THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SIKH AFFAIRS NOVEMBER 2008 Volume 18 No. 2 Published By: The Sikh Educational Trust Box 60246 University of Alberta Postal Outlet EDMONTON, Alberta CANADA ISSN 1481-5435 E-mail: [email protected] http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/IntJSA INTERNATIONAL JOURNA L OF SIKH AFFAIRS Editorial Board Founded by: Dr Harjinder Singh Dilgeer Editorial Advisors Dr S S Dhami, MD Dr B S Samagh Dr Surjit Singh Prof Gurtej Singh, IAS Dr R S Dhadli New York, USA Ottawa, CANADA Williamsville, NY Chandigarh Troy, USA J S Dhillon “Arshi” M S Randhawa Usman Khalid Dr Sukhjit Kaur Gill Gurmit Singh Khalsa MALAYSIA Ft. 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E-mail: [email protected] The Sikh Leaders, Freedom Fighters and Intellectuals To bring an end to tyranny it is a must to punish the terrorist -Baba (General) Banda Singh Bahadar Sikhs have only two options: slavery of the Hindus or struggle for their lost sovereignty and freedom -Sirdar Kapur Singh, ICS, MP, MLA and National Professor of Sikhism I am not afraid of physical death; moral death is death in reality Saint-soldier Jarnail Singh Khalsa Martyrdom is our orn a m e n t -Bhai Awtar Singh Brahma (General) We do not fear the terrorist Hindu regime. We are tireless: we shall return home before freedom of Khalistan -General Labh SinghThe coward Hindu regime will never achieve our surrender -Baba Gurbachan Singh Manochahal One must have superior morality and lifestyle than the person he is going to punish -Bhai Harjinder Singh Jinda and Bhai Sukhdev Singh Sukha My real life will begin from the moment of my martyrdom for the Panth Bhai Amrik Singh Khalsa The siege of Darbar Sahib is the siege of the Sikh Nation -Justice Ajit Singh Bains No power on the earth can stop the freedom of the Sikh Homeland - -Simranjit Singh Mann, MP Even they dismember my body, I will not surrender before the terrorist police chief KP Gill -Bhai Kanwar Singh Dhami We are alive, we are awakened, we are struggling and we shall surely win -The Declaration of the Sikh NationThe lessons of Guru Gobind Singh ji must be followed. No Sikh, whether a politician, sarpanch or jathedar, should be followed if they do not openly and unequivocally speak out for a free and sovereign Khalistan and encourage a peaceful movement --Dr Gurmit Singh, President, Council of Khalistan, Washington DC The goal of Khalsa Panth is sovereign Khalistan. The Akali government has backed away from it. It has lost its credibility with the Sikh Nation. Do not let these Akali leaders get away with it. It is our responsibility to liberate Khalistan.-Dr Gurmit Singh AulakhFreedom is never given, it is won through preservance and struggle by peaceful means -Dr Gurmit Singh Aulakh A k a l i P a r t y i d d e a d -Dr Harjinder Singh Dilgeer The top priority of the Sikh Nation is to “Re-establish the Sovereignty of the Sikhs’ Holy and Historic Homeland, Punjab, Khalistan, by peaceful means.” -Dr Gurmit Singh Aulakh, President, Council of Khalistan, Washington DC PRINTEDIN CANADA ISSN 1481-5435 i INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SIKH AFFAIRS Contents Khalistan: Dr Sekhon briefs the Government of Belgium and the Belgium news media Awatar Singh Sekhon 1 Traitors of the Guru Khalsa Panth, The Sikh Nation, Punjab (under the occupation…. Awatar Singh Sekhon 3 The biggest danger to India alias the alleged Indian democracy Awatar Singh Sekhon 4 Dr Awatar Singh Sekhon replies to Sardar Simranjit Singh Mann, Member of Parliament. Awatar Singh Sekhon 6 Council of Khalistan: submits memorandum to the UN Human Rights Council, Switzerland 9 An occupational government in Islamabad? 12 Sardar Angad Singh (Australia): International air service to Amritsar, Punjab, the Sikh Nation 13 Black days for the Sikhs (in Europe) 15 Open letters: Council of Khalistan to the Chancellor of Germany 16 NEWS, VIEWS, SHORT LETTERS, COMMENTS, ETC. 17 Army RDX used in Samjhauta Express 18 Hindu Terror; new face of terror tale; I was masterminded of Malegaon blast admits Lt. Col.; Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) arrested 18 Explosive revelation of Lt. Col Purohit 18 I was mastermind of Malegaon blast admits Lt. Col 18 ATS arrests Mutt head from Kanpur; more soldier under scanner; Lt. Col Purohit's lap top missing; Malegaon probe 220 0 Blast after blast, who is responsible? Teesta Sitalvad 20 Togadia funded Abhinav Bharat 24 Hindu extremists