Sikhism Quotes
Head of the Sikh Religion
Head of the Sikh Religion. His teaching was that deeds determined the man, not the professed belief and that the existing religions turned man against man.
After his predecessor had been tortured and beheaded—see {618267}–the Guru decided that to deal with the Muslim forces arrayed against them, Sikhs should take up the sword. He was very successful and Sikhism grew. The 10th Guru was the one who introduced the 5 Ks (Unshaved Beard, carrying a knife, wearing special underwear symbolizing chastity and others) by which we physically recognize Sikhs today.
They wanted him to pay rent, but most of all, they were concerned that he was bringing an alien religion to a Muslim land and that was blasphemous under Sharia, Islamic Law. They attacked the Guru whose army defended him successfully and sent the Muslims running back to the hills
Head of the Sikh Religion. None of his predecessors had used arms, but he not only did so but often wore two swords representing the spiritual and civil domains.
Head of the Sikh Religion. Baba Amar Das had told the Guru that he was a righteous man because he did not eat meat.
The fear of the Sikhs was that if the Punjab became a part of the new Muslim State of Pakistan, they would not be allowed to practice their religion and that the new Islamic state would discriminate against non-Muslims. They were successful in keeping the Punjab as a part of India, and turned out to have been right about the intolerance of the new Muslim state.
The Guru was then horribly tortured, and when he still would not convert, the Emperor had him beheaded. A new Indian Emperor, Aurangzeb, had ascended the throne of India by imprisoning his father and murdering his brothers. All the Emperors in those days were Muslims ever since the Islamic army had left Arabia and conquered most land to the East including most of India. Aurangzeb was worse than most and claimed he had a vision from God telling him that he should make everyone in the kingdom a Muslim. But about half the population was still Hindu. He decided to get the Sikh Guru to convert and then almost all would follow. The Sikhs were considered a Hindu sect at the time, and the Sikh Guru was respected by most Hindus. When the Emperor sent for the Guru, he explained that India should only have one religion, Islam, and offered the Guru much gold to convert, but if he did not do so, it would go badly for him. The Guru asked that a large pile of peppercorns be brought before them, and had it set on fire. When the fire burned out, the Guru went through the ashes and found three peppercorns intact.
Head of the Sikh Religion. He was the first Sikh Guru to utilize weapons,
This illustrates what can happen if election districts are designed and desired to have a representative of a particular group. At one level it “recognizes” the reality of ghettoization. At the same time it encourages further ghettoization to prevent people from disenfranchivement.
