The Sikh Bulletin AsUUU 535 September 2003 <siqguuuuuuuur pRRRswid ] is`K bulytn The Sikh Bulletin A Voice of Concerned Sikhs World Wide September 2003 AsUU 535 nwnkSwhI [email protected] Volume 5, Number 9 Published by: Khalsa Tricentennial Foundation of N.A. Inc; Sikh Center Roseville, 201 Berkeley Ave, Roseville, CA 95678. Fax (916) 773-6784 Khalsa Tricentennial Foundation of N.A. Inc. is a religious tax exempt California Corporation. In This Issue/qqkrw Sikh Terrorism or State Terrorism? ................................. 1 Chakravyuh……………………………………………..2 SIKH TERRORISM OR STATE TERRORISM? State Department Tells School Children Sikhs Are Terrorists………………………………….…6 The Sikhs of Switzerland Memorandum……………….8 On page six of this issue appears an article about a videotape released by Who Is Deceitful, Randhir Singh or the U. S. State Department for the teachers to use in schools about Gurbakhsh Singh Kala Afghana?………………….…..10 international terrorism. In this tape Sikhs are identified as terrorists. An Interview With S. Khushwant Singh: Our Grand Old Man……………………………………13 Two sentences on the video should be of grave concern to every American Out Of The Ashes………………………………………15 Sikh other than Akhand Kirtani Jatha, Damdami Taksal and Baba Daljit Should Guru Khalsa Panth Traitor And Criminal, Singh, “In an effort to establish an independent state, Sikh terrorists Gurcharan Tohra, Be Congratulated……………….…..16 seized Darbar Sahib Shrine in Amritsar, India. Prime Minister Indira Letters To The Editor…………………………….…….16 Gandhi ordered a military campaign to drive out the terrorists. is`KW nwl dOoooooooooooooooooohryy mwpdMf qyy gdwrI…………………………17 Hundreds were killed.” Sikh advocacy groups-SMART, SCORE, USSA sRI Akwl qKq swihb qy ies dy jQydwr……………...…..20 and The Sikh Coalition have tried their best to persuade the State doooooooooooooooooo kivqwvW jQydwrW dI syyyvw ivc………………….…..…22 Department to correct this grave error but to no avail. Strangely enough is`KI qoooooooooooN kooooooooooooohW dUUUUUUUUUUUUr ljw rhy hn ieh krmkWf…………..…23 none of the US Sikh ‘leaders’ who had their picture taken with President mwmlw kwlw Afgwnw dw:………………………….….…24 Bush in the White House in the post 9/11 period approached The State kbXoooooooooooo bwc byyynqI ] cOOOOOOOOOOOOpeI]…………………………..…25 28 Department on this issue. In fact their visit with the President did not even bwbw jrnYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYl is`G………………………………….….. register with him the fact that they were Sikhs. A letter of condolences that 29 srgrmIAW mhInW juuuuuuuuuuuuuuulweI Aqyyy Agsq (2003)…… we had written to the President had brought to us in response a letter Maharaja Ranjit Singh Flag…………………….31 drafted for the US Arab and Muslim community. Our second letter Book Page ......................................................... 32 pointing out this grave error was not even acknowledged. Editor in Chief Producers of this program at the State Department did not pull this Hardev Singh Shergill statement out of thin air. It was deliberately issued at the behest of the Editorial Board Indian Government whose favor state department has been seeking ever Avtar Singh Dhami since the collapse of the Soviet Empire, even by applying pressure on the Gurpal Singh Khaira Indian Government by supplying arms through CIA to Babbar Khalsa Production Associates (militant wing of Akhand Kirtani Jatha) housed in Pakistan. That also Amrinder Singh explains why, inspite of declaring Babbar Khalsa a terrorist Jasnain Singh organization (last year) likes of Davinder Singh, President, North American Babbar Khalsa and Mohan Singh son of Mahal Singh, Babbar The Sikh Bulletin is distributed free around the leader who received those weapons in Pakistan, are roaming freely in this World. All you have to do is ask. We invite offers country and at the behest of the Indian consulates in this country, of help in disribution in other countries. harassing those Sikh groups that are raising their voice against Hindutva You may make copies for free distribution. forces that are swallowing Sikhi in India by buying and bullying our Akali leaders to turn SAD into Punjabi party; appoint SGPC chiefs, Takhat rd Website for SSI 3 Annual Conference: Jathedars and University Vice-Chancellors who will tow their anti Sikhi http://www.tbns.net/ssi line; fund and support a host of akhauti Sants both at home and abroad; The views expressed by the authors are their create Namdhari Satguru chair at Guru Nanak Dev University; fund RSS own. Please send the feedback and inputs to: to engage in anti Sikhi propaganda and buy out Damdami Taksal and [email protected] Akhand Kirtani Jatha leadership in India who in turn egg their Our New Website: www.sikhbulletin.com misguided members to engage in loud, boisterous and violent The Sikh Center Roseville, 201 Berkeley Ave, Roseville, CA. 95678 1 The Sikh Bulletin AsUUU 535 September 2003 demonstrations in this country to confirm in the minds of our sister