Protest at bow Gurdwara - Be there show you care (click image to enlarge)

Proof that weed messes up your mind

Listen to his laugh, the weed takes its toll, it is really funny dough!

Officail 25 Years Tune By Sikh Unit - taken of their new mixtape

Taliban Kidnaps And takes piss out of Sikhs

Sikhs pay Rs. 20 m ‘jazia’ to Taliban in Pak
by: ashok Friday, April 17th, 2009

By Ashok Kumar

Members of Pakistan’s minority Sikh community living in the restive Orakzai tribal region have paid Rs 20 million as “tax” to the Taliban after militants forcibly occupied some of their homes and kidnapped a Sikh leader. The Taliban had demanded Rs 50 million as ‘jizia’ - a tax levied on non-Muslims living under Islamic rule - but the militants finally settled for Rs 20 million. After the amount was paid on Wednesday, the militants vacated the homes they had taken over and released Sikh leader Saiwang Singh, officials in the tribal region near the northwestern city of Peshawar were quoted as saying by the Daily Times newspaper. The Sikhs have been living in the area for many years.

A few more incidents never reported anywhere highlight the plight of the minorities in Pakistan. A couple of years ago, I had a chance meeting with Pakistan Ambassador to Australia and showed him the news item in The Indian Sub-continent Times regarding a Hindu being appointed acting Chief Justice of Pakistan. He was, initially, furious and commented that he is Pakistani and we do not differentiate between people. Upon clarification by a fellow Sydney-based journalist from Pakistan, the Ambassador realised the importance of the news and appreciated the effort.

A Hindu from Pakistan once during a casual talk revealed about the pressures he and his family faced from clerics to convert to Islam. And the list of such tales is unending. Hence, it didn’t come as a surprise when the Taliban imposed ‘jazia’ on Sikhs or non-Muslims.

The officials said the Taliban had announced that the Sikhs were now free to live anywhere in Orakzai Agency. The militants also announced they would protect the community, saying that no one would harm them after they had paid jizia.

Sikhs who had left the area would now return to their homes and resume their business, the officials said. The militants had occupied at least 10 homes of Sikhs in Qasimkhel village on Tuesday. About 35 Sikh families have been living in Qasimkhel for many years.

The Taliban demand for jizia was resolved at a jirga or council held yesterday through the efforts of local tribal elders. The militants had said the Sikhs should pay jizia in accordance with Shariah or Islamic law

Seva by UK Sangat

Feed The Hungry from Sandeep on Vimeo.

Next Feed the Hungry Event

23rd may 2009

For more Inofrmation call Gurpreet Kaur: 07904973460

Sevadaars will feed the homeless in the streets and shelters in central London.

Charity work by UK Sangat

Feeding the Hungry on the Streets of London….

London, UK : Feed the Hungry volunteers celebrated the Sikh festival of vasakhi by serving Langgar (food cooked in a Sikh community kitchen) to some 200 Londoners at homeless shelters and on the streets of central London on Saturday 11th April 2009. The hot food, comprising red bean curry and rice, salad and rice pudding, which was prepared and packed by the volunteers at the Central Gurdwara ( Sikh place of worship) in Holland Park, went down well on a nippy London evening, which inspired an atmosphere of humility and community spirit.

Thirty two UNITED SIKHS volunteers were joined by volunteers from Langgar London, Rajinder Singh and Vineet Kaur, who had been serving London’s homeless for the past year. Each volunteer had something different to bring to the day. Indeed for Dr Lakhbir Singh, who accompanied his wife, Harbans Kaur, to the Central Gurdwara to prepare the Langgar, it was the first time he had metha-taek (bow in prayer) in the prayer hall without the use of his wheelchair, since a car accident in 2007. “We were very touched that we were able to join the volunteers who served langgar at the shelters and the streets in Central London. My husband never thought he would ever walk again near his former workplace in Central London, where he once worked as an ophthalmologist,” said Harbans Kaur.

The ‘food run’ was indeed a race with time as the volunteers split up into groups to make it on time for dinner at three shelters in the east-end before meeting up to feed the homeless on the streets and under the bridges in the west-end in London’s Strand, Charing Cross and Waterloo areas by 7pm.

Volunteers preparing Langgar

The volunteers were touched by the warm welcome from the residents at the Dellow Centre in Tower Hamlets, the Hopetown Centre and the Booth House in Whitechapel and the Heather Lodge in Bow, who were curious about the identity of the volunteers who wore turbans and their articles of faith.

