Golfing Guru Controversy
Golfing Guru Controversy(May 2008) is related to a magazine Golf Digest who depicted Sikhism's fifth Guru, Guru Arjan Dev, as "Golfing Guru" in its May edition.
The Sikh American Legal Defence and Education Fund (SALDEF), the oldest Sikh civil rights’ and advocacy organisation in the US, has asked premium golfing magazine, Golf Digest, to apologize for depicting Sikhism’s fifth Guru, Guru Arjan Dev, as "Golfing Guru" in its May edition. In a letter to the Golf Digest publisher, Thomas Blair, SALDEF said, "The decision to use the picture shows cultural and religious ignorance of Golf Digest staff and executives."
Sikh Council on Religion and Education(SCORE) has also condemned the depiction and described it as blasphemous. "The way Golf Digest doctored the image is clearly blasphemous and shows they are insensitive. They should have first determined who Guru Arjan Dev is before using his image," SCORE chairman, Rajwant Singh, said.
Later, Golf Digest Apologize for their work done unintentionally.
