Happy St Georges Day

[Fenster]

Why was that gaffe so offensive, so much so that it made the news?

I know it's common for many Sikh's to publicly hate muslims, they do so with no sense of embarrassment, but is it actually the norm, widespread through that community? I never even realised they hated each other until recent times when the lunatic muslims started blowing everyone up. Now I can recall the Indians and Pakistani's I was friends/worked with that would constantly slate each other behind their backs (call each other filthy animals and shit like that). I was totally ignorant that it was a religious/cultural thing, I used to think the insults were a bit harsh just never realised they were heartfelt

Sikh's were persecuted by some of the Muslim kings that ruled India at the time in a very barbaric way. However most of the time it was peaceful and respectful which is forgotten.

When they divided India and Pakistan there were further gang murders and rapes which continued the hatred. However there are beautiful stories where Muslim and Sikh's saved each other from these gangs which also get forgotten.

Anyone with common sense will realise we are all from the same "stock" and normally are our friends when we grow up. Sure there are gangs from each side and will say they "target and take our girls" but I class them as extreme ignorant nutters. Unfortunately there are a lot of these idiots and EDL/UKIP find and use them.

Makes me mad when they do that.

Yeah I understand the history, you've said in the past your cousins hate muslims, you called them idiots.

I'm asking why so many sikhs were outraged for the temple to be called a mosque? The sikh spokesman from your article seems horrified to be regarded as a muslim. Were you offended? If the diplomat had made the mistake of calling it a church instead of mosque would the sikh community have equally been outraged?

[walrus]

Why was that gaffe so offensive, so much so that it made the news?

I know it's common for many Sikh's to publicly hate muslims, they do so with no sense of embarrassment, but is it actually the norm, widespread through that community? I never even realised they hated each other until recent times when the lunatic muslims started blowing everyone up. Now I can recall the Indians and Pakistani's I was friends/worked with that would constantly slate each other behind their backs (call each other filthy animals and shit like that). I was totally ignorant that it was a religious/cultural thing, I used to think the insults were a bit harsh just never realised they were heartfelt

Sikh's were persecuted by some of the Muslim kings that ruled India at the time in a very barbaric way. However most of the time it was peaceful and respectful which is forgotten.

When they divided India and Pakistan there were further gang murders and rapes which continued the hatred. However there are beautiful stories where Muslim and Sikh's saved each other from these gangs which also get forgotten.

Anyone with common sense will realise we are all from the same "stock" and normally are our friends when we grow up. Sure there are gangs from each side and will say they "target and take our girls" but I class them as extreme ignorant nutters. Unfortunately there are a lot of these idiots and EDL/UKIP find and use them.

Makes me mad when they do that.

Yeah I understand the history, you've said in the past your cousins hate muslims, you called them idiots.

I'm asking why so many sikhs were outraged for the temple to be called a mosque? The sikh spokesman from your article seems horrified to be regarded as a muslim. Were you offended? If the diplomat had made the mistake of calling it a church instead of mosque would the sikh community have equally been outraged?

Ya seems a bit overboard, granted the guy should have been aware maybe studied a bit but he didn't mean to insult anyone. I wouldn't expect a Sikh to know the churches in Israel and if he made an error naming it I'd just tell him the correct name, no harm done.

[Master]

Why was that gaffe so offensive, so much so that it made the news?

I know it's common for many Sikh's to publicly hate muslims, they do so with no sense of embarrassment, but is it actually the norm, widespread through that community? I never even realised they hated each other until recent times when the lunatic muslims started blowing everyone up. Now I can recall the Indians and Pakistani's I was friends/worked with that would constantly slate each other behind their backs (call each other filthy animals and shit like that). I was totally ignorant that it was a religious/cultural thing, I used to think the insults were a bit harsh just never realised they were heartfelt

Sikh's were persecuted by some of the Muslim kings that ruled India at the time in a very barbaric way. However most of the time it was peaceful and respectful which is forgotten.

