sikhs believe in equality of all humans regardless of religion, gender or race. sikhs believe in protecting profound principles of truth justice and freedom for all humans regardless of background. sikhism is the oonly religion that has fought for the rights of other people e.g hinduism. Today sikhism has been greatly diluted due to the indian goverments attempt of destroying the siikh religion.
Sikhs do not set up missionaries or believe that the entire world shoul be sikh, as they see this as a waste of time, they believe in showing respect and understanding to others and getting on with life. sikhs want the best for man kind. during the 1800's the british took over all of india except punjab- which was under sikh rule. the sikh king - maha raja ranjit singh brought muslim hindus christians buddists together, he understood all religions and publically showed respect to them and made all religious communities happy.
sikhs are sometimes confused with muslims. religious sikhs wear a particular style of turban and have a uncut flowing beard. All sikhs religious and non religious wear a metal bangle called the kara.
sikhs who only make up 1.5% of indias population fought of islamic invaders, somethink that the hindu majority was unable to do.
The hindu hill rajas also joined forces with the islamic kings and tried to wipe sikhism out-
the ideal sikh is a saint soldier. first a saint- to regard all of man kind as 1 human race and respect people regalrdless of background or religion. Then a soldier- to protect the human rights of other people.
political power is important for all sikhs- it is the miri piri concept. Sikhs are not hippies- peace love and happiness. Sikhs belive in spritual power and political power.