Although visiting homeless shelters is a sobering experience in itself, it is impossible not to feel moved by the gratitude of many of the people we served. One gentleman remarked on behalf of his fellow rough sleepers, “Thank you very much, we all really appreciate it what you are doing…ohh lovely rice pudding (kheer) can I have some more please?”

The volunteers congregated near Waterloo Bridge in high spirits despite the rain to look for more homeless near the South Bank Centre and by 10.00pm were happy that collectively they had fed the hungry and their own souls. Watch a video clip of the evening of street feeding at http://www.unitedsikhs.org/film-uk/FEEDTHEHOMELESS.mov

Volunteers preparing Langgar

Volunteer Harsharon Kaur said afterwards, “The Feed the Hungry seva on Saturday was my first time and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I have for some time been thinking of setting up a project which feeds the hungry and Saturday really made my dream come true. I would like to help out with these projects on a regular basis.”

“This Feed the Hungry event not only reassured us that someone had not gone hungry for the evening, but we felt we were recognizing the human race as one,” said Ram Simar Kaur, a UNITED SIKHS volunteer, who will now join every monthly Feed The Hungry event in London. The next one is on 23rd May2009, to celebrate the 530th birth anniversary of Guru Amardas, the third Sikh Guru, the details for which are here.

“UNITED SIKHS will serve langgar at the Hopetown Centre to commemorate a Sikh festival or historic event every month. We will also feed the homeless on the streets on separate occasions,” said Gurpreet Kaur, UNITED SIKHS’ Feed the Hungry coordinator, who said that the manager of the Hopetown Centre has requested that that the volunteers make a presentation on ‘Who Are the Sikhs’, on 23rd May 2009.

You may read about a previous Feed the Hungry event at http://www.unitedsikhs.org/PressReleases/PRSRLS-22-02-2009-00.htm

Issued By:
Jessie Kaur
UNITED SIKHS
07709830442
sikhaid@unitedsikhs.org

Khalsa aid Charity group - Really Good Seva

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Why the Sikhs are slaves in India

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Little Girls Killed By their father

AMERICA'S MOST HEINOUS HONOR KILLING: AMINA AND SARAH SAID MURDERED A YEAR AGO TODAY, FATHER, BROTHER, MOTHER STILL AT LARGE

Atlas reader J took this picture for us yesterday. Amina and Sarah's Aunts will be holding a memorial ceremony in March

The non Muslim side of the family is asking everyone to light a candle for the girls to keep them remembered!

Pink shoes, perfect for a coward that beats and rapes little girls.

The girls .......sigh

It is one hear ago today on New Year's when Yaser Said, one of the FBI's most wanted, brutally murdered his two daughters in the name of Islam - in an honor killing right here in America. The thug murderer got away with it because of a media too afraid to call it what it was and an Irving police department too afraid of insulting the Muslim population. Law enforcement still has not questioned or interrogated the two alleged accomplices - the mother from hell, Tissie, who dragged those poor girls home after they ran away (only to be shot to death 24 hours later) and the radicalized brother, who gave his father the gun and, to this very day, violently threatens a family member who speaks the truth about the horror those poor girls lived with.
HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAN? There is a $22,000 reward for information leading to his arrest. Send it around. (never seen before photos)

Abuse in a Mosque

There is a first-hand undercover investigation being done in Al-Farooq mosque in Nashville, TN. What has been exposed is unthinkable. This is video footage of a first-hand undercover investigation done in Al-Farooq mosque. Listen to a 7 year old talk about her husband and how they are beaten during shariah class. The video is just the sound, as these kids are in tremendous danger and the undercover person inside needed to hide the camera deeply. We are working on the sound quality. Listen to the girl stating how kids are beaten as she begins to cry.

Chemist guilty of contamination

Daifallah chose to defend himself in court

An Algerian chemist has been found guilty at Bristol Crown Court of contaminating food and wine by using his own urine and faeces.

Sahnoun Daifallah, 42, of Bibury Road, Gloucester, was found guilty of four counts of contaminating goods at four businesses in May 2008.

Daifallah, who had defended himself, had pleaded not guilty to all charges.

Sentencing was adjourned to allow preparation of psychiatric reports. Daifallah is likely to be deported.

Judge Carol Hagen said: "I find this a very worrying case and the circumstances are alarming."

