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Pakistan charges Gurdwara Nankana Sahib mob demonstration alleged ring leader

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Imran Chisthi charged picked up by police following the mob demonstration at Gurdwara Nankana Sahib
By Asia Samachar Team | MALAYSIA |

The man accused of organising a mob demonstration outside the Nankana Sahib historical gurdwara was booked under the Terrorism Act on Sunday, two days after the incident.

The swift action to arrest him for the incident on Friday (3 Jan 2020) was probably due to the attention given to the case, including a tweet by the Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan.

During the demonstration at Gurdwara Janam Asthan, the accused, Imran Chishti was seen in a video threatening to raze the gurdwara and build a mosque in its place, remarks that made headlines in newspapers in neighbouring India.

“The Douchebag that incited violence against Sikh community has been booked under TERRORISM act which is non bailable offense. This will send out a clear message to anyone who tries to threaten or harass any minority community. Full marks to the provincial government,” Punjab Chief Minister’s focal person (digital media) Azhar Mashwani said in a tweet on Sunday.

“The main culprit in #NankanaSahib incident Imran has been arrested. FIR # 6/2020 u/s 295A/290/291/341/506/148/ 149, 6 sound system /7ATA has been registered at Nanakana Police Station.”

He added: “The scuffle was between 2 Muslim groups. NOTHING to do with Sikh brothers. To save his family members’ skin (the guilty party) Imran tried to create a scene as his family is being victimised due to his brother’s marriage.”

The suspect is the elder brother of Mohammad Hassan who married a teenage Sikh girl in September 2019 after allegedly abducting and converting her to Islam, triggering a controversy.

The case was resolved with the families agreeing that the girl, who is now at in Dar ul Amaan, will decided her next move at the Sessions Court which is scheduled to hear the case on Thursday (Jan 9).

Imran Chishti leading a mob demonstration in front of the Gurdwara Janam Asthan, Nankana Sahib, on 3 Jan 2020

The swift action, after an apparent delay in action by the authorities – with the accused seen able to release an apology video from the comfort of his home – was welcome by various quarters.

“Swift action in #NankanaSahib is remarkable, at both national & regional fronts by religious & political leaders. Non-Pakistani Sikhs need to recognize the need for protection of miniscule Sikh population in Pakistan; their struggles, pressures & reach demand delicate navigation,” said Sikh activist Harinder Singh in a tweet.

In two tweets on Jan 5, Prime Minister Imran Khan said: “The major difference between the condemnable Nankana incident & the ongoing attacks across India on Muslims & other minorities is this: the former is against my vision & will find zero tolerance & protection from the govt incl police & judiciary;

“In contrast, Modi’s RSS vision supports minorities oppression & the targeted attacks against Muslims are part of this agenda. RSS goons conducting public lynchings, Muslims being violated by mobs are all not only supported by Modi Govt but Indian police leads anti-Muslim attacks.”

Imran played a pivotal role in the opening of the Kartarpur Corridor just before the 550th anniversary of Guru Nanak’s birth in November 2019. The corridor allows Indians to visit the birth place of the Sikh faith founder, located just miles from the Indian-Pakistan border in Punjab.

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Madhya Pradesh administration destroys Sikh houses and crops – Report

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By Sikh Siyasat | INDIA |

 

Chandigarh: As per reports the Madhya Pradesh administration on December 30, 2019 demolished around nine Sikh houses and destroyed crops in around two hundred acres in Patari, Gothra, Panwada and Lehroni villages of Tehsil Karhal (District Sheopur). These Sikhs had been living there for more than three decades after migrating from the states of Punjab and Haryana.

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Wednesday (January 1) condemned ‘forcible eviction’ of Sikhs from Karhal village of Sheopur district in Madhya Pradesh (MP) and formed a panel to look into the matter.

SGPC chief Gobind Singh Longowal said to suppress the Sikhs in MP, their houses are being razed and their lands being usurped. He said SGPC is with the victim Sikh families.

“We are finding out all information about the action against Sikhs there, so that we can help the victim families,” he said in a press statement issued from Amritsar.

He informed that the SGPC has formed a sub-committee comprising executive member Indermohan Singh Lakhmir Wala, additional secretary Tejinder Singh Padda and member Gurcharan Singh Garewal. “The sub-committee has been directed to visit the MP village to gather all information about the incident. The committee will also help the victim families there,” he said.

 

See full story, Sikh Houses and Crops Destroyed by Administration in Madhya Pradesh; SGPC Forms Panel (Sikh Siyasat, 2 Jan 2020), here.

