Y-yes! Enough of the wishy-washy peace-loving non-violent BS!
1) Non-violent religions are for woosies. (One does not carry around swords -- one of the five precepts of Sikkhism -- for picking his teeth with them, eh?).
2) Clearly, as I argued here only 2 days ago, Indian immigrants revive the lost European custom of treating religion with the respect and commitment it deserves. Surely, Jean Raspail ought to approve.
3) The conflict is caste-based. Sikhism is of course famously caste-free (which had made it expand so rapidly in the first place: dalits were joining in droves to get rid of untouchability). Or is it? The preacher in question was low-caste and dissed the Holy Granth -- presumably by touching it, I assume. If you ever wondered whether high-sounding religious precepts could just possibly be bullsh*t, here's your proof.
(I am NOT dissing Sikkhism: the other non-caste religions -- Islam, Catholicism -- fare identically in India; they really are all the same).
4) Alas, even Sikhs are not spared globalization: Violent protests in Punjab after Vienna clash
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