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4 hours ago, jkvlondon said:

wouldn't it be wiser to consult sikh vidvans in arabic and farsi as they will not have an ulterior motive to hide worse aspects of the quran ?

it would but im fresh out of people who can help me irl. On the interwebs anyone can be anyone so I tend to do this sort of research in person.

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33 minutes ago, jkvlondon said:

there is a group of sikhs who ran a farsi course out of SOAS , maybe try them I'll look up in my notes for the email

that's actually amazing. I wasn't even aware they existed, thank you so much :)

 

25 minutes ago, jkvlondon said:

Ok I had a look it was actually T singh from Turiya Charity,

 

maybe try SOAS to get true independence

https://www.soas.ac.uk/languagecentre/languages/

 

I'll save it and use it thank you so much penji.

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9 minutes ago, Kira said:

that's actually amazing. I wasn't even aware they existed, thank you so much :)

 

 

I'll save it and use it thank you so much penji.

if we get a group of us asking for the farsi (gurmat specific)course to be delivered again online format perhaps then they may be persuaded to run it again, I'm on the wait-list already:

Firstly, thank you for your email and taking the time to write to us with interest and passion with regards to the Farsi language course.  Secondly, humblest apologies that we have neglected to reply to you sooner.

The course has been run for the second time now and at the present time, there are no further plans to repeat the course in it's current format.  What we are exploring, however, is to offer some kind of learning opportunity in terms of Farsi language in the future but how that will look exactly is yet to be cemented.  It is time to evolve the course in the interests of "continuos improvement" and to keep on striving for excellence.

Being a small charity, we are also mindful of our resources and the number of projects that we can responsibly undertake at any given point in time.  Currently, we have diverted our resources towards making available ithiaasic texts (translated into English) for purchase via our website.  These include Gur Sobha whereby the translation was sponsored by Turiya.  We have further such projects in the pipeline and it is our wish and aim to provide opportunity for the Panth to take control of their personal learning as Sikhs, rather than relying on unsubstantiated historic accounts from 3rd parties.  We try to run the charity with great efficiency and none of the sevadaars are paid for their time (it is given freely as Dasvandh) and we endeavour to keep costs down to minimum.  All sales proceeds from our online store are wholly diverted towards our current translation projects.

We have recorded your contact details so that if and when we are ready to revisit the delivery of a Farsi language course, we can engage with you and other interested parties in order to ensure that you are given first refusal.

Thank you for your understanding and support

Many Guru bless you

T. Singh

Turiya
 

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