Talk:Guru Granth Sahib's guidance for Muslims

It seems shameful for someone to claim that even Guru Nanak and all those Sikhs including each Guru and all their followers before Guru Hargobind and the thousands of Sikhs who died before Guru Gobing Singh gave birth to the Khalsa had /have no right to be called Sikhs. Did the sixth, seventh or eighth Guru carry weapons or even Guru Tegh Bahadur, thought he did use a Shastar in his childhood-- he did not use a weapon in his latter life. For someone to try to prove that Sikhs who may cut their hair or not carry weapons or never did are not Sikhs is ridiculous--to say they may not call themselves Khalsa would be more appropriate. Allenwalla 01:11, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

So out of ten Gurus only one advocates weapons in a time when they were essential condemns all others to a lesser stature-as not Sikhs?

Work taken from elsewhere

Richard,

Thanks for your valuable comments. The article has been taken from elsewhere and I have not read it in great detail. At present, I am collecting Gurbani which refers to words like 'Muslim', 'Prophet', etc to see exactly what has been said by the Gurus in this connection.

It is true that the Gurus have included instructions for Muslims about what is right and wrong and I be adding that to the article soon.

I did find the word 'breed' objectionable but could not think of a word to replace it as it was then very late. 'Race' is spot on.

Thanks for highlighting the weaknesses of the article as it stands. Can I say that I find your feedback very useful as they appears very open, unbiased and addresses what a 'western' reader would conclude from reading the article. I thank you for this excellent sewa and help. Kind regards, Hari Singh^talk 01:35, 22 January 2009 (UTC)