FRANKFURT, Germany—In a sad day for the peaceful reputation of the Sikh community, riot police had to enter a Gurdwara Sahib in Frankfurt last Sunday after angry groups caused disruption over the attendance of a preacher from Punjab who is known as repeatedly touching on controversial subjects.
Panthpreet Singh, a preacher from India, was invited to speak at the Sikh Centre Gurdwara but much noise and raucous by angry proponents of the Damdami Taksal group rose in protest. This provocative stance resulted in a violent stand-off, to which the police had to respond in force.
The preacher, whilst knowledgeable and engaging, has more recently been vocal concerning hot topics of contention, which many have seen as inflaming tensions between groups with varying schools of thought. Sadly, opposition groups have not responded in a befitting manner and resorted to challenging the preacher through disruption rather than dialogue.
[Video of disturbances around the Gurdwara Sahib in Frankfurt, Germany]
Panthpreet has sat and openly debated with many in the past, but he recently refused a discussion with members of Damdami Taksal, possibly due to the fact that the leader of this faction in India has been complicit in supporting the killing of a preaching assistant of Bhai Ranjit Singh Dhadriawale, after members of the Damdami Taksal opened fire upon Ranjit Singh’s entourage after they disagreed with aspects of his preaching.
A committee member of the Frankfurt Gurdwara, Amarjit Singh confirmed with Sikh24 that they were willing to organize a meeting between their guest and his opponents. “We asked them to nominate 5 members from their group who could have a constructive debate with Bhai Panthpreet Singh, however, they were not willing to sit down either,” he said. He added that the committee’s main request was to provide proof on allegations, including audio and video recordings.
Meanwhile, Bhai Gurpreet Singh “California” who was in Frankfurt at the time of the attack praised the efforts by protesters. He challenged Bhai Panthpreet Singh for an open debate, however, due to unknown reasons, the debate did not take place. “We were successful in our mission. Police could not stop us. They were wearing riot gear, however, we were still successful in our mission of thrashing Panthpreet,” he said in a video recording.
Gurus of the Sikhs have always encouraged peaceful and tolerant responses to even violent threats, before responding physically. In recent events however, this faction of Sikhs have been responding with threats and physical attacks to their own kin.
This intolerable behaviour has done much to tarnish the image of Sikhs once again, in a world where Sikhs are already mis-identified extremist Muslims, due to the presence of a beard and turban in their appearance. Sikhs at large have being doing much to correct this with proactive community projects such as langar on the street, to help swing around public perception to appreciate the loving nature of Sikhs and their way of life.
THE MESSAGE OF GURU GOBIND SNGH JI AND GURU GRANTH SAHIB IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE TEACHING OR INTERPRETATION OF ANY TAKSAL OR DERA. THERE IS A DELIBRATE MIS-INTERPRETATION OF OUR SCRIPTURES TO WEAKEN AND ENSLAVE THE COMMUNITY.
PREACHING FOR EXAMPLE: ‘ GURU HAS MADE HIS SIKH IS A “SEVADAR”
THIS HAS BEEN PREACHED TO US ON DAILY BASIS. THIS IS DONE TO PROGRAM THE SIKH MINDS FOR BECOMING SERVANTS AND SUB-ORDINATES TO OTHERS
AND THE GAME IS GOING ON FOR 300 YEARS….. WHY ?
LOOK WHO HAS BEEN PREACHING THIS AND WHO LEADS THE PREACHERS TO DO THIS SELF DESTRUCTION ?
MAJORITY MEMBERS OF SIKH COMMUNITY ARE EMPLOYED AS SOLDIERS/ POLICEMEN/ WORK ON LOW TO MID JOBS/RANKS. VERY FEW SIKH ARE HIGHLY EDUCATED, PLACED IN HIGHER JOBS AND A FEW IN DECISION MAKING POSITIONS.
WHAT IS OUR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, % OF EDUCATED PEOPLE,WHAT IS OUR % SHARE IN TRADE. SHOW ME HOW MANY SIKH HAVE WON A NOBEL PRIZE, HOW MANY ARE BILLIONAIRE BUSINESSMEN, NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIALISTS AND STATESMEN. . HOW MANY SIKH ARE DECISION MAKERS.
OUR GURUS HAVE MADE US LORDS OF OUR MIND AND WORLD.
WHY WE ALLOW OTHERS TO MISLEAD US.
There is only one Guru Granth Sahib for the Sikh.
