Sikh religious extremists bombed and downed an Air India Boeing 747 off the coast of Ireland in 1985, killing 329 people in the deadliest aviation sabotage in history. Sikh attacks in India are mounted against Indian officials and facilities, other Sikhs, and Hindus; they include assassinations, bombings, and kidnappings. The attacks have dropped markedly since 1992, as Indian security forces have killed or captured a host of senior Sikh militant leaders and scored other successes against extremist groups. Total civilian deaths in Punjab have declined more than 95 percent since more than 3,300 civilians died in 1991. The drop results largely from Indian Army, paramilitary, and police successes against extremist groups. Many low-intensity bombings that might be attributable to Sikh extremists now occur without claims of credit. Don't get me wrong those innocent people did not deserve to die that terrible death but I thought I would put a little perspective on the Sikh persona; they’re a pain in the butt to the greater population of India.

Thanks for the history explanation there. I had ran across some of the history of persecution but didn't feel that it was complete enough for me to understand it. Thanks for sharing a piece of it and helping me to understand my research a little better.

When a country is going through civil war, it is easy to label one side as terrorists.
I am no expert, but based on what I have learned about Sikh's, they are peaceful and caring people. If you are hungry, they will feed you. Many churches will turn their back, not invite you in to sit down for a meal.

You need to obtain a much better understanding of Indian history. The statement that Sikhs are a pain in the butt to India is so completely wrong. The vast majority of the people in India killed in the freedom struggle of India were Sikhs. Sikhs were at one point over-represented in the Indian Army by a factor of 5; 2% of the Indian population is Sikh and the precentage of the Indian Army that was Sikh was something at its highest like 60% (off the top of my head). Today the Prime Minister of India is a Sikh. The head of the Army is a Sikh. People lose their way out of every group and that is absolutely regretful. The troubles in punjab in the 70-90's were a sad period in some way akin but probably more bloody than the Irish Troubles.

Sikhism is a man made religion like every other religion on Earth. God went through some trouble to make everything look natural so he could see what people would do free of him. Making up silly religions would defeat that purpose. Also an infinitely intelligent of supposed goodness wouldn't such a huge ego that demands worshiping by lower beings. Such a need would be a quality of an evil individual.

When religion becomes politicized, people die. Best to keep church and state separated!