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  1. akaltaksal
    I think you're overreacting here, there are cultural shifts happening. Yes, the very dimwitted ones will reproduce, however, their offspring will face the same struggle they faced: the struggle between adhering to an archaic faith vs. western values and culture. Apostasy and irreligious attitudes are fast spreading among the Iranians and Turks (at least in my country). Where I live, 23% of those born into the muslim faith no longer identify with it. It'll slowly regress to where Christianity is the more it comes in contact with the west and it's culture.
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    Not from their childhood. He was a different case. As criticism of Islam by Academia and public figures increase so does apostasy and laxity among muslims. All it requires is for people to think critically, and once that begins to happen, all abrahamic religions start to die from the inside out.
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    Piara Singh Padam, last paragraph of Bhai Chaupa Singh's Rehatnama (In the two complete printed versions of today.)
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    It's from Mangal Prakash, not a particularly reliable book.
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    I think you're over exaggerating the threat level. Europeans (including Britishers) may be cucks when it comes to dealing with the obviously troublesome foreign minority but there'll naturally be a tipping point, where the host population will have had enough and retaliate against both the muslims and the complicit left. This is already becoming visible with the rise of right-wing groups across Europe. Secondly, we also have to take western civilization and culture into consideration. The more Muslims (or any exclusive non-western ethnic group residing in the west) tend to get educated, the less religious they will be. The more they get exposed to western culture, the more they assimilate. A generation later, Atheism, lack of religiosity and apostasy won't be as taboo. Islam will end up in the same place Christianity is in today. Muslims in the west who hold a multi-faceted identity and are engaged with both cultures tend to reconcile and reform their beliefs to adjust to society and create ideological alignment and compatibility between the two.
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    Bhai Chaupa Singh didn't lose the plot. The copies of his Rehatnama that we have so far were interpolated by Gurbaksh Singh, Balakha Singh, and a fourth person. Certain injunctions were written in, others removed. From the manuscripts extant today, we find three to four different handwritings.
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    Bansawalinama is seen as a source of general history. Scholars use and cite it in regards to dates, chronology, and certain events. No one accepts every detail of the text. Cross referencing and evaluation of each part of the text is employed when dealing with such books. Many of the authors of such Granths were from a hindu background, so adding a brahminical flavor to their narrations is of no surprise.
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    Why is this even important? That's something they should concern themselves with, not us.
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    Questions are only seen as bad if one doesn't have answers to them or is unable to debate such a topic due to a lack of education in it. This secular, pacifistic, unbothered, and ignorant attitude is very un-Sikh like. The Guru has done Khandan of Bharam, false Panths, and Fokat Karam since the beginning. That was how our Panth began. When you instruct someone to avoid or ignore criticism or false propaganda, you're leaving it unanswered and unchallenged in the public eye. This also has to do with the fact that the average Sikh in the west does not properly educate him/herself in Sikh history and Dharam. A lot of the points brought up against Sikhi by these preachers are easily answerable and can be countered, as I found them. If we come across any point raised, it's best to take our time to study the subject thoroughly so we may answer it and be able to debate and dismiss their arguments. ਜੇ ਕੋ ਮਾਰੈ ਈਟ ਢੀਮ ਪਾਥਰ ਹਨੈ ਰਿਸਾਇ ।24। "If one hits you with a mud brick, ferociously strike back with a boulder."
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    Muslims have a perception that their faith is superior, and must outdo every other. Furthermore they attempt to rationalize and legitimize their own ideology (mental gymnastics are employed here) whilst attacking others. Thus they attempt to "prove" the veracity and legitimacy of their own ideology. As far as I'm concerned, only a handful of scholars or educated Sikhs are needed to address the points they bring up against Sikhi. Most of what they use to attack Gurmat is misconstrued or arguably inapplicable. They view all religions (even Dharmic) from an Abrahamic (specifically Islamic) lens. Which renders them unable to understand the faiths in the first place because they look for an Abrahamic anatomy and framework in any religion, judging it through their own criteria, which is ludicrous. The biggest enemy of Islam, and any Semitic religion for that matter, is education and critical thinking itself.
