{"id":202429,"date":"2026-06-07T08:52:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T03:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=202429"},"modified":"2026-06-07T08:52:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T03:52:36","slug":"sikh-identity-being-targeted-globally-akal-takht-jathedar-on-bluestar-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/06\/07\/sikh-identity-being-targeted-globally-akal-takht-jathedar-on-bluestar-anniversary.html","title":{"rendered":"Sikh identity being targeted globally: Akal Takht Jathedar on Bluestar anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-202430\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/06\/sikh-identy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"711\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/06\/sikh-identy.jpg 711w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/06\/sikh-identy-317x220.jpg 317w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/06\/sikh-identy-676x470.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Amritsar: Acting Jathedar of Akal Takht, Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj, said Sikh identity and religious symbols are being \u201ctargeted globally\u201d as the community observed the 42nd anniversary of Ghallughara\/Operation Bluestar at Golden Temple .<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, Gargaj urged Sikhs to remain united and connected to Punjab roots. He flagged concerns over delays in Punjab\u2019s anti-sacrilege law and warned against calls for a kirpan ban in the UK, calling it an attack on Sikh religious identity.<\/p>\n<p>Pro-Khalistan slogans were raised by various Sikh organisations during the observance at Akal Takht. The Jathedar stressed protecting Sikh heritage and symbols amid growing global challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amritsar: Acting Jathedar of Akal Takht, Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj, said Sikh identity and religious symbols are being \u201ctargeted globally\u201d as the community observed the 42nd anniversary of Ghallughara\/Operation Bluestar at Golden Temple . According to Kashmir Media Service, Gargaj urged Sikhs to remain united and connected to Punjab roots. He flagged concerns over delays &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":202430,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/06\/sikh-identy.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202429"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":202431,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202429\/revisions\/202431"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}