I read an article recently about two Sikh holidays this month. One celebrates the life of Tegh Bahadur, the 9th guru of the Sikh tradition. He was jailed and eventually killed for trying to protect Hindus who were facing religious persecution. These two quotes from the article seem relevant to today's discussion: "You will not find another person who gave his life to protect another's faith. It was not even his own faith."(Bhupinder Singh). "It's easy to speak on my behalf or my family's behalf or my community's behalf, but it usually stops right there. For someone to take a stand for others against an oppressive regime... (is) revolutionary" (Bobby Singh as quoted in the Houston Chronicle).
I read an article recently about two Sikh holidays this month. One celebrates the life of Tegh Bahadur, the 9th guru of the Sikh tradition. He was jailed and eventually killed for trying to protect Hindus who were facing religious persecution. These two quotes from the article seem relevant to today's discussion: "You will not find another person who gave his life to protect another's faith. It was not even his own faith."(Bhupinder Singh). "It's easy to speak on my behalf or my family's behalf or my community's behalf, but it usually stops right there. For someone to take a stand for others against an oppressive regime... (is) revolutionary" (Bobby Singh as quoted in the Houston Chronicle).