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its because most sikh philosphy copied from hinduism anyway - like rebirth, maya, gurmikhs.manmukhs, five sins like kam, krodh etc, merge with god,cremation, basically the core concepts

showing your total lack of education and your feeble mind ....christianity talked about rebirth and reincarnation cycle too before they discarded that controversial doctrine of Christ's does that mean millions of christians are hindu too bewakoof aadmi . Use your brain , the majority don't want us to become popular because their social engineering would be finished where they the Brahmins and Khastriyas are top of the pile ...two thirds of the population are subjugated under the laws of Manu they would be free of their oppression .

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Don't expect anything to come out of the petition. We already know the us and uk along with must other countries are only bothered about their own interests and economic benefit. Truth, justice, human rights all take a back seat if there is nothing to gain for them.

A prime example is how Modi was previously banned from entering the us and uk due to his role in human rights offences against muslims in gujurat. As soon as the west realised he was likely to win the election for pm in India the travel restrictions were magically lifted. The us and uk age desperate to trade with India.

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Obama raised the issue of the protection of minorities whilst in India. Lobbying does work, well done Sikhs for Justice.

Did Oboma ring you and tell you that he raised the issue minorities or in India or have you got

any evidence from the White House?

If yes to the latter please share the link here.

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JSinghz do you live somewhere where you have do not have access to any media? This story just happens to have been covered by every news outlet in the world. Come on become aware of what is going on around you.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/01/27/obama-calls-for-religious-tolerance-gender-equity-in-final-speech-india-visit/

NEW DELHI – President Barack Obama gently nudged India Tuesday to fulfill its constitution's pledge to uphold the "dignity of the individual," drawing on his own experience as a minority in the United States as he closed out a three-day visit to New Delhi.

Obama said that while he has had extraordinary opportunities, "there were moments in my life where I've been treated differently because of the color of my skin." As he touted the importance of religious tolerance, he noted the persistent false rumors that he is a Muslim, not a Christian.

"There have been times where my faith has at times been questioned by people who don't know me, or they've said that I adhere to a different religion, as if that were somehow a bad thing," Obama said.

Equality is enshrined in India's constitution, but religious minorities and women have experienced harassment and violence. A horrific gang rape on a moving bus in the heart of New Delhi in 2012 sparked public protests, which prompted more stringent laws. But critics say more progress is needed and Obama gave voice to their cause.

"Every woman should be able to go about her day -- to walk the street or ride the bus -- and be safe and be treated with the respect and dignity that she deserves," Obama said to applause from the audience of 1,500 at the Siri Fort Auditorium, a government-run event center.

Since taking office in May, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has often talked about women's rights, urging Indians to treat sons and daughters equally. He recently launched an "educate the daughter, save the daughter," program to stem sex selective abortions that skews the gender ratio toward boys and to encourage parents to educate girls, who are often considered a burden.

Obama nodded to his wife as he noted that he's married to a strong woman who is not afraid to speak her mind. "Our nations are strongest when we uphold the equality of all our people and that includes our women," he said.

India is largely Hindu, with almost 80 percent following the faith. At over 12 percent Muslims are India's largest minority, with Sikhs, Christians and Buddhists making up the rest. While religious groups largely coexist peacefully, the country has seen several flare ups of violence, primarily between Hindus and Muslims.

Obama said no society is immune from man's darkest impulses, as he raised the 2012 shooting at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin that killed six people. "In that moment of shared grief, our two countries reaffirmed a basic truth, as we must again today, that every person has the right to practice their faith how they choose, or to practice no faith at all, and to do so free of persecution and fear and discrimination," Obama said.

Modi was denied was denied a visa to the U.S. in 2005, three years after religious riots killed more than 1,000 Muslims in the Indian state where he was the top elected official. He has denied any wrongdoing and India's top court says it found no evidence of Modi's involvement in the riots, but India's Muslims and Christians are wary of Modi's right wing Bharatiya Janata Party.

http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/01/27/india-obama-idINKBN0L00F720150127

India will succeed so long as it is not splintered along the lines of religious faith, as long as it is not splintered along any lines, and it is unified as one nation," he said in a townhall address to mostly young Indians.

Obama's speech, after three days in New Delhi aimed at cementing a strategic partnership, was widely interpreted as a message to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), whose rise to power emboldened activists to declare India a nation of Hindus.

He made no direct reference to Modi, who was banned from U.S. travel for nearly a decade until last year after deadly Hindu-Muslim violence in a state he ruled in 2002.

Lately, religious conversion has again become a divisive political issue, after hardliners with links to the BJP claimed Hinduism was under threat and started a campaign to convince Christians and Muslims to change their faith.

About a fifth of India's 1.27 billion people identify themselves as belonging to faiths other than Hinduism.

