Uneasy Rhetoric

Setting aside the snark for a moment, The Sac Rag has an excellent post on the fact that the Central Valley hosts one of the largest, if not the largest, Sikh communities in the United States, centered around the no-longer-tiny hamlet of Yuba City.

Sikhs are often misunderstood - they aren’t Muslims:

Sikhs are native to the state of Punjab in northern India (bordering Pakistan), and speak Punjabi. While often confused for Muslims (on account of Sikh males wearing turbans and long beards), Sikhs are followers of their own 500-year old religion which, conveniently, is called Sikhism. With over 25 million followers around the globe, Sikhism is considered both the world’s youngest major religion, the fifth largest religion in the world.

The post is an excellent, brief introduction to the Sikh community and includes a link to SikhNet if you want more information about this vibrant religious community.