You have to be careful what you believe of the MSM. Some of these protests are orchestrated as a divide and rule policy by govt officials themselves. It has a two-pronged effect, divides the communities and serves to punish those who were really involved in violence and thuggery. Many such events are regularly exposed on alternative media.
We pick and choose the bits of Sikhi that speak to us, and then we spend a lifetime trying to justify why we broke the rules. No wonder nobody takes religion seriously when it's rife with hypocrisy.
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you asked very good questions!
to conclude, I can say only one thing,
"its not an important that there is a God or not or his existence, important is "believe in something" and you can name it anything if you don't agree with the word 'God'.