Militant Sikhs ruin wedding after barricading temple

[pakistanalltheway]

A BRIDE'S wedding day was ruined after a group of 40 militant Sikhs locked themselves inside a temple to protest her inter-faith marriage.

The mob of hardliners stormed the building to prevent the marriage between Sikh Susan Momi and Christian Kenny Lawrence, who is believed to be of West African background.

The group arrived in a fleet of vans at 7am on Saturday morning and locked the doors and gates at the gurdwara — a Sikh place of worship — and stayed until 2pm.

In a statement online, the group in Swindon, Wilts, claimed they had acted peacefully to stop an inter-faith union at the temple.

Susan’s devastated mother Harbhajan said: “Words can’t express how I feel — we are all in shock.

“They went inside the temple, locked the doors and switched the security cameras off.

“They ate all the food and then told him (the groom) ’go or we’ll kill you’. We also had relatives from other parts of the world turn up for the wedding who didn’t know what was going on.

“I was getting ready to go to the temple when I had a phone call from a friend telling me to stay away. It was awful, my heart is still going even now.”

The ceremony had been agreed by the gurdwara’s managing committee, but the militant group claimed the couple were not permitted to be married in the temple — as they were from different faiths.

The bride’s family say couples from different religions have married before at the gurdwara without incident and claimed the protests were racist.

Harbhajan said: “This had nothing to do with religion. There was nothing to stop the ceremony in the gurdwara.

“This was all to do with the colour of his skin.”

The group briefly left the temple, believing a holy book had been removed from the site and taken to Swindon’s Lydiard Park for another ceremony.

But they returned a short time later and stayed until the afternoon. A civil ceremony between the couple did go ahead at another venue.

Raghdir Bains, a committee member at the Punjabi Community Centre, said: “Nearly everybody in the Sikh community in Swindon is absolutely against what took place.

“We live in a multi-cultural society and if that’s the wish of the girl and her parents then it should go ahead.

“The majority of the hardliners were from Birmingham and Southall and they have been responsible for damage to another temple in Walsall.

“The committee had accepted the booking and it should have gone ahead. Local families went to the gates to complain, but there was no one to stop the militants.

“I think the reason no one from the community went in is because they know the record of these people.

“The hardliners would have met any challenge with violence. People were afraid they would lose their lives if they challenged them.”

A spokesman for Wiltshire Police said: “We can confirm that we dealt with a small protest by a group of men in Swindon on Saturday. The protest was conducted peacefully.

“We believe the protestors objected to an event which was due to take place at the Swindon gurdwara. Our officers continue to liaise with the protestors and the community.”

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...ng-temple.html

disgusting incident

[KingKhanWC]

Interesting debate on the Nihal show.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01k7gqj

[freelance_cricketer]

“They ate all the food and then told him (the groom) ’go or we’ll kill you’.

These racist hardliners deserve punishment for this act. Retards

[Centurion]

The mother's name is Harbhajan?

[pakistanalltheway]

Originally Posted by Centurion The mother's name is Harbhajan?

Haha Lolz

[DeadlyVenom]

Sikhs are amongst the nicest,law abiding,charitable and friendly people I have met.

Ridiculous post by Vizag and I'm beginning to detect a pattern.

[freelance_cricketer]

Originally Posted by withlovefrom vizag Well,Sikhs are a warrior community,right??

Presently we are all at the same level but historically the sikh community has done a lot to protect our rights and faith.

They want to carry their sword(kirpan??) with them...and after Partition for many years many used to carry a gun which is a violation.

The Granth does not ask people to carry a gun with them, it's a violation and whoever does it deserves punishment. The Kirpan is a religious symbol though, not to be misused. Personally i think there is no need to carry it in modern society but for the sake of harmony i wouldn't go all offensive against them carrying a Kirpan.

Heard Zarnail Singh Bindhranwale?? He openly attacked Hindus or used foul words against the community and he got enormous support....

Heard, read and watched much more than you would have.
Religious hardliner.
The support he got was result of poor management of the situation by Indian government. There are as many sikhs who oppose him though. Our judiciary has failed to bring justice to thousands of sikhs whose families got destroyed in 1984 riots. Tytler and his other Congress goons are still free so how can you ask them to sit quietly?

