Touching moment Sikh man breaks strict religious protocol & removes turban to help boy hit by a car

Daily Mail ^ | 5-16-15 | Liam Quinn For Daily Mail Australia

[icwhatudo]

A Sikh student from New Zealand who broke strict religious protocol by taking off his turban to help save the life of a child hit by a car has been heralded as a hero.

Harman Singh, 22, removed his turban to cradle the bleeding head of a five-year-old boy who had been struck on his way to school in Takanini, South Auckland.

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Touching moment a Sikh man breaks strict religious protocol and removes his turban to help save life of a five-year-old boy who was hit by a car

[Celtic Conservative]

You need to make the distinction between Iraqi and ethnic Chaldean. The Chaldeans are christian (split between Catholic and Orthodox) and I daresay would stop and help. Muslim Iraqis, anybodys guess what they would do.

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[House Atreides]

Never met Sikh I didn’t like.
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Ditto — Big Time Ditto.

[South40]

I am acutely aware of the difference between “Iraqi” and Chaldean, or Assyrian Christian. I know many Chaldeans. I am not speaking of them per se, though frankly, there is little difference between the two. Their Iraqi culture is what makes them dollar hungry, not their religion.

[fhayek]

Amen. Sikh’s are great people, often unfairly mistaken for muslim. Sikh’s HATE muslims.

[Ellendra]

Sikhs have an interesting application of the Hindu notion of non-violence. Every baptized Sikh is supposed to always carry a sword or dagger so as to be able to defend the innocent against violence.

Isn't that why most concealed-carriers carry? To defend the innocent, including themselves?

It seems to me that a better description would be "non-aggression". Sort of "I won't start the fight, and I hope to never get in one. But if you start it, I will end it."

[Mrs. Don-o]

"A muslim would have let him die."

Not necessarily. Muslim Kurds have put their lives on the line over and over to rescue and protect the Yazhidi and to fight against ISIS.

Muslim youths in Egypt helped to protect Coptic churches.

Don't be too quick with the exceptionless accusations.

[LadyBuck]

This needs to go viral.

[Mrs. Don-o]

There's an Iraqi restaurant in my town owned and staffed by a Muslim Iraqi family who came here because their eldest daughter volunteered as an interpreter for the Americans and the whole family was threatened with death by the jihadis.

The daughter put her family's life at risk, as well as her own, to support the U.S. forces.

[piytar]

“Always hate it when these people accidentally get targeted after a muslim terrorist attack. The seem pretty decent folk.”

Me too. Sikhs are generally solid. They also can be mean as #### when forced into a corner, usualy by muslimes. /Sikh toughness here is a GOOD thing...

[piytar]

Likewise...

[9thLife]

I used to say that a "moderate muslim" was a cultural Christian. That is, that what "moderated" them was cultural Christianity; ie. here in America, simply obeying the laws made you a cultural Christian, because the entire legal framework of the country is rooted in Judeo-Christian morality. I don't say it much now -- nobody listens -- but it's as true as ever.

Of course where there is no assimilation there is no benefit of cultural Christianity; ditto where the legal framework -- including the constitution -- is overrun by wanton lawlessness.

[Michael.SF.]

Agree. I have known a few over the years in business transactions. They are people I welcome to be Americans.

[Fred Hayek]

Going back in Indian history, the Sikhs and the Hindus may have had their disputes, but when the Muslims invaded with their “convert or die”, they found the Sikhs to be a fierce opponent. The Sikhs are against forced conversion, and I believe that they are against proselytizing (correct me if I’m wrong. If I am correct, the Zoroastrians are the same way).

[indcons]

The first born of every Hindu family was given to the Khalsa to create the Sikh faith. Sikhism started as a non-violent religion like its predecessor Hinduism. However, after repeated massacres by Muslims, Guru Gobind Singh formalized the martial nature and symbols we associate with modern Sikhs today.

There is little connection between modern Sikhism and Hinduism today.

[golux]

I love Sikhs.

Like Jews outside of the USA,

They terrify Moslems.

[Smellin Salt]

They don’t fly hijacked airplanes into buildings.

[Fred Hayek]

Thank you all, I learned some more history.

[onedoug]

The gurdwara in my neighborhood keeps the muslims away.

[Rodamala]

All the Sikhs that I met at engineering school were amongst the finest human beings I’ve ever met.

[terycarl]

A muslim would have let him die. I know some muslims that I don't think would.

No, they would have asked him if he wanted to convert to islam and if he said "no" they would have cut off his head.....Thaat's what their "holy" book says to do....