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Even Emperor Akbar had to take his food with the common people before he was permitted to have an audience with the Guru. He gave clear instruction that anyone coming to see him must first dine with others in the common kitchen. To rid the society of the scourge of deeply embedded casteism, Guru Amar Das had popularized Langar (common kitchen). Wherever there is any effort to take care of these lowest of the lowest, The One Creator, God bestows the choicest blessings.” The Guru had preferred Bhai Lalo’s coarse bread over Malik Bhago’s sumptuous dishes. Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, had said: “Those who belong to the lower of the lowest class, Nanak is with them and has nothing to do with the so called elite. Kulbir Kaur’s scholarly article titled “Searching for a New Identity: Christianity, Conversion and Dalit Sikhs.” In its July 2020 issue, Cultural and Religious Studies published Dr. Harbhajan Singh was published (two instalments) in Punjab Times (a Punjabi weekly published from USA) in their issues dated Augand August 19, 2017. In 2017, an exhaustive Punjabi article titled “Punjab Vich Vigadde Sikh-Isaai Sambandh’ by Dr. Huffington Post and Tribune have also covered news regarding converts from Sikhism from time to time. In December 2014, The Times of India and The Indian Express reported conversions of Dalit Sikhs to Christianity in Punjab on a massive scale these newspapers also reported that over 8,000 Christians had become Sikhs again. Way back in 2011, India Today had published a very informative article titled “Wake Up Call for SGPC – Christian Missions mushroom across Punjab” in its issue dated May 9, 2011. Various newspapers and magazines have been reporting their highly objectionable functionings throughout the state since quite sometime. This is not the first time when Christian missionaries’ nefarious activities in Punjab have been revealed. He further said that such Christian evangelists are very active in most of Punjab’s districts
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The Delhi Akali Dal leader told India TV that Punjab-based Christian missionaries have been trying to lure the state’s Sikh youth by offering to arrange visas and getting them settled in USA or Canada. The video was shown on Rajat Sharma’s prime show ‘Aaj Ki Baat’ on the night of October 13, 2021. A Delhi-based Akali leader shared the video with several journalists. They were really astonished when Gurmail Singh and some other elderly observant Sikhs confronted them and asked them to leave the village immediately.Ī video showing the Christian evangelists in the village had gone viral. As usual, they started distributing pamphlets which stated: “Join us, we will take you on the path to God.” The missionaries offered jobs and money for converting to Christianity. After travelling in a special bus, some 25 to 30 Christian evangelists arrived at this village. It was a bright and sunny day at Dhanoor village in Ludhiana district of Punjab. A Christian prayer session in progress – Photo: Amrit Sandhu Ministries Facebook page shared in November 2021