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Again a group of students came to the gurdwara today. It was a very mixed group, children of newcomers in town. They had several backgrounds, cultural and religious. Their teacher shares my idea that only by doing the effort of knowing each other, we create a more friendly and safe world.
So i (and the teacher aswell) was very surprised that a few muslim kids refused to enter the gurdwara. Some of their classroomfellows , who were muslim as well, did not make a problem of it and were eager to hear about their sikhfriends.
"So were are the sikhboys?" i asked.
And i could not believe my ears, because these boys decided not to come to this gurdwara, because their parents usually go to the other gurdwara in a nearby village.
Our sangat split up 2 years ago in a not so friendly way, which i still regret and consider as very painful.
Never i realised that it could affect the children's life in this way that they ever should refuse to meet Guru Ji in another gurdwara.

How can i talk about the tolerance in sikhism, equality and love, if sikhs themselves are not practising this in their own life. How can i expect other religions to understand ours, if there is still so much narrowmindness.

It is not on me to judge, but it makes me sad.

And by the way, it was a good visit, with lots of interresting questions and sincere attention.