Sikhism founder Nanak was born is the age of Sufis in a hindu family- his father used to work for a muslim,and his early education was in a madarsa type setup, Sufi preaching had influenced him a lot.
Infact his first follower was a muslim.many of his other muslim follower included Daulatkhan. Nanak had travel around muslim lands including mecca,baghdad(the then centre of islamic scholars), only his quest for knowledge. the "Gate" verses by Nanak can be found inspired directly from the "throne" verses of Quran.
The rift appear between aurangazeb-guru tej- this might be due to politics. because by Guru Tej's time sikh had grown power and envision a political setup. Aurangazeb was no way liberal-even sufism might not have been digestable to him.
Again in partition sikh formed a major chunk of immigrants from pakistan and also muslim from indian punjab had to either imigrate or mostly forced to convert.
RE:Sikhism-Islam relation over time
by Nemediyah on Jan 01, 2008 10:41 AM Permalink
Yes, I wonder how bitter enemies since 1947 are coming together to blow up innocent lives of Hindus in Punjab.
