Saturday, August 18, 2012

Monday, August 13, 2012

With Our Brothers, We Will Share


I have had a week now to think about the killings in Wisconsin and I still have nothing profound or moving to say, only the image of  Bhenji Paramjit Kaur matha teking to Shri Guru Granth Sahib ji and rising to find herself at the feet of Satguru.

We have six new shaheeds.  When we mourn, we do not mourn for them.  They died well and they are fine.  We mourn instead for ourselves who have lost their sweet presence on our planet and in our lives.

The futility of these needless killings brings to mind a song from an old 1970s movie, Billy Jack.  We Sikhs are, after all, willing to freely give what we have.

"With our brothers we will share
All the secrets of our mountain, 
All the treasures buried there. 

Those of my generation will probably remember it.  I hope the rest of you listen and understand its message 



For those unfamiliar with the movie, I should explain that the man being arrested in the video is the hero who has been unjustly accused and the people standing and raising their fists in salute are his supporters, many of them Native American children from the school he was trying to save.  .

Nanak naam chardi kala
Tere bhane sarbat da bhala

Saturday, August 11, 2012

Friday, July 27, 2012

CANADIAN OLYMPIC TEAM 2012


Canadian wrestler Arjan Bhullar walking proudly with his red turban at today's Olympic opening ceremonies

THE ECHO


THE ECHO ©2012


Lion picture courtesy of Jinterwas http://www.flickr.com/photos/jinterwas/6935212740/
 

Thursday, July 26, 2012

BURMA - BUDDHISTS COMMIT GENOCIDE AGAINST MUSLIMS

I CANNOT BE SILENT.  THIS IS REAL.  THESE PICTURES ARE CURRENT AND ARE NOT PHOTOSHOPPED.  PLEASE SOMEBODY STOP THIS!


IN THE NAME OF HUMANITY, PUT AN END TO THIS!  THESE ARE HUMAN BEINGS AS REAL AS YOU AND I AND THIS MUST BE STOPPED AT ONCE.


I DON'T GIVE HALF A DAMN WHO STARTED IT OR WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.  AT THIS POINT ALL I CARE ABOUT IS STOPPING IT.  NOW.  IMMEDIATELY.
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RAISE YOUR VOICE IN ALL THE PLATFORMS, IN PROTEST FOR THIS BUDDHIST GOVT. OF BURMA MASSACRE OF MUSLIM MERCILESSLY, AND WHY US, UN &OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND MEDIA ARE SILENT ON THIS MUSLIM MURDERERS?????

As Received,
                                                                                                caution:  Mail contains some gruesome pictures.
 Please forward this email to others also....  
                                                                                                         Wassalam,
Muslims Massacre and Inhumane Burma Government and Color blind media!!??
28000 Muslim Children, Woman and Man Killed in Burma.
Where in the hell are you international community?!!
More than 20,000 Muslims are killed this month in Burma (Myanmar) by police, army and Buddhist extremists.Now where is f***** UN????

Where is America????
Where is media????

Source: http://www.defence.pk/forums/world-affairs/189200-20-000-muslims-killed-burma-police.html#ixzz20awf13gX

Check out the video on YouTube and other websites

Burma has a population 75 million with the Muslim population being just 0.7 million. 
The Burmese Muslims have been under this affliction after 1962 when the Army usurped the power in Burma.





  
Trying to elude capture and an imminent killing; Burmese Muslims thronged to the Bangladeshi border, but all they met was dismay. The Government of Bangladesh refused to offer them asylum.
Over 500 Muslim villages have been incinerated hither-to. Thousands have been exterminated. The persecution of the Burmese Muslims at the hands of the Buddhist mobs is at its full swing. Yet all the human rights organizations have maintained a criminal silence up till now. Has the Muslim world become so callous that they remain undeterred by such genocide?
This is not a new thing or an unprecedented massacre. Muslims have been a subject to such hostility even before. If we go through the annals of history we come to the very tenable conclusion that Muslims were always on the suffering side. Why are the followers of Islam being oppressed from time to time?
The fear stricken faces of the poor Burmese Muslims really cuts one apart. The glimpse of their bruised bodies is a heart rending spectacle. Where is the UN now? Why isn’t the International media highlighting this issue? Why are the competitive authorities of the
Muslim world procrastinating?
The government of all secular countries, specially muslim government, should raise a voice in favor of the poor Burmese Muslims at the international forum. The whole Muslim world should join hands to get the poor Burmese out of their distress and misery. – (International Youth Muslim Brotherhood)










A Rohingya mother and her children were turned back when their boat tried to enter 
Bangladesh waters following the sectarian unrest in Rakhine State in June. Bangladesh has
 closed its borders to fleeing Rohingya, in spite of calls from the international 
community to aid the refugees. Photo: AFP

  
A few hours ago in Binsh, Syria - Check out the signs tabarakAllah! Truly we are one Ummah, our land is one!

Whole of West and their hypocrite United Nations is Silent on
  
Massacre of Muslims Burma this week They are silent But

why are you Silent ?

If you betray or forsake a

Muslim who is in need today, be
  
assured that Allah will forsake you tomorrow

Reprinted from IHRO.

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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

I AM I


Just a picture I made illustrating my approach to life.  And perhaps an explanation.