"The message is that India is a democratic country, it is not a Hindu country or a Christian country, it is all together, India has respect for all religions," said Imam Umer Ahmed Ilyasi, a Muslim priest who heads the All India Imam Organisation, after the speech. He was standing with a Hindu holy man from one of India's pilgrimage towns, Rishikesh.

In parting shot, Obama prods India on religious freedom

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In parting shot, Obama prods India on religious freedom ... making a plea for freedom of religion to be upheld in a country with a history of strife ...

President Obama Talks Religion, Race in India Farewell

ABC News-15 hours ago

Obama challenges India on women's rights and religious tolerance

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Obama calls for religious tolerance, gender equity in final speech of ...

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India will succeed so long it's not 'splintered' on religious lines: Obama

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Obama raised the issue of the protection of minorities whilst in India. Lobbying does work, well done Sikhs for Justice.

According to The Organization for Minorities of India, Obama indulged in "newspeak "

Source: http://ofmi.org/2015/01/obama-affirms-indian-constitutions-article-25-over-objections-of-south-asian-americans/

Obama Affirms Indian Constitution’s Article 25 Over Objections of South Asian Americans

Article claiming to protect religious liberty permits state regulation of religion, notes US-based rights group

NEW DELHI: Jan. 27, 2015 – In his final hours in India, U.S. President Barack Obama called the country a “partner,” saying India should not be “splintered along the lines of religious faith.”

“Our freedom of religion is written into our founding documents,” said Obama during his half-hour speech at New Delhi’s Fort Siri. “It’s part of America’s very first amendment. Your Article 25 says that all people are equally entitled to freedom of conscience and the right freely to profess, practice, and propagate religion.”

His remarks concluded an unprecedented second state visit by a sitting U.S. president to India. Obama’s administration has overseen an expanding alliance with South Asia’s dominant nation as the United States has softened its stance towards controversial Indian politicians like Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In 2005, Modi was banned by the U.S. State Department from entering the country due to “egregious religious freedom violations,” but the policy was swiftly reversed after his election as India’s chief executive.

Although the 25th article of India’s Constitution is frequently credited as enshrining a right to religious freedom, many minorities of Indian origin believe it does exactly the opposite. “The foundational threat to religious liberty in independent India is Article 25,” said Bhajan Singh, Founding Director of US-based Organization for Minorities of India (OFMI).

“Article 25 does two things,” said Singh. “First, it permits the state to regulate religion and religious institutions for ‘public order’ and, second, it forces followers of the Sikh, Jain, and Buddhist religions to identify as Hindus even though these three separate faiths are totally distinct. South Asian minorities have very publicly petitioned President Obama to address questionable provisions in the article, but he has failed them by instead affirming it in total.”

The article states that Indians may profess, practice, and propagate their religion, but conditions that right by saying it is “subject to public order, morality and health.” Furthermore, the article says the State is not prevented from making any law “regulating or restricting any economic, financial, political or other secular activity which may be associated with religious practice.” Its most disputed clause states that “reference to Hindus shall be construed as including a reference to persons professing the Sikh, Jaina or Buddhist religion.”

In anticipation of Obama’s visit to India, the group Sikhs for Justice launched a whitehouse.gov petition to the president asking him to raise the issue of Article 25 with Modi. The petition system, designed to allow Americans to bring concerns to the president’s attention, requires collection of 100,000 signatures in 30 days to prompt a response. Over the month of December 2014, 125,022 people in the U.S. joined their names to the petition asking Obama to question Modi about why India’s Constitution labels Sikhs as “Hindus” while in India. Obama’s office has yet to issue any response, but his affirmation of the article seems likely to unsettle petitioners.

“While India’s ruling party demands national criminalization of religious conversion without state permission, and leaders of both major political parties have only advanced in power after instigating pogroms against religious minorities, Obama’s lip service to Article 25 constitutes a dual betrayal of the American and Indian peoples,” remarked South Asia analyst Pieter Friedrich. “Even after over a hundred thousand Americans warned their president that Article 25 destroys religious liberty in India, he responded by publicly embracing the Orwellian article. Obama has accomplished nothing more in India than the perpetuation of newspeak, the political language that calls black as white, tyranny as freedom, and good as evil.”

President Obama was joined on his trip to India by four legislators from his Democrat Party — House Democrat leader Nancy Pelosi, New York Congressman Joe Crowley, California Congressman Ami Bera, and Virginia Senator Mark Warner. Bera and Pelosi are both members of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee. On January 26, Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) protested Obama’s choice of “a partisan congressional delegation,” noting that no Republican members of Congress were invited to join the trip. Bera’s 2014 reelection campaign faced protests by his South Asian American constituents based on his refusal to address their concerns about religious freedom violations by the Indian State.

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He said in his speach by mentioning Sikh and Muslim names that other religions existed as well Hindus and they needed to be protected. That goes against the Indian Constitution that says everyone is a Hindu.

Get your facts right. Dont write ridiculous stuff. where does the Indian constitution say Muslims or christians are Hindus???

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