organization khalsa Credit Union; Babbar Khalsa American neighbors the impression that the Indian Govt. International in USA, UK and Canada; Sikh Youth of wishes to create, i.e. Sikhs indeed are terrorists. Why have America in USA; International Sikh Youth Federation Davinder Singh and Mohan Singh not been arrested as in Canada and UK, were all born at the same time. Their Harpal Singh Cheema has been? leaders were created for us, hand picked by intelligence agencies in India, sent from India or locally recruited and a Attacks on the Sikhs by the government of India do not combination of both. Every body knows the roles of General always have to be blunt and open as was the case in June Bhullar, the first Executive Director of World Sikh 1984 at Darbar Sahib. After partition of 1947 (it was no Organization and Manjit Singh Sidhu, first Editor of World independence for us) India abolished the Anand Karaj Sikh News, who turned out to be kuram (kuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuVm) of Marriage Act and replaced it with Hindu Marriage Act, K.P.S.Gill. The founder of Satnam Education Trust that bringing Sikhs under the umbrella of Hindus; declared operates the Khalsa School and Khalsa Credit Union, mother tongue of Hindu Punjabis to be Hindi; further Surrey, B.C. is one of three persons on trial for bombing of partitioned one half of Punjab that India got into three; Air India planes. One of them has already been convicted proceeded to choose our leaders for us made up of their twice. All three are members of the Akhand Kirtani Jatha. lackeys, who whether Congressias or Akalis, sold the Sikh masses down the drain for personal advantage; gave free Akhand Kirtani Jatha is a roving band of louts whose reign to NCERT to distort our history and even thumb its main objective under orders from Indian intelligence agents nose at the Supreme Court rulings against these textbooks; is to go around disrupting peaceful gatherings of Sikhs in turn Akali Dal into a Punjabi party; turn SGPC into hand North America and United Kingdom. Their main tactics are maiden of organizations such as RSS, Damdami Taksal and cursing aggressively and foul mouthing threateningly just to Akhand Kirtani Jatha that have no concern with Sikh values intimidate ordinary public. Such was their disruption at the by planting RAW officials like Manjit S. Calcutta as Singh Sabha International conferences this year and last moles; corrupt the office of Jathedar of Akal Takhat with year. It is all on video with the Roseville, California police likes of Ranjit Singh Ghataura (whom Akhand Kirtani and us. Thus the State Terror continues through Akhand Jatha, WSC-USA, SYA and American Gurdwara Kirtani Jatha and present day Damdami Taksal. Parbandhak Committee still consider as Akal Takhat [Hardev Singh Shergill] Jathedar), Puran Singh and Joginder Singh Vedanti. ***** CHAKRAVYUH Does one really think that Vedanti has the guts and the brains WEB OF INDIAN SECULARISM to ask for withdrawal of title of National Professor of Prof. Gurtej Singh, Chandigarh Sikhism from S.Gurtej Singh? It is Manjit Singh Calcutta, The universal scope and character of the teachings of the RAW agent working for RSS, using Akal Takhat Sikh Gurus have struck those who have studied them Jathedar to pursue the RSS agenda. Jathedar Vedanti had carefully. The moral responsibility, stress on self-respect already constituted a committee on 9th of July 2003 for and sense of honor, insistence on right conduct, concern for examining Kala Afghana’s books. It was Akhand Kirtania the welfare of others and co-existence with other cultures Joginder S. Talwara and his side kick Reetinder Singh, have been elevated by the Gurus as the prerequisites for who with the full force and might of their RSS master behind spiritual living and individual salvation. Very firm doctrinal them ordered Vedanti to do their bidding or else. We fully basis for co-operation with all cultures has been provided in agree with S. Balbir S. Sooch (See his article on p.17) when Sikhism. This totally obviates the urge for conversion on he says that our leaders are chosen for us by the powers at the the religious plane, completely eliminates the need to claim center whether they be congress or BJP. cultural exclusiveness or superiority by any group over any other, and, above all, it is destructive of the passion for When Indira Gandhi decided upon attacking Darbar Sahib political domination over others. These along with a host of complex in 1984, planning for total demoralization and other valuable cultural traits, mental disposition, value destruction of Sikhism was even more sinister than meets the system conducive to the common welfare of all humankind, eye. She knew from the example of Israel that Sikhs abroad and unique work ethics, are recognized by Sikh Gurus. Any will raise a hue and cry and make a case before the world host society or religious order concerned about the future of opinion for Sikh sovereignty.