“Gurke bani Saat Saat saat kar jano gursikho, harprabh aap mukhon kadhai”
Any one who tells Sikh to accept any other scripture/s wants to destroy the Sikh community. There must be a reason Why ‘they’ want to destroy Sikh community? THE SIKH GURUS HAVE GIVEN A COMPLETE MESSAGE OF SPIRITUAL WISDOM, LIBERATION, ADVANCEMENT AND SOCIAL COHESIVENESS. HOW CAN A RULER ENSLAVE A COMMUNITY WHICH HAS ALL THE IMPORTANT ELEMENTS OF ADVANCEMENT. ?
THIS ALONE IS THE REASON THAT THE FORCES ( YOU KNOW THE NAMES WELL) WHO WANT TO RULE OVER THE SIKH HAVE BEEN CREATING CONTROVERSIES AND CONFUSION SO THAT THE SIKH COMMUNITY IS DIVIDED CAN NOT BECOME CAPABLE. AND THEY HAVE SUCCEEDED OVER 300 YEARS. WHO ARE OUR LEADERS AND WHY THEY HAVE FAILED TO LEAD THE SIKH ?HAVE THE LEADERS LEAD US ? THINK ABOUT THIS THEY WANT US TO FIGHT, SHED OUR BLOOD, BECOME FOOLS AND SERVE THEM.
KEEP WATCH OVER TAKSALS, DERAS AND GROUPS WHO TAKE US AWAY FROM GURU GRANTH SAHIB. DO NOT FIGHT THEM. SHUN THEM, DO NOT GIVE THEM MONEY, DO NOT LISTEN TO THEM. DO NOT GO TO THE PALCES THAT PROPAGATE AGAINST GURU GRANTH SAHIB AND SHRI AKAL TAKHT SAHIB. OUR GURUS HAVE MADE AKAL TAKHT AS OUR THINK TANK TO GUIDE AND ADVANCE THE SIKH LIFE PARENTS GUIDE THE CHILD.
Khalsa ji, go to Panjab, find out the culprits of beadbi of shri Guru Granth Sahib & show your anger there.
That’s why the anti Sikh forces burnt or took away Sikh reference library, DC office Amritsar, or using other ways to destroy Sikh history so that coming generation couldn’t find proof of history.
Totally against Sikhi, we are fighting against amongst ourselves instead of uniting and fighting the enemy no wonder we are not achieving anything. Threats and Violent is all that big ego by some individuals and Damdami Taksal so called Sikhs need to resolve the issue by sitting together and not fighting and showing the world everything that is not Sikhi. On the other hand these preachers who want to change Gurbani and create rift amongst the Sangat by preaching anything other than what our Guru Gobind Singh has provided us with and follow Hindu matt are misleading the sangat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wwRS9a7MwM
This is the Taksali leader who came with hundreds of Taksali thugs from USA, Italy + UK.
RSS paid for their flight tickets. Hindu Mahants used to keep Triya Charitar in Gurdwara’s.
RSS aim was to kill Bhai Panthpreet Singh Khalsa get kirpan banned in Italy + Germany.
Same Damdami Taksal supported Congress (Indira) in 1980 elections (especially Dhumma).
By June 1984 Shaheed Bhai Jarnail Singh Ji had abandoned DDT for the Unity of Sikh Panth.
Hindutva Taksali’s are scared of Bhai Ranjit Singh Dhadrianwale and Bhai Panthpreet Singh.
Just walk on gaadi rah given by Guru Sahib, how to start from dharam khand & reach sach khand. Those who are creating controversies after 300 years, they are just creating tension, conflicts & confusion in Panth, not solving a problem, just creating a problem.
Upto sant Jarnail Singh ji Khalsa, Indian government could not infiltrate in Damdami Taksal & it was running as per Guru Sahib’s given principals. After 1984, government infiltrated their agents in every Sikh jathebandi. To create controversies about dasam granth, amrit sanchar gurbani, & lot of other things are just planning of Hindutva forces, but our educated brothers are just entangled in these controversies, because they are using much of their brains instead of following Guru & Gurbani.
These followers of Bachittar natak has no leg to stand on. They are preaching something which is based on so called history. any sensible person knows history changes with the perception of the writer and can be distorted. Also new information comes along which again changes the whole outlook. If these people have the so called 1428 page granth written anywhere in handwriting of Guru Gobind Singh ji please bring it forward and put the controversy to rest.Our Guru Gobind Singh ji was extremely smart person he foresaw what can happen in future he put together Guru Granth Sahib ji in its final form and before passing ordered every sikh to follow Guru Granth Sahib ji and nothing else. Now look what has happened to us.We have these people who are physically attacking the persons who are true believers of Guru Gobind Singh ji.May Waheguru bless us.