Khalistan is a Pro-Sikh, Not “Pro-Pakistan”, Movement

Khalistan is a Pro-Sikh, Not “Pro-Pakistan”, Movement

Indian officials and their media allies have attempted to smear the Referendum 2020 campaign for an independent Khalistan as a “pro-Pakistan” movement, but it’s actually an indigenous pro-Sikh one that even criticized Islamabad for curtailing its activities earlier this year, thus proving that New Delhi is deceiving the world with crude propaganda in a desperate…

Pakistan Should Not Blindly Surrender to Modi Over Sikh Demonstrations

Pakistan Should Not Blindly Surrender to Modi Over Sikh Demonstrations

Sikh civil society groups have condemned Pakistan’s decision to ban activities of Sikhs peacefully campaigning for “Referendum 2020” in which Sikhs plan to defy New Delhi and exercise their democratic right to vote on the issue of self-determination. Next year, Sikhs intend vote “yes or no” on the question of whether Khalistan should be formed…

Muslim-Sikh Relations in Medieval India: Deconstructing the Orientalist Myth of “Perpetual Communal Conflict”

Muslim-Sikh Relations in Medieval India: Deconstructing the Orientalist Myth of “Perpetual Communal Conflict”

In showing numerous instances of concordance and amity among Muslims and Sikhs that occurred during the Mughal era, Prof Dalip Singh’s Sikh history differs from the trend of Mughal/Musalman-bashing characterizing most of Mughal-Sikh Orientalist historiography. During the Mughal rule, ordinary Sikhs and Muslims as well as their leaders endeavored to maintain peaceful coexistence between these…