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Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) is a US-based secessionist group that supports the secession of Punjab from India as Khalistan. Founded and primarily headed by lawyer Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. It was banned in India in 2019 as an unlawful association. As of 2019 it campaigns for a Punjab independence referendum to carve out a separate Khalistan as a part of its separatist agenda. A report by a Canadian thinktank alleged that Pakistan had been funding Sikhs for Justice (SFJ). This report was criticized in a letter by 50 Sikh scholars, who asked the thinktank to retract their report. SFJ has sued the thinktank for defamation.
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for this paragraph I plan to edit and make it more clear. it says that Sikhs for Justice is US based group but I believe that it no the entire picture of the organization. I also think that some of the headings can be made more neutral. for example the heading 'agenda behind Kartarpur Corridor" I feel like has a negative connotation with the usage of "Agenda"
Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) is a US-based secessionist group that supports the secession of Punjab from India as Khalistan. Founded and primarily headed by lawyer Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in 2009. The organization was created in response to the murders of Sikhs after Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi death by her Sikh bodyguards.[1]. The motivation for the assassination was due to the Prime Minister's decision to attack the Golden Temple in Amritsar[2]. The events after the murder of the Prime Minister included the murders of around 3,000 Sikhs[2]. The murderers did not stop after the assassination, the government implemented a "give no quarter" initiative.[3] This led to the further pursuit of the killing of the Sikh community in Punjab[3]. Sikhs For Justice was banned in India in 2019 as an unlawful association. In 2021 a campaign for a Punjab independence referendum was held to discuss separating Punjab from India to become its own state[4]
Hello! Where you write "after the prime minister's death," I think it really needs to be more specific: "after the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards". This is a fact, though, an uncomfortable one for Indian and American Sikhs. It's also true that in response to her killing there were riots all over north India for many weeks (days?) and mass killing of Sikhs in retaliation. The question is, how far back do you need to go to give the reader an accurate picture of the context for the formation of this organization? Why did the Sikh bodyguards do this horrific thing of killing the prime minister they were tasked with protecting? Well, behind that was a whole history of discrimination against Sikhs and specifically a heavy-handed military response to Sikh separatists who had taken shelter in the Golden Temple in Amritsar. The nice thing about Wikipedia, is that you can hot link things without having to explain it all. Is there already a wikipage on the assassination of Indira Gandhi? Maybe that's enough....
Also, the material about how the SFJ launched a lawsuit of defamation and so on needs to be supported with a source.
Also, in the Kartarpur corridor section, I made a few copy-edits to make the language flow more smoothly.
These both are excellent interventions. It would be good to think about other places where you could add additional scholarly or published sources.
Ziegenbalg66 (talk) 19:30, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
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Agenda behind Kartarpur Corridor[edit]
Kartarpur Corridor, India's initiative for its Sikh and Punjabi population to help them visit one of the most relevant places in Sikh history, was also used by Sikhs for Justice for promoting the secessionist campaign 'Referendum 2020'. The campaign is backed by Pakistan also, which is a close ally of the Khalistanis. The pilgrims using Kartarpur Corridor were urged to attend workshops and seminars in Kartarpur on Referendum 2020, arranged by Sikhs for Justice.
Intention behind Kartarpur Corridor[edit]
Kartarpur Corridor, is a religious corridor that allows Indian worshipers to visit Gurdwaras. this initiative was backed by the Indian state to help the Sikh and Punjabi populations visit some of the most relevant places in Sikh history. The Corridor was also used by Sikhs for Justice for promoting the secessionist campaign 'Referendum 2020'. The campaign is backed by Pakistan which is a close ally of Khalistanis. Sikhs are able to travel to their shrine in Pakistan without a visa. The allowance of Sikhs to cross the border into Pakistan is seen as a political move to demonstrate that Pakistan is welcoming of other religions.[5] The pilgrims using Kartarpur Corridor were urged to attend workshops and seminars in Kartarpur on Referendum 2020, arranged by Sikhs for Justice.
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- ^ Kurien, Prema. "Shifting U.S. Racial and Ethnic Identities and Sikh American Activism" (PDF). The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences: 92.
- ^ a b Crossette, Barbra. "Indian Sikhs: Waiting for Justice". Duke University Press: 70.
- ^ a b Corssette, Barbra (World Policy Journal , Summer, 2004, Vol. 21, No. 2 (Summer, 2004), pp. 70-77). "Indian Sikhs: Waiting for Justice". Duke University Press: 72.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Fareed, Maida. "Sikh Separatism in India" (PDF). Institute of Regional Studies: 1.
- ^ Zamir, Amir. "Kartarpur Corridor: A New Role for Political Marketing" (PDF). Journal of Indian Studies: 233.