When they divided India and Pakistan there were further gang murders and rapes which continued the hatred. However there are beautiful stories where Muslim and Sikh's saved each other from these gangs which also get forgotten.

Anyone with common sense will realise we are all from the same "stock" and normally are our friends when we grow up. Sure there are gangs from each side and will say they "target and take our girls" but I class them as extreme ignorant nutters. Unfortunately there are a lot of these idiots and EDL/UKIP find and use them.

Makes me mad when they do that.

Yeah I understand the history, you've said in the past your cousins hate muslims, you called them idiots.

I'm asking why so many sikhs were outraged for the temple to be called a mosque? The sikh spokesman from your article seems horrified to be regarded as a muslim. Were you offended? If the diplomat had made the mistake of calling it a church instead of mosque would the sikh community have equally been outraged?

Ya seems a bit overboard, granted the guy should have been aware maybe studied a bit but he didn't mean to insult anyone. I wouldn't expect a Sikh to know the churches in Israel and if he made an error naming it I'd just tell him the correct name, no harm done.

I was not offended but it just shows how ignorant people can be when they should know the basics. They would have been qually offended if they called it a church. Calling it a mosque shows they see Sikhs and Muslims as the same brown people with beards and turbans. When terrorist attacks happen, Sikhs get attacked for it.

It is my brother in law who hates Muslims and I worry about my nephew growing up with his views.

[Fenster]

Why was that gaffe so offensive, so much so that it made the news?

I know it's common for many Sikh's to publicly hate muslims, they do so with no sense of embarrassment, but is it actually the norm, widespread through that community? I never even realised they hated each other until recent times when the lunatic muslims started blowing everyone up. Now I can recall the Indians and Pakistani's I was friends/worked with that would constantly slate each other behind their backs (call each other filthy animals and shit like that). I was totally ignorant that it was a religious/cultural thing, I used to think the insults were a bit harsh just never realised they were heartfelt

Sikh's were persecuted by some of the Muslim kings that ruled India at the time in a very barbaric way. However most of the time it was peaceful and respectful which is forgotten.

When they divided India and Pakistan there were further gang murders and rapes which continued the hatred. However there are beautiful stories where Muslim and Sikh's saved each other from these gangs which also get forgotten.

Anyone with common sense will realise we are all from the same "stock" and normally are our friends when we grow up. Sure there are gangs from each side and will say they "target and take our girls" but I class them as extreme ignorant nutters. Unfortunately there are a lot of these idiots and EDL/UKIP find and use them.

Makes me mad when they do that.

Yeah I understand the history, you've said in the past your cousins hate muslims, you called them idiots.

I'm asking why so many sikhs were outraged for the temple to be called a mosque? The sikh spokesman from your article seems horrified to be regarded as a muslim. Were you offended? If the diplomat had made the mistake of calling it a church instead of mosque would the sikh community have equally been outraged?

Ya seems a bit overboard, granted the guy should have been aware maybe studied a bit but he didn't mean to insult anyone. I wouldn't expect a Sikh to know the churches in Israel and if he made an error naming it I'd just tell him the correct name, no harm done.

I was not offended but it just shows how ignorant people can be when they should know the basics. They would have been qually offended if they called it a church. Calling it a mosque shows they see Sikhs and Muslims as the same brown people with beards and turbans. When terrorist attacks happen, Sikhs get attacked for it.

It is my brother in law who hates Muslims and I worry about my nephew growing up with his views.

Granted it is ignorant to confuse a sikh with a muslim, however, in this case the mistake was made about a building not a human. You say sikhs would have been equally outraged had the building accidently been called a synagogue, however, that wouldn't have been a case of confusing the religion of certain brown people, but I guess sikhs would be outraged to be considered jews or christians too.

Either way, it can't be as bad as it is for the poor muslims, imagine how they feel reading these stories, they are so despised that it makes BBC news when people are mistaken for them.