 

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Sikh youth on pre-wedding shopping shot dead in Peshawar

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By Asia Samachar Team | PAKISTAN |

A Pakistan Sikh youth, who had reportedly worked for six years in Malaysia, was shot dead in Peshawar while said to be on a pre-wedding shopping.

Parvender Singh, whose body was found on Sunday, was believed to have been shot dead on Saturday.

Peshawar Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sajjid Khan told The Dawn that Parvender, according to the FIR, had travelled to Peshawar to complete last-minute errands for his wedding, including buying gold.

“However, close to midnight on Saturday, the victim’s brother, received a call from his [Parvender’s] phone where an unidentified man told him that he had killed Parvender and where they could find his body.

“The body was later recovered from a stormwater drain on Sunday. The victim had sustained one bullet injury to the head.”

The victim had returned to Pakistan after spending six years working in Malaysia and was to be married in February, according to the newspaper report.

Parvender is the brother of Harmeet Singh who became Pakistan’s first news anchor in 2018.

The incident comes just days after the mob demonstration at Gurdwara Janam Asthan in Nankana Sahib which shocked Sikhs globally, coming just two months after the celebration of the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak.

It later turned out that the incident was triggered by some personal dispute, and not communal or religious in nature.

 

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IN LOVING MEMORY: Paramjit Kaur (1932-2019), Kuantan

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1st YEAR BARSI: Path Da Bhog on 12 January 2020 (Sunday) at Gurdwara Sahib Kuantan, from 9.00 am to 11.30 am, followed by Guru Ka Langgar | Malaysia

In Loving Memory of Our Beloved Mother / Grandmother

MATA PARAMJIT KAUR

d/o Late Keshar Singh w/o Late Rattan Singh

Departed 15th April 2019.

Deeply missed by family, relatives and friends.

Path da Bhog will be held on 12 January 2020 (Sunday) at Gurdwara Sahib Kuantan from 9.00 am to 11.30 am followed by Guru Ka Langgar.

Please treat this as a personal invitation.

For further inquiries:

  • Dr. Bhajan Singh – 0139276292
  • Nirmal Kaur – 0162606292

 

| Entry: 6 Jan 2020 | Source: Family

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Nankana incident: Initial official statements from Pakistan and India

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Imran Chishti leading a mob demonstration in front of the Gurdwara Janam Asthan, Nankana Sahib, on 3 Jan 2020
By Asia Samachar Team | PAKISTAN / INDIA |

On the day very day of the mob demonstration in front of Gurdwara Janam Asthan, a key gurdwara connected to the birth place of Guru Nanak in Nankana Sahib, both India and Pakistan had released official statements of their own.

Pakistan had downplayed the Jan 3 event as a ‘minor incident at a tea-stall’ while India demanded for ‘strong action’ against the ‘miscreants who indulged in desecration of the holy Gurudwara’.

In another statement to the media on the same day, Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Noorul Haq Qadri was reported to have said that no loss of life or property took place in the episode, chiding the Indian media for painting the “minor dispute” as a religious conflict.

“India is unsuccessfully trying to divert the attention away from minorities who are up in arms there,” he was quoted in a local Pakistan newspaper.

The central figure in the incident was believed to have been Imran Chishti. In videos that went viral on the social media, he could be seen speaking angrily in front of the historial Sikh gurdwara, claiming that he would get a masjid built in place of the present gurdwara.

He is related to the family embroiled in an incident where a Sikh girl was allegedly forcefully converted to Islam. The case is expected to be heard in the courts soon.

The very next day, he had issued an apology for any hurtful comments he may have “inadvertently” made against the community or the gurdwara.

 

PAKISTAN: Altercation between two Muslim groups in the city of Nankana Sahib

The provincial authorities in the Punjab province have informed that there was scuffle in the city of Nankana Sahib today, between two Muslim groups. The altercation happened on a minor incident at a tea-stall. The District Administration immediately intervened and arrested the accused, who are now in custody.
Attempts to paint this incident as a communal issue are patently motivated. Most importantly, the Gurdwara remains untouched and undamaged. All insinuations to the contrary, particularly the claims of acts of “desecration and destruction” and desecration of the holy place, are not only false but also mischievous.

The Government of Pakistan remains committed to upholding law and order and providing security and protection to the people, especially the minorities. The opening of the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor is a manifestation of Pakistan’s special care extended to the minorities, in line with the vision of the Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

Islamabad
3 January 2020

Statement released by Spokesperson’s Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pakistan

 

INDIA: India strongly condemns vandalism at Nankana Sahib Gurudwara in Pakistan

We are concerned at the vandalism carried out at the revered Nankana Sahib Gurdwara today. Members of the minority Sikh community have been subjected to acts of violence in the holy city of Nankana Sahib, the birthplace of Shri Guru Nanak Dev ji. These reprehensible actions followed the forcible abduction and conversion of Jagjit Kaur, the Sikh girl who was kidnapped from her home in the city of Nankana Sahib in August last year.

