11-14-2006, 11:56 PM
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Pioneer News Service | Chandigarh
<b>Panthic bodies flay installation of Dasam Granth by Damdami Taksal</b>
A panthic convention attended by various Sikh organisations and Sikh intellectuals held here on Monday flayed the installation of the controversial Dasam Granth as Sikh scripture at Fateh Diwas being observed by Damdami Taksal and a section of the Sant Samaj.
The convention passed a resolution against Dasam Granth institution of priesthood in Sikhism, Damdami Taksal and role of Sikh clergy, a press release issued by about twenty Sikh intellectuals and bodies said. In all five resolutions were passed.
Dr Harjinder Singh Dilgeer, in his keynote address, said that <b>the so called Dasam Granth was not fit to be considered as a religious scripture and its poetry was anti-Sikh in nature. It may be the scripture of a religion but it could also be the scripture of hedonists, pornography or shakti cults, he said. To install it in a Gurdwara was an insult to Guru Granth Sahib and it amounts to abusing and insulting Guru Gobind Singh</b>, Dilgeer said.
He clarified that<b> no Sikh could dare to criticise the Nitnem Banis (Jaap Sahib etc) but the rest of the contents of the Dasam Granth were anti-Sikh literature. He said that it was the handiwork of anti-Sikh forces to create confusion among Sikhs</b>. He said that Shiromani Akali Dal president Parkash Singh Badal and the priestly class were mainly responsible for all problems faced by Sikhs.
Prof Gurtej Singh read the resolutions and <b>warned the Sikh Panth of dire consequences if the Sikh nation didn't wake up and reacted in time</b>.
Rajinder Singh Khalsa who presided over the convention said that <b>Jatha Bhindran Mehta Jatha was leading the greatest anti-Sikh movement in history by joining hands with the RSS and other anti-Sikh bodies. He said that Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindrawala had united the Sikhs for a national goal but the present leadership was destroying the basic Sikh institutions</b>. He said, from those who had been lying for 21 years about Bhindranwala's martyrdom, one could easily infer what such an organisation would do for Sikhs.
<b>The convention also passed resolutions saying that the Dasam Granth had nothing to do with Sikhism and that the priestly class was the main reason behind problems faced by the Sikhs.</b> The convention also passed resolutions on the anti-Sikh role played by Jatha Bhindra Mehta and Jaap Sahib not being a part of the Dasam Granth. Another resolution condemned the alleged attack on certain Sikhs by the gunmen of Akal Taskht Jathedar Joginder Singh Vedanti at Faridabad on Sunday.
Prominent among whom attended the convention were Chairman Sahib Dal Khalsa Satnam Singh Paonta, Chairman Miri Piri Dal Gurvinder Singh Dhanaula, founder Sikh missionary college Mohinder Singh Josh and principal Narinder Singh Jammu.
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Fatwa issued by Sikh group.
WHo are these priestly class?
Pioneer News Service | Chandigarh
<b>Panthic bodies flay installation of Dasam Granth by Damdami Taksal</b>
A panthic convention attended by various Sikh organisations and Sikh intellectuals held here on Monday flayed the installation of the controversial Dasam Granth as Sikh scripture at Fateh Diwas being observed by Damdami Taksal and a section of the Sant Samaj.
The convention passed a resolution against Dasam Granth institution of priesthood in Sikhism, Damdami Taksal and role of Sikh clergy, a press release issued by about twenty Sikh intellectuals and bodies said. In all five resolutions were passed.
Dr Harjinder Singh Dilgeer, in his keynote address, said that <b>the so called Dasam Granth was not fit to be considered as a religious scripture and its poetry was anti-Sikh in nature. It may be the scripture of a religion but it could also be the scripture of hedonists, pornography or shakti cults, he said. To install it in a Gurdwara was an insult to Guru Granth Sahib and it amounts to abusing and insulting Guru Gobind Singh</b>, Dilgeer said.
He clarified that<b> no Sikh could dare to criticise the Nitnem Banis (Jaap Sahib etc) but the rest of the contents of the Dasam Granth were anti-Sikh literature. He said that it was the handiwork of anti-Sikh forces to create confusion among Sikhs</b>. He said that Shiromani Akali Dal president Parkash Singh Badal and the priestly class were mainly responsible for all problems faced by Sikhs.
Prof Gurtej Singh read the resolutions and <b>warned the Sikh Panth of dire consequences if the Sikh nation didn't wake up and reacted in time</b>.
Rajinder Singh Khalsa who presided over the convention said that <b>Jatha Bhindran Mehta Jatha was leading the greatest anti-Sikh movement in history by joining hands with the RSS and other anti-Sikh bodies. He said that Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindrawala had united the Sikhs for a national goal but the present leadership was destroying the basic Sikh institutions</b>. He said, from those who had been lying for 21 years about Bhindranwala's martyrdom, one could easily infer what such an organisation would do for Sikhs.
<b>The convention also passed resolutions saying that the Dasam Granth had nothing to do with Sikhism and that the priestly class was the main reason behind problems faced by the Sikhs.</b> The convention also passed resolutions on the anti-Sikh role played by Jatha Bhindra Mehta and Jaap Sahib not being a part of the Dasam Granth. Another resolution condemned the alleged attack on certain Sikhs by the gunmen of Akal Taskht Jathedar Joginder Singh Vedanti at Faridabad on Sunday.
Prominent among whom attended the convention were Chairman Sahib Dal Khalsa Satnam Singh Paonta, Chairman Miri Piri Dal Gurvinder Singh Dhanaula, founder Sikh missionary college Mohinder Singh Josh and principal Narinder Singh Jammu.
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Fatwa issued by Sikh group.
WHo are these priestly class?