She warned Daifallah that if he did not cooperate with authorities in creating pre-sentence reports, it would "reinforce my conclusion that I find you to be a potentially very dangerous man".

The court had heard the Algerian-born chemist sprayed the mixture in the Air Balloon Pub, in Birdlip, near Cheltenham on 14 May.

He then moved on to the Waterstones bookstore in Cirencester, Tesco in Quedgley and Morrisons in Abbeydale.

The court heard shoppers and staff in both stores saw Daifallah with a black lap top computer with a vapour coming from the bag being sprayed on the shelves.

Hevi video

Man dissing the roop of guru ji

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Yeah facebooker put this man in his place man

he proper takes the piss man trust

memorail website for bow 09 attack

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Problems with in Sikhs

Sikh Unit Talking da hardest

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Below is the version of Giggs, i reckon the singhs version makes his look soft the singhs r defo talking the hardest Giggs production is better due to studio, but lyrically the singhs light him up man, and giggs is voted number 1 rapper in uk and won the BET award

The Wake Up Call

Introduction

Whenever we go to the Gurdwara and stand in the Ardaas, at the end of the Ardaas we recite the following words...

“Guru Granth Jee Maaneo, Pargat Guraa Ki Deh|

Realise that Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is the embodiment of all the Gurus.

Jo Prabh Ko Milbo Chahe, Khoj Shabad Meh Leh|

Those who seek union with God should search through the divine wisdom of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji.”

These words contain the essence of Sikhi. To a non-Sikh Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji may seem just a book, a piece of well constructed literature from the 15^th century; but Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is much more than that. Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is the living, talking, eternal Guru Sahib Ji, the Guru who is beyond time and death, the Guru who embodies that divine light which passed from Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji all the way to Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji, the Guru to whom even the Tenth Master Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji bowed Their head, and the Guru who has lead the Khalsa Panth for the last 300 years.

The Tragedy

It is with a heavy heart that we must relate the events at Gurdwara Sikh Sangat, Harley Grove in Bow (East London) to the wider Sangat. On the afternoon of Monday the 16^th of March 2009 there was a women’s congregation going on at Gurdwara Sikh Sangat; one of the women from the Sangat noticed an intruder enter the Gurdwara Sahib from a side door. After this a fire broke out in the Sachkhand room (where Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaaj is seated whilst at rest) of Gurdwara Sikh Sangat which ended up engulfing the whole building. Over 10 fire engines and 50 firefighters battled for over 6 hours to bring the fire under control. The firefighters confirmed that the fire destroyed over 75% of the Gurdwara Sahib complex, with the roof of the whole Gurdwara Sahib completely caving in, leaving only the outer walls standing. The Sachkhand room where the fire began was completely and utterly destroyed by the fire.

The most painful news for the whole Panth is that 11 blessed Saroops of our beloved Satguru, the light of the Ten Guru Sahibaans, the Jugo-Jug Atal Eternal Satguru, Sahib Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji were burnt due to the fire. 8 Saroops of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji were recovered on Tuesday the 17^th; the police discovered 3 more Saroops and many more Gutkaa and Pothee Sahibs on Friday the 20^th. With heavy hearts Sevadars from across the country gathered together at Gurdwara Mata Sahib Kaur Academy and worked day and night on the daunting Seva of preparing Satguru Ji’s saroops for the Sanskaar (cremation) ceremony. It brought tears to the eyes of all the Sevadars and anyone who had Darshan of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji’s Saroops; to see how the Angs (limbs) of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Mahaaraaj were crumpled, burnt and blackened because of the fire, and dripping wet and ice cold due to the water damage. Take a moment Saadh Sangat Ji, think in your hearts, our beloved Satguru Ji’s Saroops were burnt in fire and doused in water – do we feel no pain?

Under the guidance of Sri Akaal Takhat Sahib an Akhand Paath Sahib was carried out at Gurdwara Mata Sahib Kaur Academy and the Sanskaar Seva took place at Guru Gobind Singh Khalsa College Chigwell. Sangat from across the country came to pay their respects and witness their beloved Satguru Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji’s Sanskaar ceremony being carried out, yet sadly out of 500,000 Sikhs that live across the UK, only 1,000 – 2,000 people gathered for the Sanskaar ceremony of Guru Sahib Ji. Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji’s blessed remains will be taken to Panjab where the scattering of the blessed remains of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji will be carried out by Sevadars approved by Sri Akaal Takhat Sahib.

