Pakistani sikh Love For Pakistan

Med911 · May 3, 2011, 8:44pm

Re: Pakistani sikh Love For Pakistan

I see that my remark about a jizya discount for patriotic Sikh has sparked some debate. Whether it was effective or not, I meant it as mildly sarcastic and certainly did not imply all of Pakistan is that way. But parts of Pakistan is certainly that way as evidenced below:

http://pakteahouse.net/2009/04/16/taliban-drive-out-sikhs-demand-jizya/

http://pakistan.qinono.com/sikhs-agree-to-pay-annual-jizia-tax-taliban-in-pakistan.htm

In particular the second link is quite disturbing as it says the Sikh community has had to agree to pay kizya, not just a demand for it!

All oneupmanship aside in this thread, do any of you disagree that Pak government must eradicate this practice if they consider Sikh and Hindu to be their citizen, especially after the kind of patriotism this Sardar demonstrates?

PS: BTW I simply googled and got the above links, so have no way of knowing how accurate they are. But I do remember reading these as news items some time ago, which is why I made the remark in the first place.

Mera bhai. Your refering to the demands of the TALIBAN. A criminal organization, that is actually using the tax as a way of extortion.

There is no official Jizya tax in Pakistan, and no minority actually pays it. So why would the govt ban somthing that does not exist?!?!?

You should know that the Sikhs living in the Tribal area live there because they were SAFE there. They were offered protection as far back as the time of Aurangzeb by the tribal Pathans. During partition they were also safe from the atrocities being committed in Punjab thanks to the Pashtun honor codes.

The problems the Sikhs have faced recently are an anomaly created by criminal Taliban extremists, not an ongoing phenomenon. The reason the Sikhs have stayed in Peshawar and up till now in the tribal belt is a testament to the Pashtun tolerance.

So show some respect when you speak. Afterall, as history has proven, far worse has happened to Sikhs in their supposed haven in India, then in any part of Pakistan.