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by Puneet on Oct 30, 2005 04:35 PM   Permalink


Why the term Sikh terrorists bang infront of the list where they are probably the least likely by your own admittance? Secondly, why name a community? Name the militant outfit (as you have for the rest) if you actually have concrete information, if you dont have the information, its best not to state it.
There is a wide gap between saying sikh terrorist and naming a specific outfit, in one way you target a contained group in another you alienate an entire community.
Please dont alienate the Sikh community which is entirely different from the very radical and widely connected Al Qaeda. The sikh community and religion is the creation of the Indian soil and is thus much more emotionally bonded with India. Diwali is as important a festival for the sikh as they too have a significant historical event connected to this festival. Infact the Hindu Sikh solidarity was irrevocable until the unfortunate tenure of Indira Gandhi that attempted to scar a lovely bond.
Such has been the bonding between the Hindus and Sikhs that for more than a century there existed a custom of making one son from a Hindu family a Sikh and one son from a Sikh family a Hindu within the Punjab province. Thi

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