I want to let you know you have my full support on the Steem blockchain @adamkokesh. I saw you on Stefan Molyneux the other day and it was a great debate. I respect everything you have done for us, and appreciate all the sacrifices you have made while serving our country to get where you are today. Its great to have Americans such as yourself who are aware of the power of Blockchain and trying to initiate real good change in our country. I am born and raised in America along with my parents, but my grandparents come from Punjab, specifically Lahore when it was still apart of the British ruled India (1858–1947). Prior to British rule and the Anglo-Sikh wars my great grandparents lived in the Kingdom of Punjab (1799–1849). My grandparents were forced to leave their homes during the partition in 1947, when Punjab was divided into East and West Punjab. Lahore being in West Punjab went to the Muslims which became part of Pakistan. My grandparents were forced to find a better life elsewhere due to this and left to North America. Its crazy how the world works, because of this I am here in America...and that is a blessing. Although we do have our issues, It is really the greatest place on earth with a ton of potential and tremendous opportunity. Now look at what Pakistan is doing funding and sheltering Islamic terror within its borders. Pakistan is corrupt to its core and only exists because of the British and their exploitation of India and its people. Us Sikhs have been dealing with persecution from Islamic people for hundreds of years now. They have killed several of our Gurus prior to the Kingdom of Punjab's formation when Sikhs and Mughals were at war. "Guru Tegh Bahadur (ninth Guru) was tortured and beheaded by Aurangzeb at Chandni Chowk in Delhi, for refusing to convert to Islam and for protecting Kashmiri Hindus who were being forced to convert to Islam. His fellow devotees Bhai Mati Das, Bhai Sati Das and Bhai Dayala were also tortured and executed, while Guru Tegh Bahadur was forced to watch. Tenth Guru Guru Gobind Singh formed Khalsa known as Army of Akal Purakh (Immortal) and Gave 5 Ks to Khalsa. Two of the younger sons of Guru Gobind Singh aged 9 and 7 were bricked up alive by the Muslim governor Wazir Khan in Sarhand (Punjab). When Guru Gobind Singh was in South India, he sent Banda Singh Bahadur to chastise the repressive Mughal faiy`dar of Sirhind. Banda Singh captured Sirhind and laid the foundation of Sikh empire." Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_and_Sikhism#History - Islam is not a religion of peaceful ways, it never has been.
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Marx & Engels' one of the newspaper articles collected in the Eastern Question has a determination of "the identification of the dominant religion with the ruling class" of the Ottoman's Bosnian Beylerbeyli. This demonstration is described as the transition of Bosnian Slavic nobility to Muslims. In other words, becoming a Muslim may mean that economic and political power is guaranteed in that conjuncture. In the same article, for the Turks, who constitute a large part of the city in Anatolia, "the main livelihood is provided by working for the Christian shareholders, but still, with the jealousy of Christians, it protects the alleged supremacy of Islamic privileges and away from punishment." According to this, the Muslim population has the privileges that are thought to be valid in everyday life even if it is not economic power. @thejohalfiles
I'm sorry that your family had to go through this turmoil Johal! :(
What a story, it's just crazy! I never knew you were Sikh, we have some beautiful Sikh communities in New Zealand & a few temples, if you're ever over this way.
Might not be a religion of peace, but the US government military also isn't a force for good. You kill enough of someone else's children, overthrow their governments, occupy their countries and insult them at home, you can expect them to hate you and declare war on you.
Sikh are warriors, and for that reason they have my highest respect. I'm often talking about the warrior ethos on my page here. We all, no matter what our ethnic background or beliefs, have a right to use deadly force to defend our lives and the lives of others too. I'm not an expert on it, but I like that the Sikh, as part of their beliefs, are always armed. All warriors should be. I am always armed. Good people should be. If good people are not, only predators will be.
The Sikh also rejected the Hindu caste system, and they believe people should be treated equally. That is yet another reason to respect those who follow the religion. We should all be equal under the law, and the law should be very simple and based off damage to persons or their property and honoring contracts. Your comment above is another testament to your people and their beliefs. You get it. I don't care what a person's beliefs are as long as those beliefs do not include force or unjustified violence.
If those are a people's or person's beliefs, then they are my enemy. Why? I am a defender of individual liberty above all else. Liberty is the only country I would ever identify with in fact, and it has no government. It's not just an idea to defend either. It's something worthy of fighting for, as a warrior, and dying for if necessary. The stakes are high as your history above explains. Another way to look at this issue is something I've said many times in the past.
Freedom of religion is fine as long as the people who are willing to die defending that freedom are in the majority.