responded to this video, worth watching :

Response 1:

RESPONSE 2:

[HSD2]

It never fails to amaze me how obsessed Sikhs are with their 'image' rather than reality. This is probably one of the Nihang practices which goes back pre-1849 and just because some of us have become squeamish and sterilized in other parts of the world, it wont stop them doing this.

You could go there and try to stop them, but I recommend you think carefully before offending them - they are not acting when they say they know how to use swords!

[Gursikh10]

These practices can stop. As for the Sikh Image, I'm fine with my image and i'm not obsessed but concerned that Sikhs are going out and representing themselves with false values.

This is the 21st Century, this stuff is not acceptable and plain out dumb.. a few quotes out of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji should shut them up?

[Sherdil]

How do you think the goat heads were severed during the first Amrit sanchaar?

[Gurpreet14]

OMG......... I have never seen this happening in Gurdwara................

Matlab... this happens there ocassionaly or what?

Can anyone tell me.... y n for wat reason this was done? there was some path going on.. n we gave a life of animal during that?

I m Stunned?? i was not knowing this happens in Hazur sahib?? e kida ? matlab? is this really true?

[Gursikh10]

Gurpreet14, this is what sikhs call Jhatka meat. It happens often ... why? I have no idea.

[HSD2]

Brother this is where it gets so unfortunate for us. I could not care less if non-Sikhs see Nihangs doing bhang or jhatka or whatever. The firanghi are a fickle bunch who's norms and expectations change like their fashions.

I care more for what the Nihangs are doing to claim back their glories and become what they before the British neutered them. If we are to be so squeamish about a goat what of the battlefield? Not every Mughal/Afghan/Maratha/British we fought was an evildoer of unimaginable proportions. But they were enemies and had to be killed. How did Sikhs know how sharp their weapons were if they never used them?

As for using Gurbani, we are not Abrahamics. They fire off lines like they are in a rap battle. Gurbani needs to be quoted at length to understand it. Read Panth Prakash. In the old days, Sikhs would read at least an entire Ang for contemplation before doing something. Not one or two lines.

If you wish to take on the Nihangs, if it feels right to you, then do it. But I dont see why you would.

[Gurpreet14]

I know about Jhatka... But in Gurdwara?

I have never ever seen in lyf ................?? eh keri reet hai?