I am not referring Granth rudely,i mean these holy books are written centuries back and Sikhs wanted to live according to it in this modern world which is not ideal......times have changed

Guru Granth Sahib mostly consists of teachings. No hardcore rules and offensive stuff really. It was created by adding all the practically applicable and peaceful teachings related to Islam, Hinduism etc. You don't really have an idea about it. If we were to follow The Granth, we'd be much better actually as Ranjit Singh created one of the greatest empires in sub continent's history stretching from Afghanistan, Kashmir to Delhi with all religious groups co-existing peacefully until the MODERN British interfered and destroyed all harmony.

[withlovefrom vizag]

of course,Indira/Rajiv are the real villains.....they're pathetic in dealing with Sikhs
And dont Mr Badal,he is such a #$@@$ guy,Punjab has the most corrupt politicians in 70s and 80s,and Sikh religious fundamentalists used it to their benefits but i still believe allowing MILITANTS to stay in the Golden Temple is a disgrace to the SIKH community.

I do know abt Ranjit Singh,he is the most charismatic maharajah for Punjab,after his death British annexed Punjab into India.

Yeah Sikhs are the best community in Army along with Gurkhas,i think no one is gonna disagree with that...

[freelance_cricketer]

Originally Posted by withlovefrom vizag of course,Indira/Rajiv are the real villains.....they're pathetic in dealing with Sikhs And dont Mr Badal,he is such a #$@@$ guy,Punjab has the most corrupt politicians in 70s and 80s,and Sikh religious fundamentalists used it to their benefits but i still believe allowing MILITANTS to stay in the Golden Temple is a disgrace to the SIKH community. I do know abt Ranjit Singh,he is the most charismatic maharajah for Punjab,after his death British annexed Punjab into India. Yeah Sikhs are the best community in Army along with Gurkhas,i think no one is gonna disagree with that...

You are adding all the spices into curry without making a point.

[withlovefrom vizag]

Originally Posted by freelance_cricketer You are adding all the spices into curry without making a point.

point??
wat??

[akheR]

withlovefrom vizag, when Denzil Ibbetson said that they were "uneducated", I'd guess it was in the sense of low literacy as compared to Punjabi Hindus (who, being of the Khatris caste, were middle-class and gave to education its due importance) but not "savage extremists."
Otherwise you take any British anthropologist of the 19th century, and they unanimously speak highly of the Sikh characters, which is one of the most admired in South Asia by locals themselves (associated with moral values such as loyalty, courage, etc) ; my own father told me to say "sat sri akal" out of sheer respect whenever I'd see a "sardar"(that's the generic term we use for all Sikhs, generally recognizable by their dastar and beard)...


...not lots of them where I live though. : P

These extremist elements aren't representative of Sikhs, even less Sikhism, or perhaps you'll generalize the same way with al Qaida for Islam or the Shiv Sena for Hinduism.

[eradicator]

According to 2001 Indian census , the literacy rate is 65% for Hindus , 59% for Muslims and 69% for Sikhs .

Surely the Sikhs are the most uneducated community of India .

http://censusindia.gov.in/Ad_Campaig...y_Religion.pdf

[withlovefrom vizag]

Originally Posted by eradicator According to 2001 Indian census , the literacy rate is 65% for Hindus , 59% for Muslims and 69% for Sikhs . Surely the Sikhs are the most uneducated community of India . http://censusindia.gov.in/Ad_Campaig...y_Religion.pdf

i'm talkin abt sikhs in British India and during 60s,wen these Sikh militants were born

[akheR]

Originally Posted by eradicator According to 2001 Indian census , the literacy rate is 65% for Hindus , 59% for Muslims and 69% for Sikhs . Surely the Sikhs are the most uneducated community of India . http://censusindia.gov.in/Ad_Campaig...y_Religion.pdf

Don't agree with him, but aren't all Sikhs Punjabis, whereas Hindu-Muslims can be from "enlightened" areas like urban cities of Tamil Nadu but less privileged areas of the Hindi belt too ? Doesn't give an accurate picture.
You should compare Sikhs with Punjabi Hindus (doubt that lots of Punjabi Muslims remain in India...)

[KingKhanWC]

Originally Posted by freelance_cricketer Presently we are all at the same level but historically the sikh community has done a lot to protect our rights and faith.

Hold on, when did you become a Sikh, what happened to your militant atheist stand?

Sikhs in general are nice people. They stand up for the religion, which was the case here although some went over board.

[freelance_cricketer]

Originally Posted by KingKhanWC Hold on, when did you become a Sikh, what happened to your militant atheist stand? Sikhs in general are nice people. They stand up for the religion, which was the case here although some went over board.

I never became a sikh, what makes you say so?