India strongly condemns these wanton acts of destruction and desecration of the holy place. We call upon the Government of Pakistan to take immediate steps to ensure the safety, security, and welfare of the members of the Sikh community. Strong action must be taken against the miscreants who indulged in desecration of the holy Gurudwara and attacked members of the minority Sikh community. In addition, Government of Pakistan is enjoined to take all measures to protect and preserve the sanctity of the holy Nankana Sahib Gurudwara and its surroundings.

New Delhi
January 03, 2020

Statement released by Ministry of External Affairs, India

 

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IN LOVING MEMORY: Late Ranjit Singh s/o Late Hazara Singh (1938-2019)

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1st Year Barsi: Sehaj Path Da Bhog on 12 Jan 2020 (Sunday) at Gurdwara Sahib Kajang, Selangor, from 9.00am to 12.00noon, followed by Guru Ka Langgar | Malaysia

Ranjit Singh Jessy (Jiji) (1938-2019), Bukit Mertajam

First Year Barsi In Ever Loving Memory Of

LATE RANJIT SINGH S/O LATE HAZARA SINGH 

Greatly missed and forever in the hearts of loved ones

Forever and deeply missed by beloved family:

Wife, Daughter & Son in-law, grandchildren, host of relatives and friends.

Sahej Path Da Bhog: 12 Jan 2020 (Sunday) at Gurdwara Sahib Kajang, Selangor, from 9.00am to 12.00noon, followed by Guru Ka Langgar

Contact: Jit Kaur 010-8669658

(Kindly accept this as our personal invitation)

| Entry: 5 Jan 2020 | Source: Family

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Pakistan premier says ‘zero tolerance & protection’ for Nankana incident perpetrators

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Panjab’s Muslim leaders and scholars, including Syed Ali Raza Gillani (middle, white attire), in a show of support for the Sikhs at Gurdwara Janam Asthan, Nankana Sahib
By Asia Samachar Team | PAKISTAN |

Pakistan premier today lambasted the perpetrators of the Nankana demonstration incident which has caught the attention of Sikhs worldwide and also promoted a number of Muslim groups to bring flowers to the gurdwara marking the birth place of Guru Nanak.

The prime mover of the Friday (3 Jan) incident at Gurdwara Janam Asthan – who had angrily called for a mosque to replace the historically significant gurdwara – has since released a video clip seeking apology, though Sikhs in Pakistan have called for action to be taken against him.

In two tweets today (5 Jan 2020), Prime Minister Imran Khan said: “The major difference between the condemnable Nankana incident & the ongoing attacks across India on Muslims & other minorities is this: the former is against my vision & will find zero tolerance & protection from the govt incl police & judiciary;

“In contrast, Modi’s RSS vision supports minorities oppression & the targeted attacks against Muslims are part of this agenda. RSS goons conducting public lynchings, Muslims being violated by mobs are all not only supported by Modi Govt but Indian police leads anti-Muslim attacks.”

Imran played a pivotal role in the opening of the Kartarpur Corridor just before the 550th anniversary of Guru Nanak’s birth in November 2019. The corridor allows Indians to visit the birth place of the Sikh faith founder, located just miles from the Indian-Pakistan border in Punjab.

The joy and celebratory mood of the opening of the corridor was marred some minor incidents. However, the mob demonstration after a Friday prayer, led by a local man connected to an earlier controversy of a Sikh girl allegedly forced to convert to Islam, was a disappointment for many Sikhs.

However, it had turned out that the perpetrator had personal motives.

In a report today, quoting unnamed official source, The Dawn reported that in the Friday incident, police had to step in amid rising tensions in Nankana Sahib after a heated debate at a tea stall threatened to blow into a big law and order issue.

The Pakistan newspaper noted that reports said four customers while taking tea at Zaman’s stall in front of Gurdwara Janam Asthan started a conversation about his nephew, Muhammad Ehsaan who, just a few months ago, came into the limelight for marrying a Sikh girl after allegedly forcing her to convert.

Zaman reportedly reacted with anger, which led to a confrontation between two groups. A small crowd gathered to raise slogans. A team of Nankana Sahib police had to intervene briskly to control the situation, according to the report.

