#Sikh separatists

[zee-man-chatter]

To put this in context, Sikh extremist bombed an Air Canada 182 passenger jet bound for India. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/air-india-flight-182-bombing

During Covid, Sikh's raised money here in Canada to send over to India for their farmer's strike against Modi during the harshest lockdowns. Indian Police officers died during the farmers protests over in India, but Trudeau did nothing to stop the fundraisers here or the money going to India, but he did lock up the peaceful Trucker's protest participants in Ottawa.

For all his tough talk to Russia, Canada has starved it's military into the ground, if he's talking tough on the world stage, he doesn't have a leg to stand on.

Sikhs regularly fly banners on the 401 to raise awareness for their homeland, as they want to secede from India. If they're that involved in Indian politics, can anyone seriously think these people are invested emotionally to be Canadians first or assimilate? So Trudeau has blown his own credibility and Canada's too with India. Probably time for him to go on the magical, pompous un-reality tour with Prince Harry, as neither of them seem to be listening to others or living in reality.

[poliphoon]

Ties with Canada hurting. But India is banking on precedents

Who is at war with whom? The question has become more complex as Canada is dead determined to take on India. Justin Trudeau, the Canadian prime minister, took a high-risk gamble recently by putting India ‘on notice’ for the alleged killing of a Sikh separatist on Canadian soil. Mr Trudeau justified his action by saying that it was based on ‘credible allegations’ that India���s Narendra Modi…

[nando161mando]

Fourth, leaked Pakistani intelligence reveal that the far-right Hindutva government in India has an extensive assassination program and death squads with a global reach to kill Sikh separatists and other opponents of the Hindutva regime.

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Canada’s PM condemns violence at Hindu temple near Toronto

Leaders of Canada’s three major federal parties have condemned the violent clashes that erupted on Sunday during a visit by Indian consulate officials to a Hindu temple in Brampton, a suburb of Toronto.

Peel Regional Police said Sunday that a protest had broken out at the Hindu Sabha temple in Brampton, and unverified videos circulating on social media showed demonstrators holding pro-Khalistan placards, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported.

The videos show fist fights and people hitting each other with sticks in an area adjacent to the Hindu Sabha Mandir temple, the report said.

Speaking to website X, Trudeau thanked local authorities for their swift response to protect the community and investigate the incident. Trudeau wrote on X on Monday:

The acts of violence at the Hindu Sabha Mandir in Brampton today are unacceptable. Every Canadian has the right to practice their faith freely and safely. Thank you to the Peel Regional Police for swiftly responding to protect the community and investigate this incident.

Meanwhile, the Indian High Commission in Ottawa also issued a strong statement on Monday condemning the recent attack by “anti-Indian” elements on the Hindu Sabha temple in Brampton.

The incident disrupted a consular event organised jointly by the Hindu Sabha Mandir and the Indian Consulate. In a statement, the High Commission said:

We have seen violent disruption today (November 3), orchestrated by anti-India elements outside the consular camp co-organised with the Hindu Sabha Mandir in Brampton, near Toronto.

Peel Regional Police said Sunday afternoon that they were aware of the protest taking place at the Hindu Sabha Mandir and had increased their presence at the temple to maintain public order and security.

Police did not provide further details about the social media videos, what happened or whether any complaints had been filed.

Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown condemned the violence, writing on website X on Sunday afternoon, saying the perpetrators should be punished to the fullest extent of the law.

Relations between the two countries soured after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last September claimed “possible” involvement of Indian agents in the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who Indian authorities consider an extremist.

New Delhi dismissed Trudeau’s allegations as “absurd” and said Canada was allowing pro-Khalistan elements to operate with impunity on Canadian soil.

Read more HERE

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Seems India may be waging an assassination campaign in North America on Sikh separatists.

PDF of an indictment plot to assassinate an attorney and political activist in the US: https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1373831/dl

Video about Canada/India relations relations souring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uRiPIC7fDI

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U.S. Charges Indian National in Foiled Assassination Plot Against Sikh Activist: A Diplomatic Crisis Unfolds

U.S. Charges Indian National in Foiled Assassination Plot Against Sikh Activist: A Diplomatic Crisis Unfolds The recent indictment of an Indian national by the United States has set off a diplomatic storm, raising serious questions about international law, intelligence activities, and the lengths nations might go to silence political dissidents. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern…

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The Espionage Enigma: A Tale of Terrorist Designations, Diplomacy, and Double Standards

In the thrilling drama of international politics, the recent saga involving Indian intelligence, a Sikh separatist in the US, and the curious case of Hamas unfolds like a gripping spy novel, replete with irony, wit, and a generous dose of geopolitical hypocrisy.#### The Unlikely Protagonist: Gurpatwant Singh PannunEnter Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the face of the Khalistan movement in the West,…

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No longer Indian. Do not associate me with that fuckass country.

[wheniamamonster]

Canadian citizen Hardeep Singh Nijjar was brazenly shot dead outside a Sikh temple in Surrey, B.C. on June 18. Nijjar, a supporter of a Sikh homeland in the form of an independent Khalistani state, had been branded by the Indian government as a "terrorist" and accused of leading a militant separatist group — something his supporters have denied. "Canadian security agencies have been actively pursuing credible allegations of a potential link between agents of the Government of India and the killing of a Canadian citizen, Hardeep Singh Nijjar," Trudeau said Monday in a speech to the House of Commons. "Any involvement of a foreign government in the killing of a Canadian citizen on Canadian soil is an unacceptable violation of our sovereignty."

Tagging @allthecanadianpolitics

[tamamita]

I think back to if I had been alive back then, I might have agreed with the creation of Isreal (with the Holocaust being so fresh in everybody's minds it makes sense that Jews have a reason to be concerned for their preservation) but learning of the Nakba and the continued occupation and treatment of the Palestinians (much in part thanks to you) I cannot support them. The Holocaust does not give Zionists a "get out of Genocide Free" Card.

