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I think you have raised some very important issues and ones humans ask themselves every day.

I am Muslim and not Sikh so I am not in a position to really speak with any authority from a Sikh perspective. I take a more pragmatic view of God. I believe in One God who is the Creator and Sustainer of the universe, Who is similar to nothing, and nothing is comparable to Him. I place all my trust and faith in God. I believe God answers your prayers/worship when you are genuine and place your trust in him and only He knows what is in your heart. In the same way that I have read in the Sikh scriptures that, God reveals and manifests through all in the universe, but no finite form can be worshipped as God, who is infinite.

As a Muslim, when I speak to non-Muslims who are fixed in their views, they often allege that God in Islam is a stern and cruel God who demands to be obeyed fully and is not loving and kind. Nothing could be further from the truth than this allegation. It is enough to know that, with the exception of one, each of the 114 chapters of the Qur'an begins with the verse " In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate". In one of the sayings of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), we are told that “ God is more loving and kind than a mother to her dear child”.

In my view, all faiths have their own unique way of worshiping God and I would never go out of my way to violate someone else's dignity by criticising or belittling their faith or view of God as I believe we all believe in God and have different ways of praying to him.