Panjab’s Muslim leaders and scholars, including Syed Ali Raza Gillani who hails from the family lineage of Syed Mian Mir, had condemned the attempt to use the ‘Islam card’ in the incident. They had gathered at the gurdwara yesterday with offerings of support and flowers.

The Indian media had generally played up the incident as one where Muslims were attacking Sikhs.

However, some local Sikhs saw it rather differently. An official of the Pakistan-based Sikh organisation described the mob demonstration an attempt by a ‘small family’ to disrupt the growing Muslim-Sikh harmony in the nation, especially in the aftermath of the major 550th celebration of Guru Nanak’s borth.

“The issue was fronted by a small family,” Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (PSGPC) president Satwant Singh had told Asia Samachar in a telephone conversation. “The Pakistan government has done much to enhance Muslim-Sikh bhaichara (brotherhood) in the recent past. Maybe some people are unhappy with it.”

 

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Akali Dal revolt

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Father-son duo Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa (right) and Parminder Singh Dhindsa – Photo: Parminder Singh Dhindsa Facebook page
By Jagtar Singh | OPINION | PUNJAB, INDIA |

Chandigarh: It was being expected for long.

Former finance minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa on Friday resigned from the office of the Leader of the Shiromani Akali Dal Legislature Party. He did not quit the party. The issue is not that of Parminder Singh Dhindsa but that of the Leader of the Legislature Party in the Assembly raising the banner of revolt.

Of course, he assigned no reason in his resignation letter addressed to party president Sukhbir Singh Badal. This move was being speculated upon when his father and Rajya Sabha member from Akali Dal Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa resigned from all party offices including that of the Secretary General. He too did not resign from the party.

Dhindsa Senior had taken this step to register his protest against the functioning of Sukhbir. In the political affairs committee meeting after the last Assembly election in 2017, he had argued for the resignation by Sukhbir Singh Badal from party presidency for the dismal failure. The party could retain only 15 out of total 117 seats in the House after having been in power continuously for ten years. The Akali Dal won only two seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

The last time the Akali Dal was hit by similar crisis was towards the end of 1998 when the party stalwart and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president Gurcharan Singh Tohra had proposed that party president Parkash Singh Badal should either quit this office or appoint officiating president as he had little time to spare for the party affairs being the chief minister. Tohra had raised this issue after the Akali Dal that had come into power in 1997 winning the highest ever 75 seats (74+1) was defeated by six votes from Adampur in the Assembly bye-election.

The crisis resulted in the vertical split. Tohra was ousted not only from the all-powerful office of the SGPC chief but also the party. He subsequently floated Sarv Hind Shiromani Akali Dal but the party failed to take off. However, he succeeded in the ouster of Akali Dal from power in 2002 Assembly elections.

Towards the end of about yearlong behind the scene parleys, he had come to the opinion that he would negotiate when there was level playing field that meant defeat of Akali Dal in the Assembly elections. He ensured the defeat of Akali Dal candidates. The two stalwarts united when Badal became former chief minister. Badal had used state power to oust Tohra.

The situation in 2020 is different.

Parminder Singh Dhindsa – Photo: Facebook page

Sukhbir Badal continues to be under the shadow of Bargari sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib. The Akali Dal is the weakest ever. The party could not even retain Jalalabad, the seat vacated by Sukhbir Singh Badal following his election to the Lok Sabha, in the bye-election. The only strength of the Akali Dal is its alliance with the BJP and a cabinet berth in Narendra Modi government.

However, speculations have been there for months about the BJP looking for alternative. Presently, the alternative is just not there. However, Sukhdev Singh Dhinda had been conveying in political circles that he took the step only after getting signal from the BJP higher ups. It may be mentioned that a senior BJP leader had discussed this issue with a Delhi based senior Sikh leader too who suggested that only a Punjab based leader could mobilise the Punjabis for a new outfit.

Parminder Dhindsa being strong or weak leader is not important. What is important is the signal that the party president can’t keep the senior leaders united. It is an open secret in the Akali Dal that several other senior leaders are not happy with the state of affairs in the party.

The perception that the party is pocket borough of the president has been reinforced with the appointment of Sharanjit Singh Dhillon as Leader of the Akali Dal Legislature Party without any meeting. It is this style of functioning of Sukhbir Singh Badal that is under question.

See original story, ‘Revolt in Akali Dal when the party is the weakest in history. Last split led by Tohra was in 1999’, (Jagtar Singh Reflects, 4 Jan 2020), here.