Shifting gears a bit, I am Canadian, and our government has been put in an unfortunate position with India over the assassination of a man who was an advocate for the Khalistan Movement. Now while I intend to do my own research into it, I was curious your opinion (if any) on the creation of a separatist Sikh state?

I am against any ethnostate or/and states in general. Or in ML terms, I'm for the abolishment of states.

Nevertheless, being free from persecution does not require a homeland, and a Jewish ethnostate is contradictory, because JEwish people aren't monolith. Historically, Jewish people all over the world have come to create their own cultural, ethnical and religious identities that are vastly different from each other, the question then becomes a complicated one, how does one unify under one single homogenized state? If we look at Israel, then we know that they have systematically pulled efforts into erasing various Judeo-inspired languages, such as Yiddish or Judeo-Arabic, and it wasn't long ago when they forcefully sterilized Ethiopian Jews, who are still experiencing racism in Israel. I can't say I know much about how class differences work within the Jewish community, so I'll abstain from that. Nevertheless. It's obvious that for a state to become unified, there must be one codex of identity that all of them has to be identified under, while everything else is undesirable. This is the path to fascism, and you've already seen MPs in the Knesset expressing the desire for ethnic cleansing.

As for the Sikh state, I am against theocracies, ethnoreligious states or any state that adopts a de facto profanum/sanctum consitution.

[allthecanadianpolitics]

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canadian police said they arrested three suspects Friday in the slaying of a Sikh separatist leader last June that become the center of a diplomatic spat with India, and are investigating possible ties between the detainees and the Indian government.

Three Indian nationals in their 20s identified as Kamalpreet Singh, Karan Brar and Karampreet Singh were arrested in Edmonton, Alberta on Friday morning in the slaying of 45-year-old Hardeep Singh Nijjar by masked gunmen outside Vancouver, police said.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sparked a diplomatic feud with India in September when he said that there were “credible allegations” of Indian involvement in the slaying of Nijjar.

India had accused Nijjar of links to terrorism, but angrily denied involvement in the slaying. In response to the allegatio ns [sic], India told Canada last year to remove 41 of its 62 diplomats in the country. Tensions remain but have somewhat eased since. [...]

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[zvaigzdelasas]

29 Nov 23

[spot-the-antisemitism]

For a change of pace, I've learned quite a bit about Judaism since last year. There are things it does have in common with the religion I grew up in: Sikhism. Off the top of my head:

Prohibition of forced conversion and proselytizing.

Tikkun olam is similar to the Sikh concept of seva, which is doing good for the community.

Headwear: I know more observant Jews wear kippahs. The more religious Sikhs (these are called Amritdari Sikhs) wear turbans and carry kirpans with them, as well as wearing a silver bracelet. That represents battle as the meaning of life and it's referred to as kara. Both men and women do it, though it's more common for men to wear the turbans. Non-turbaned Sikhs are sahajdari Sikhs.

Sikhism actually does have its own separation movement in India. It's referred to as the Khalistan movement. A hypothetical Khalistan would exist where the Indian state of Punjab currently is. The thing here is that the majority of Sikhs do not support an independent Khalistan, though it does seem to be on the rise following the murder of a Sikh separatist in Canada. There was a period where there was high support for Khalistan in the 1980s following Operation Blue Star. The history is kind of messy, but the point here is that a separation movement for a Sikh state does exist.

Naming conventions for men and women. Men have Singh (lion) as their religious surname. For women, it's Kaur (princess). They're also used as a middle name. From what I've seen, the more religious Sikhs use Singh or Kaur as a surname, although I've seen sahajdari Sikhs do the same.

Dear ara-line,

I didn't know you were raised Sikh!

yep that's common for many religions

Again very common for a religion but yep!

Kirpans are the ceremonial knives yes? My dad said those are a pain at the TSA (to be fair being percieved as muslim is a pain at the TSA in general)

Was not aware of that but I mean if Sikhs saw India and Pakistan being partitioned and and of few of them would want their own partition and also that a movement like that fell apart

you know I'm not sure if I'd say that comparable to the "ben" and "bat" system that sounds way more elaborate that "Ben son of Ben"

Yours,

Cecil

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Canada accuses Indian minister Amit Shah of plotting attack on Sikh separatists

The Canadian government claimed that Indian Home Minister Amit Shah was behind plots to attack Sikh separatists in the North American country, Reuters reported.

However, New Delhi dismissed Canada’s earlier allegations as baseless, denying any involvement. According to The Washington Post, Canadian officials claimed that Shah allegedly promoted a campaign of violence and intimidation against Sikh separatists in Canada, Canadian Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister David Morrison disclosed.

The journalist called me and asked if it [Shah] was that person. I confirmed it was that person.

India labelled Sikh separatists as “terrorists” and a threat to its security. Sikh separatists are demanding the secession of an independent homeland known as Khalistan from India. Insurgency in India in the 1980s and 1990s killed tens of thousands of people.

The 1984 riots erupted when Sikh bodyguards killed then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi after she had ordered security forces to storm the holiest Sikh temple to dislodge Sikh separatists.

Canada expelled Indian diplomats in mid-October, linking them to the assassination of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in 2023 in Canada. In response, India ordered the expulsion of Canadian diplomats.

The US also indicted former Indian intelligence officer Vikash Yadav for allegedly masterminding an uncovered plot to assassinate Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a dual US-Canadian citizen and Indian critic in New York.

The charges tested Washington and Ottawa’s relationship with New Delhi, which is often seen as a rival to Beijing.

Read more HERE