Dera Sucha Sauda -Sikh conflict in India

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Few days ago Zee News had a segment on this: Sikh clergy ‘bans’ inter-faith marriages
I didn't get it then. Reading smome posts above, it's falling into place.

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Feeling helpless in stemming the growing trend among the Sikh youth to marry into non-Sikh families, the Sikh clergy and community leaders here have put a virtual ban on inter-faith marriages.

Deliberating on the issue in a meeting of representatives of around 35 local gurdwara committees and other Sikh organisations at Gurmat Kender, Race Course Road, yesterday, a resolution was passed banning such alliances being solemnised at local gurdwaras. “We took the decision as such marriages were taking place in violation of the Sikh maryada,” said Balwinder Singh, president, Gurmat Satsang Sabha.

To make the decision more deterrent, the Sikh families failing to pay heed to this collective concern of the community would be liable for social boycott. Balwinder Singh, however, maintained that the decision should not be misread as communal. The resolution also warned against observing Hindu marriage rite of “jaimala” before “anand karaj.”

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