 

 

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Aussie Sikh group to the rescue with hundreds of free curries

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Sikh volunteers hand out meals at the Bairnsdale relief centre – Photo: JOE ARMAO / The Age
By Royce Millar | THE AGE | AUSTRALIA |

The Bairnsdale football ground seems an unlikely site for a display of Sikh culture and charity, as unlikely as hardy Gippslanders queuing for free vegetarian food.

But these are exceptional times in Eastern Victoria.

On December 30, as fire raged through the state’s far east, 10 members of Sikh Volunteers Australia packed a van with food and water and headed from their base in Devon Meadows, in Melbourne’s south east, toward the smoke.

“We didn’t know where to go exactly,” said organiser Lakhwinder Singh 34. “We were trying to contact the local council but we were unable to make any contact. We just heard that there is a fire and we must go.”

Through a Gippsland fires Facebook page the group contacted Bairnsdale neighbourhood Centre boss Leanne Jennings who advised where their help was most needed. The neighbourhood centre also assisted with accommodation and extra cooking facilities.

The Sikhs based their food service at the relief centre at the Bairnsdale football ground. On the first night they served more than 100 meals and were still feeding people at 1.30 am. “The Red Cross and the Salvation Army were there but there was still a great need,” explains Mr Singh.

Undeterred by the smoke and confusion the Sikhs also travelled to other fire-threatened communities including Lakes Entrance. On Thursday they helped feed anxious locals and travellers at Orbost until the town was evacuated. “Everybody had to leave from there,” says Mr Singh.

As expected, a staple served by the group is classic veggie curry. But the group also does pasta (including gluten-free) and sandwiches. “Whatever people like,” says Mr Singh.

A second van of helpers joined the group on Friday. They have restocked mainly from local supermarkets but group members have also replenished supplies from Melbourne.

Sikh Volunteers Australia was founded by the burgeoning Sikh community in Melbourne’s south east about six years ago. It established a free food service in 2017 and now regularly helps feed homeless people in the municipalities of Casey and Frankston.

Early this year it extended its reach to help feed those affected by bushfires at Bunyip near Pakenham.

The group’s work is driven by the Sikh belief in people caring for one another says Mr Singh.

Since Monday, and under the watchful eye of head chef Sukhwinder Kaur, the group has prepared and served breakfast, lunch and dinner for many hundreds of residents and tourists.

See full story, ‘Thanks dhal: Sikh group to the rescue with hundreds of free curries’ (The Age, 3 Jan 2020), here.

 

RELATED STORY:

Aussie firefighters battling bushfires get gurdwara-cooked meals (Asia Samachar, 14 Nov 2019)

 

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‘Small family’ trying to disrupt Muslim-Sikh harmony, says Pakistan Sikh body chief

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PSGPC president Satwant Singh making an appeal to Pakistan government at Gurdwara Janam Asthan, Nankana Sahib following a mob demonstration in front of the gurdwara on 3 Jan 2020 – Photo: Screengrab from Facebook video
By Asia Samachar Team | PAKISTAN |

The mob demonstration at the main Nankana Sahib gurdwara yesterday was an attempt by a ‘small family’ to disrupt the growing Muslim-Sikh harmony in the nation, especially in the aftermath of the major 550th celebration of Guru Nanak towards the end of last year.

The family had also attempted to use an existing contentious conversion issue of a Sikh girl as an ‘excuse’ to create a spark.

“The issue was fronted by a small family,” Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (PSGPC) president Satwant Singh told Asia Samachar in a telephone conversation.

“The Pakistan government has done much to enhance Muslim-Sikh bhaichara (brotherhood) in the recent past. Maybe some people are unhappy with it.”

When asked, Satwant said the family did not have any political or madrasah connections.

In a video released on his personal Facebook page, Satwant, who took the help of PSGPC in July 2019, had appealed to the Pakistan government to take stern action on the perpetrators of the Friday demonstration and ensure the safety of Sikhs nationwide.

In the incident, a scores of charged protesters staged a sit-in outside Gurdwara Nankana Sahib, also known as the Gurdwara Janam Asthan, after the Muslim Friday prayers.

They were led by the family of a man, Ehsan, who was accused of forcibly converting a Sikh woman, Jagjit Kaur, earlier this year, reported Pakistani newspaper The Dawn.

“We will replace the gurdwara with a masjid,” says the demonstrator, pointing towards Gurdwara Janam Asthan – Photo: Screengrab from video clip widely circulated on the social media

In video clips circulated after the Friday demonstration, the lead demonstrator, going by the Facebook handle of ‘Imranchishti Baba’, threatened to build a mosque in the place of the current gurdwara.

 

RELATED STORY:

Nankana Sahib under control after mob demonstration (Asia Samachar, 4 Jan 2019)

 

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