behind Sanjauta Express, Ajmer blasts; Togadia funded Abhinav Bharat 24 RSS leader rubbishes charges of links with ISI 25 Avtar Makker of the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandhak Committee extremely poor administrator Dr Awatar Singh Sekhon 25 Dr Awatar Singh Sekhon writes to Parmjit Singh Sekhon 27 Rape Us, Women Cry for Justice (Assam) 28 Dr Awatar Singh Sekhon writes to Dr Harjinder Singh Dilgeer [email protected] 29 Letter from a Guru-da-Sikh and Dr Sekhon responds 30 The 18 MLAs of BJP with criminal record 33 Bajrang Dal linked to recent blasts centre 33 More: Battleground Karnatka 32 Sirdar Gurmit Singh Khalsa, Justice of Peace, Australia, writes on Guru Nanak Sahib's Prakash Divas (Birthday) 34 Are Advani & Modi conspirators of Hindu Terror? 34 Law college violence: NHRC asks TN to submit report 34 The Australian Times 35 COUNCIL OF KHALISTAN, WASHINGTON DC 35 Anniversary of Delhi massacres; Sikhs should rejects deras 35 Sikhs should reject deras 36 Historical facts of the Indian democracy and the Sikhs 36 * * * Copy © 2008, The Sikh Educational Trust, Box 60242, University of Alberta Postal Outlet, EDMONTON, AB T6G 2S5 CANADA Call for Papers: Submit your contributions, in the MS Word format, via electronic mail, of the academic interests in the Sikh affairs. The authors of the accepted articles will be notified. The e-mail address of the journal is [email protected] Released: 2nd December, 2008. International Journal of Sikh Affairs 18, No. 2, 2008© PRINTED IN CANADA ISSN 1481-5435 ii International Journal of Sikh Affairs 18 (2), 2008 ISSN 1481-5435 KHALISTAN: DR SEKHON BRIEFS THE GOVERNMENT OF BELGIUM Sardar Sarjit Singh Khalsa ji refreshments, the representatives started arriving in the boardroom. In the next few minutes, when all expectants had arrived, the Chairman called the meeting to order. He <[email protected]> introduced us, the Sikhs, to the participants. Thereafter, the Chairman asked Dr. Sekhon to begin his briefing. Piare Sardar Surjit Singh Khalsa ji, Dr. Sekhon, after thanking the Chairman and greeting the Waheguru ji ka Khalsa, Waheguru ji ki Fateh representatives, began by saying: Ladies and Gentlemen, Good Afternoon. It is a great pleasure to be here with you and speak before you for 20-25-min. Dr. Awatar Singh Sekhon of Canada briefed the Government of Belgium, at the request of the Government of Belgium, through Sardar Bhupinder Singh Holland of The Netherlands on The subject of my presentation, as what I have been asked to October 4th, 1999. brief you all, is “The Sikhs’ Struggle for Sovereignty, Independence and Political power by peaceful means, which has been going on since March 14th, 1849.” In other words, Place: Brussels this has been the struggle to free The Sikh Raj of monarch Ranjit Singh, 1799 to the 14th of March, 1849. Other terms, Building: Ministry of Justice (Government of Belgium) which have been used for the Sikh Raj, have been The Sikh Building Nation and Khalistan. Sikhs nearly freed their land in 1710. Since 1710, the Sikhs and Mughals ruled the Punjab, The Sikh Nation. The Sikhs ruled on the hearts of people as they Floor: Boardroom of the Ministry of Justice belonged to the people; whereas, the Mughals ruled by their military might. In 1799, the Sikh monarch, Ranjit Singh Topic: KHALISTAN in relation to the ‘turmoil’ created by the established the Sikh Kingdom and ruled until March 14th, Indian Government since the ‘undeclared’ war on the Sikhs’ 1849. The British Empire conquered the Punjab alias the Sikh Holy and Historic Homeland, PUNJAB, The Sikh Nation, and Nation on that ill-fated day of March 14th, 1849. Fifteen days the Citizens of the Sikh Nation, in the name of a brutal, later, the British agent, Lord Dalhousie, proclaimed from military, “Operation Bluestar” of June, 1984 and its aftermath. Rawalpindi (now Islamabad) that their newly conquered territory, Punjab is “annexed”, Punjab of Ranjit Singh, to the British Empire. It was “annexed” for administration purposes Date: October 4th, 1999 only and not amalgamation. Ladies and gentlemen, the word ‘India’ did not exist in any dictionary and/or Encyclopedia of Time: 14:00 Hrs the English language until March 28th, 1814. The word ‘India’ was invented by the British Empire between March 14th and 28th, 1849. As such the Sikhs’ struggle for sovereignty began Request for the Brief on Khalistan: By the Government of much earlier than the Hindus’ ‘Freedom struggle’ of India.