Are Sikhs a different kind of Muslim??

[Big_Tera]

I actually had this question thrown at me by a white english guy. I am not going to criticise him for his question or presumptions even though they are quite ignorant. 

But it got me thinking how other faiths particulalry white british or Europeans perceive us. 

He remarked we have beards and head coverings and looked exactly like muslims. If we were not muslim we were something similar to them. In essence if we look like a muslim and act like a muslim we are muslims and shared similar beliefs to them. 

Now this was comming from a white Christian guy. 

But when I explained to him he was shocked by my answer. 

I actually said that you as a Christian are more religiously similar to Muslims then  Sikhs are to Muslims. 

Muslims Christians and Jews are all Abrahamic faiths. Hence are very close in their belief system to each other. Ie concepts such as heaven ect. Even Muslims believ in jesus and Moses as prophets. 

He was astonished by this. 

I told him further that Buddhism Sikhism and Hinduism are completley different to Islam as these are Dharmic faiths that originated in Indian sub continent and not in the middle east. 

He now realises that instead of labling us Sikhs as Muslims or something similar to them. He is actually more of a Muslim himself as a Christian. 

This is the best answer to give to silly people who try and label us as similar to muslims in some way. 

When we are a Dharmic faith and Islam is a Abrahamic faith. 

 

[Wicked Warrior]

Some people will respond positively when enlightened about Sikhi. Others choose to remain ignorant eg “all brown people are muslims and therefore bad”. Not everyone will open their minds. 

I have, in the past, taken a similar approach and explained that the Abrahamic religions are linked, whereas Sikhism is distinct. 

[Big_Tera]

On 9/1/2019 at 7:40 PM, Wicked Warrior said:

Some people will respond positively when enlightened about Sikhi. Others choose to remain ignorant eg “all brown people are muslims and therefore bad”. Not everyone will open their minds. 

I have, in the past, taken a similar approach and explained that the Abrahamic religions are linked, whereas Sikhism is distinct. 

Yep I also noticed that alot of people mistakenly think that Sikhism is in someway influenced by Hinduism and Islam when in reality it is a unique religion.  

Had this ignorant old guy say he thought Sikhism comes from Hinduism and Islam by combing the two. 

[Sukhvirk1976]

1 hour ago, Big_Tera said:

Yep I also noticed that alot of people mistakenly think that Sikhism is in someway influenced by Hinduism and Islam when in reality it is a unique religion.  

Had this ignorant old guy say he thought Sikhism comes from Hinduism and Islam by combing the two. 

It does employ the lingua franca of both those religions.. But is Tisarpanth 

[jkvlondon]

16 hours ago, Big_Tera said:

Yep I also noticed that alot of people mistakenly think that Sikhism is in someway influenced by Hinduism and Islam when in reality it is a unique religion.  

Had this ignorant old guy say he thought Sikhism comes from Hinduism and Islam by combing the two. 

that's because so many RE textbooks drew that fatuous conclusion

[puzzled]

3 minutes ago, jkvlondon said:

that's because so many RE textbooks drew that fatuous conclusion

Lol I remember that. Our Re teacher used to say that sikhism is a mix of Hinduism and Islam. I believed that and even wrote it in the essays lol.

But she used to say the same about islam, that islam is a mix of judaism and christianity. 

She was a Pakistani lady. 

[Big_Tera]

On 9/3/2019 at 5:19 PM, puzzled said:

Lol I remember that. Our Re teacher used to say that sikhism is a mix of Hinduism and Islam. I believed that and even wrote it in the essays lol.

But she used to say the same about islam, that islam is a mix of judaism and christianity. 

She was a Pakistani lady. 

Seems like they need to re-write the text books. So many still believe in this myth. 

It is interesting to note that Guru Nanak did not start the faith of Sikhism. They basically had beliefs and concepts. It became a religion further down by the following Gurus who created the religion. 

[jkvlondon]

8 hours ago, Big_Tera said:

Seems like they need to re-write the text books. So many still believe in this myth. 

It is interesting to note that Guru Nanak did not start the faith of Sikhism. They basically had beliefs and concepts. It became a religion further down by the following Gurus who created the religion. 

correction is Guru Sahiban NEVER claimed it was from himself but Illahi bani , and it is the META FAITH - the one which completes and supercedes the others' omissions and distortions to save the followers .

[Redoptics]

8 hours ago, Big_Tera said:

Seems like they need to re-write the text books. So many still believe in this myth. 

It is interesting to note that Guru Nanak did not start the faith of Sikhism. They basically had beliefs and concepts. It became a religion further down by the following Gurus who created the religion. 

How do you re-write something that the want the masses to know? Do you actually think these brits didn't know Sikhi is completely different to Islam and Hinduism,  of course they did. It is smear campaign to keep Sikhi down.