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Gurudwaras Of Pakistan: Systematic Destruction By Islamist Radical Pakistan


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You're assuming the person posting this did so today. It can take a few days for moderators to approve a new topic from a guest user. Nonetheless, its an important point to take note when praising Pakistan.

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The article is correct. There are extremists that have taken over gurdwaras. One example is Shaheed Ganj Bhai Taru Singh in Lahore, they give local Sikhs a hard time for doing keertan or paath at the small building.

Though, the other gurdwaras mentioned after the first half of the article are in that condition because of neglect, not because of "systematic destruction".

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wow those old Gurdware are beautiful

they are not being 'systematically destroyed'.  they are just abandoned/ neglected.  they are now surrounded by people who are not involved in sikhism and too poor to attend to the buildings anyway.

theres alot of abandoned buildings in india too.  

pakistan government has an archeological dept.  maybe we could start an online petition requesting them to look after the buildings for their artistic merit.  

if those buildings were in India then well-meaning but misguided sikhs would have just demolished them and replaced them with homogenous looking marble gurdwaras anyway.  i'm glad they escaped.

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I dont think it is systematic destruction. The number of Sikhs in Pakistan is very very small percentage and most of them live in the same mohallas, these gurdware on the other hand are spread all over the country which shows you how far and wide sikh communities used to live before. They are slowly opening more and more gurdware but because of the small sikh population  they probably will not be able to take care of all these gurdware.

They have opened 2 more gurdware  recently   one was guru hargobind sahib jis gurdwara and another is guru nanak dev jis gurdwara, a few years back they reopened another gurdwara in the pashtun area in the mohalla joga singh area.

they reopened this beautiful gurdwara of guru hargobind sahib ji earlier this yr   heres the opening ceremony 

 

reopening of gurdwara in jhelum   such a beautiful gurdwara built in old haveli style   

 

 

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I wonder what happened to sikhs living in Pakistan. Was it their idea to make Pakistan? We did not vouch for partition of punjab. We suffered because of radical islamist demands. This was systematic destruction by likes of jinnah and co who advocated idea that muslims and hindus cannot co-exist. To suggest otherwise is disingenuous. You can't ignore past context. Any making amends is appreciated but not without acknowledging the past. We were forced out of our proporties, raped and massacred by these same people parents and grandparents. None of it our fault. All to fulfil the power lust of one man and one community. Never Forget!

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