Who is Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji?

It was only a few months ago that we celebrated the 300^th anniversary of the Gurta Gur-Gaddee Divas (Guru-ship ceremony) of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, last year we also remembered the 30^th anniversary of the massacre in Amritsar by the fake Nirankaris of 13 innocent Singhs, and this year we are commemorating 25 years since Sri Akaal Takhat Sahib was attacked by the Indian Army in Operation Blue Star.

Yet time and time again we fail to realize that Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is the Eternal Embodiment of all Ten Gurus Sahibaans. It is no use to simply chant the words of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Maharaaj proclaiming that Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is and forever will be, ‘Pargat Guraa Kee Deh’ – ‘The Divine Embodiment of all Ten Guru Sahibaans’. It is time to bring those words uttered by the 10^th Master 300 years ago into action in our Gurdwaras, communities and everyday lives. It is only 300 years since Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji commanded all Sikhs to accept Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji as the Eternally Living Embodiment of all Ten Guru Sahibaans, it is only 30 years since 13 blessed Singhs laid their lives defending the respect of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, and it is only 25 years since Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji endured the bullets of the Indian Army all for our sake... Yet we forget their sacrifices every moment of every day!

Saadh Sangat Ji we must remember that it is the first time in history that such a devastating attack has been carried out on a Gurdwara Sahib outside of India. An attack on Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is an attack on the very foundations of Sikhi, it is an attack on the whole Sikh Panth; an attack on the Gurus house is an attack on our house. The fateful day of March 16^th 2009 should be remembered by all Sikhs, and by the world, as the day when Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaaj sacrificed Themselves in order to wake up the Sikh Panth.

We must believe and accept that Sri Guru Granth Sahib are the ‘Jaagdee Jot’ – ‘The Forever Awakened Eternal Light’ of all Ten Guru Sahibaans. An attack on Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is an attack on the beauteous wisdom of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, it’s an attack on the never-ending humility of Sri Guru Amardaas Ji, and it’s an attack on the Tenth Master Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji who sacrificed his four sons for the Khalsa Panth.

Just as Sri Guru Arjan Sahib Ji sacrificed their physical form by burning in boiling cauldrons, standing on the burning hot plates of the prisons of Lahore whilst red hot sand run down their divine body and eventually passing into the icy cold waters of the river Ravi; just as Sri Guru Teghbahadur Sahib Ji marched to Delhi in order to sacrifice their physical form to protect righteousness and truth, just as Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji sacrificed their entire family for the cause of justice, in the same way Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaaj has sacrificed themselves 11 times in order to awaken the Sikh Panth from its slumber which has lasted many years. ALL Ten Guru Sahibaans have sacrificed themselves through smoldering fire and icy cold water 11 times in order to awaken us – if we refuse to awaken now how can we call ourselves Sikhs of the Guru?

What to do now?

Our beloved Satguru, Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji has given Shaheedi (martyrdom) 11 times... Important questions remain unanswered Saadh Sangat Ji...

Where do we go from here Saadh Sangat Ji?

Do we fall back into a state of unawareness and carry on letting Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji’s respect and authority be questioned and undermined again and again?

Are we going to wake up? Or will we simply ignore the fact that ALL ten Guru Sahibaans have sacrificed themselves through smoldering fire and icy cold water 11 times in order to awaken us?

If there is one lesson we learn from looking at Sikh history it is that sacrifice is always followed by revolution; the martyrdom of Sri Guru Arjan Sahib Ji was followed by the establishment of Sri Akaal Takhat Sahib by Sri Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji and the sacrifice by Sri Guru Teghbahadur Sahib Ji was followed by the establishment of the Khalsa brotherhood in order to tackle injustice by Sri Guru Gobind Singh Sahib Ji. We must contemplate that if Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji has sacrificed themselves 11 times there must be a reason; it must be a wakeup call to the Sikh nation to make us realize our mistakes.