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    Halal Meat is a severe Bujjar Kurehat. ਹੁਕਾ ਔ ਕੁਠਾ ਚਰਸ ਤੰਬਾਕੂ ਭੂਲਹਿ ਸਿੰਘ ਨਜੀਕ ਨ ਜਾਵੈ॥ Hukah, kutha, tobacco; A Singh does not go near these. -Sri Gur Katha, Bhai Jaita Ji ਆਪਨ ਇਸ਼ਟ ਬਿਨਾ ਅਵਰਨ ਕਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਕਬਹੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ਨਹਿਂ ਲੇਵੇ॥ A Singh shall not eat the Prasad of any other faith than is own Ishta. ਮਤ ਪ੍ਰਵਿਰਤ ਭਏ ਤਿਸ ਜਨ ਕੀ ਅਵਕਨ ਕਾ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ਜੋ ਜੇਵੈ॥ The mind of such a Sikh is polluted by eating the oblations of another religion. ਅਰ ਫਿਰ ਸਿਦਕ ਭਿ ਡੋਲਹਿ ਤਿਸ ਕਾ ਸਮ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ਜੋ ਸਭਸ ਜਨੇਵੈ॥੮॥ One's Sidhak [faith;belief;principles of living] wavers by eating the oblations of all and sundry. -Sri Gur Katha, Bhai Jaita Ji Halal meat is meat from an animal which has been slaughtered by the Islamic method with Kalma prayers. The only Maas which is Parwan by Guru Sahib is the Maas of Jhatka, ideally with Maryada. The Islamic method is not the way of the Khalsa. What your uncle is doing is a severe transgression of the Sikh Rehat. If he wishes to consume Maas, it must not be Halal or any other non-Sikh religious method. Ideally he should eat Jhatka. If not, then Maas from a method slaughtered in a humane way, which isn't an oblation to any faith should be eaten.
  12. akaltaksal
    I don't know how to stop someone from being an Atheist. However, if they're converting to another religion, point out how stupid that other religion is. Have them compare both faiths and traditions thoroughly. Look at both critique and merit. Evaluate each faith. Plain and simple.
  13. akaltaksal
    I'll let it go. You do have a point there.
  14. akaltaksal
    In regards to the Kashmir issue. Pakistan claims the ENTIRETY of Kashmir, as does India. Which is faulty. Pakistan's claim was that it's a Muslim majority province and thus should be acceded to Pakistan. However, with that being true, one fact has to noted: There is a Hindu/Buddhist/Sikh Majority in the Jammu and Ladakh region, with significant minorities in Kargil (Southern Kargil is majority non-Muslim) and Doda. If anything, it would have to be partitioned like The Panjab and the Bengal. And that wouldn't solve Pakistan's water insecurity.
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    What debate? Half of all you people talk as if the last book you read was in primary school (I guess someone's gotta keep the Kathavachiks in Business). I'm here mostly to discuss, learn, give info, and correct. And I just don't like people that push the pro-Pakistani narrative, or those who really have no business here, faith wise. ??
  16. akaltaksal
    Heretic or a Turk. Both are repulsive. The heretic is an internal threat where as the Turk is external. Whether or not he's insulted the Gurus (as of yet), is not the issue. It's the fact that he's Turk-Beeraj.
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    Anatolia, and Balkan region.
  18. akaltaksal
    There is no one JanamSakhi. There are numerous of Janamsakhis.
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    Yes, I'm looking through some of the Janamsakhis I have.
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    Rüm is used to refer to many regions across Europe-Asia.
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    They don't believe in Sri Dasam Granth Sahib and kautak/Chamatkaars. They haven't cursed or insulted their any of the 10 Patshahees. That may be an insult to us, But not from a non-partisan persepective. Turkrreya di Haami ehna toh behatar ja faidemand nahi. Turkus have no qualms with insulting our Gurus, in any manner. Missionaries are more favorable than Musalmaans, As objectionable as they be.
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    I meant people from Academic circles (scholars).
  23. akaltaksal
    Yeah, because missionaries are Sikhs, at the end of the day.
  24. akaltaksal
    Yeah, well acting like them isn't really the best idea.
  25. akaltaksal
    Who gives a flying rat's a$$ about what people say on Social media? Look at the academic circles. Where it matters. Read a scholarly article or a book. You can say anything on Social Media. Are any of those commenters, posters, etc. scholars or researchers? No. Their opinions will only affect people who have a poor educational background.
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