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n. - A member of a monotheistic religion, founded in the Punjab c1500 by the guru Nanak, that refuses to recognize the Hindu caste system or the Brahmanical priesthood and forbids magic, idolatry, and pilgrimages.

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  • This may send the message that being Sikh is the same as being Muslim, and both are bad.
  • This may also send the message that being Sikh is the same as being Muslim, and both are bad.
  • Stones thrown at Malaysian Sikh temple following religious row group to be dragged into a violent controversy about the use of the word Sikh temple following a...
  • A Sikh is a Jat farmer with a lion's tail and the manners of a buffalo!
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