As stated many times before we need to accept and believe that Sri Guru Granth Sahib is our Eternal Living Guru. Treating Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji with complete love and utmost reverence has been part of the Sikh religion since the 5^th Master Sri Guru Arjan Sahib Ji first compiled Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji in 1604. From the day the compilation of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji was complete Sri Guru Arjan Sahib never sat on their throne or slept on their bed again, rather they gave up these comforts and instead enthroned Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji upon their Throne and Bed; for the rest of their life Sri Guru Arjan Sahib Ji sat upon the ground and slept upon a single white sheet. We should learn from the example and Sri Guru Arjan Sahib Ji and we should endeavor to stop Beadbi (disrespect) of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji and divine Gurbani wherever it is taking place, whether in our Gurdwaras, homes or in our libraries. We must forever remember the immortal words of the 7^th Master Sri Guru Har Rai Sahib Ji,

“Jin Bhae Adab Naa Baanee Dharaa | Jaanoh(u) So Sikh Nahee(n) Hamaaraa |

He who has no fear or respect of Gurbani. Know that he is not my Sikh.”

This means going into our local Gurdwaras ensuring that the respect and sanctity of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is maintained on a day to day basis. Is Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji accompanied by at least 5 Singhs when going from one location to the next? Is the Sachkhand room of Sri Guru Granth Sahib big enough to accommodate all of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji’s Saroops?

The fact of simply how long it is taking for the Police to deal with the case of the fire and also the fact that the fire is being treated as a simple case of criminal damage to property is a testament in itself to how we have failed to make the world aware that Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is not a book, or a piece of sacred literature, rather Sri Guru Granth Sahib is our beloved Living Guru. We must keep pressure upon the Police to resolve this issue as quickly as possible, we have to stress that this matter will not be allowed to be ignored or brushed under the carpet. We need to make it as clear as day to the world that any attack on Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji will never be tolerated at any cost by the Sikh Panth in order to help prevent such vicious and hateful attacks in the future. We will not let the perpetrator of this evil act to get away.

Guru Sahib is urging us to cast off the divisions of Jathebandi, caste and discrimination and to unite as One Panth. We must all unite to fight any forms of corruption which have crept into our Guru’s house, and we must all endeavor to increase our individual Rehat and our love for Guru Sahib Ji’s Baani. We should do this by joining in the 1 million Chaupai Sahib Jaap (www.chaupaisahib.org) and pray for the Chardi Kala of the Panth.

We must all take the pain of this episode in our history into our hearts, into the very core of our being as a Panth. We must all give up drugs, castes, and material attachment to the world and join together as brothers and sisters in the Khalsa. We must not be scared to wear the beloved uniform of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Sahib Ji which is drenched in the blood of countless Shaheed Singhs, read the Baani which once flowed from the divine tongue of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji and take pride that our father is Sri Guru Gobind Singh Sahib Ji and our mother is Mata Sahib Kaur Ji. Each of us must promise ourselves that we will not rest till the perpetrators of this heinous crime are brought to justice, in the divine words of Satguru Nanak Dev Sahib Ji...

“Kookar Koorr(u) Kamaaeeai Gur Nindaa Pachai Pachaan(u) ||

Those who practice falsehood are dogs; those who slander the Guru shall burn in their own fire.” Ang 21 SGGSJ

Forgetting Caste, race, Jatha and other partitions! Let’s come together under the Nishan sahib and may we all have the one nishan of bringing and achieving Glory for the Khalsa Panth with Guru Ji's Kirpa.

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Meat The Common Sense Angle

Every thing has life so why argue about meat; we must be allowed to eat it?

• Yes every thing has energy as everything has been created, but everything has been created for a different purpose. Vegetation was created as food to provide sustenance to the body. This has been clearly stated in Gurbani.

• If you kick your pet dog and kill it, you can get charged for abuse and maybe murder. But if you bash a banana you cannot be called cruel or a murderer. The banana does not bleed.

• Even our urine and shit are apart of the creation but we don’t eat them because they are not meant to be eaten, they are a result product of the body’s regulation system. In the same way flesh also known as a carcass is the waste product of an animal’s life. But some people still insist on eating flesh after knowing this.

• If you eat roti and dal, no one can say you are using your belly as a graveyard. But if you eat dead animal’s people can say that you are using your belly as a grave yard. As that is a true fact!

• A good person would not chop up and eat their friends or family. But when someone does that we all are quick to say that “ergghh that man is nasty (disgusting), he is a cannibal” Well the truth is that flesh is flesh whether it is human or animal. So if you eat flesh you are a cannibal. If you think any different then you are being a hypercritic.

• An animal has senses, eyes, organs, a brain and a conscience. It move and can commit deeds and actions. Therefore it will cry in pain and feel fear when being hurt or killed. Does a tomato do the same thing?

By Singhrow Productions

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