I was taken by the story in today's Globe and Mail about
"the new face of Canada's Sikhs". The story's hook is that a young slate of candidates has been successful in an election to manage one of North America's largest Sikh temples, one where there has been significant and violent tensions over the years between moderates and traditionalists. The Globe's front page had a wonderful picture of a seated line of older, bearded, turbaned Sikh men, among whom sits Gursimran Kaur, a 19 year old woman who ran successfully on the youth slate.
The story made much of the "progressive" message of Gursimran Kaur's platform giving one priority to "gender equality and fighting domestic violence", but said little about what it means to return "to reintroduce traditional customs", the other major aspect of the platform, except to say that equality is a fundamental element in traditional Sikh religious beliefs. My own ignorance prevents my integrating those two fundamental premises in more than a superficial way and I look forward to hearing more about this.
More detail on the first part of the platform can be found on the Sikh Youth website posted as part of the youth slate's campaign. This seems to me to be among the most interesting political developments in some time (I am not ignoring the Obama campaign, of course). For a feminist seeing gender equality as playing such a significant role (with very practical plans for implementing it) for young women – and men – is reassuring. Now I'm curious how all this will come together, but for now this promises to be a fascinating political case study.
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The equality for all respective of caste creed race religion, gender or nationality is the core principle of Sikh religion and is enshrined in Sikh scriptures written almost 500 years ago. The Sikhs due to cultural influences in India may not follow the teachings of their religion, but the Sikh Gurus were much ahead of the times and called women, the conscious of the man and his first teacher. " How can you call women inferior when she gives birth to kings and prophets" says the Sikh scriptures. Women have been given the highest status and every Sikh woman has been given a honorific title of KAUR ( princess) as her last name.
The universal message of Guru Granth Sahib is clearly stated in this English translation of hymn "Bisar Gaye Sabh Taat Paraee"
I see no stranger, I see no enemy,
Where ever I look, God is all I see.
I don't think of US or Them,
No one do I hate or condemn,
I see God's image- each one friend.
Of any religion caste or race,
All I see is God's shining face-
His smiling face His gracious face.
Accept as beautiful all His design,
I learnt this truth in Sangat divine.
One Word resounds in me and you-
Waheguru…Waheguru
In him, in her, in me and you-
Waheguru..Waheguru..
Beholding in every being HIS light,
I bloom like flower in joy and delight.
NOTE: Waheguru ( O' Wonderous Lord )
Sangat ( Holy congregation/company)