Quote from: Sithara007 on May 30, 2017, 06:33:17 AM

Quote from: Mometaskers on May 29, 2017, 09:29:03 AM

I wonder what caused to them to pair up with those. I understand Sikhism is native of India, is there some sort of Sikh separatist groups there?

Or is this one of Pakistan's schemes against India? My, those two have been trying to trip down each other for the longest time. Oh well, at least India don't harbor any group or individual that is causing separatism in some other country. Well, except for the Dalai Lama... according to the Chinese. Grin

Many in India regard Sikhism as an offshoot of Hinduism, but hardcore Sikhs reject this idea. The extremist Sikhs wanted independence for the state of Punjab and establish a Sikh chiefdom there. They murdered thousands of Hindus during the 1980s and the 1990s. At that time, Pakistan provided them with funds and weapons.

Ah, truly "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" holds true. I googled the state and wow, they're like just half of the population in the state and they were already acting like this (still beats being a nuisance at just 5% like, ahem...).

I could see why Pakistan would want this as a separate country, they probably like the possibility of it eventually joining the larger Punjab region in Pakistan. I there a larger Punjabi independence movement there? The Punjabis seem to be a bit like the Kurds, an ethnic group split between two countries. Although in this case there is also some religious difference between the two Punjabs.