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Amritsar December 29:
The Shriomani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), the supreme temporal body of the Sikhs, declared that a believer can not be a true Sikh, though born in a Sikh family, if one trims hair and beard.
Men or women with trimmed hair, moustaches and beard are neither Sikh nor Sehajdari Sikh, (not baprised), though born in a Sikh family, SGPC chief Avtar Singh Makkar told a press conference. The declaration was an attempt to put to rest all the controversies regarding the definition of a Sikh.
Men and women, who are baptised and recite Sikh religious scripture with discipline, fall in the category of Amritdhari (baptized) Sikh, who are eligible to contest SGPC election and hold religious posts. Non-baptised men and women with un-cut hair and follow the rest of the Sikh tenets fall in the category of Sehajdari Sikh, who are not eligible to contest SGPC election and hold religious posts.
They would be, however, eligible to caste votes in the SGPC general election as per the SGPC Act. Sehajdhari Sikh includes people born in a Sikh family but not adhering to Sikh way of life and symbols. They should recite "moolamantra" path and abstain from liquor, cigar and 'Halal' meat, Makkar added.
The Shriomani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), the supreme temporal body of the Sikhs, declared that a believer can not be a true Sikh, though born in a Sikh family, if one trims hair and beard.
Men or women with trimmed hair, moustaches and beard are neither Sikh nor Sehajdari Sikh, (not baprised), though born in a Sikh family, SGPC chief Avtar Singh Makkar told a press conference. The declaration was an attempt to put to rest all the controversies regarding the definition of a Sikh.
Men and women, who are baptised and recite Sikh religious scripture with discipline, fall in the category of Amritdhari (baptized) Sikh, who are eligible to contest SGPC election and hold religious posts. Non-baptised men and women with un-cut hair and follow the rest of the Sikh tenets fall in the category of Sehajdari Sikh, who are not eligible to contest SGPC election and hold religious posts.
They would be, however, eligible to caste votes in the SGPC general election as per the SGPC Act. Sehajdhari Sikh includes people born in a Sikh family but not adhering to Sikh way of life and symbols. They should recite "moolamantra" path and abstain from liquor, cigar and 'Halal' meat, Makkar added.
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