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Personally i have always felt that Sikhism ought to be proselytized aggressively worldwide but i have noticed that majority of the Sikhs opposing the idea of proselytisation.

Now the question arises here is,

1. Did our Gurus stop the GurSikhs from proselytizing their faith? The answer is not at all, in fact the Gurus themselves preached Sikhi.

2. Does the SRM (Sikh Rehat Maryada) says that preaching Sikhi is strictly prohibited? The answer is no, no, no.

3. In the approx. 550 years of the Sikh history, has any Gurdwara including the Akal Takhat issued any Hukamnama(Edict) banning preaching of Sikhism? The answer is a big NO.

Ever since India's independence in 1947, Sikhs have mainly remained in Punjab and Sikhism failed to spread beyond the boundaries of the Indian Punjab. As per the Indian census records of 2011 when the last census was conducted in India, Sikhs are ethnic Punjabis who are not even 2% of the total Indian population. Even in the Province of Punjab, only 67% of the residents claim themselves to be Sikhs and that too most of them are trimmers and clean shaven.

Sikh leaders in the post independent India ought to have proselytized the Sikh faith at least in all the 29 Provinces and 7 Union Territories of the country which they failed to do so.

Even Singh Sahib Bhai Sahib, the Late Yogi Bhajan, an Ex-Customs Officer at the New Delhi Airport preached Kundalini Yoga in the Western World in the last century, he wasn't out preaching Sikhism as is wrongly believed.

Now, the reason why the Sikh leadership doesn't likes the very idea of proselytization is if the non-Punjabis start embracing the Sikh faith in large numbers there is every possibility that the Power Centre of Sikhi tilting from Punjab to somewhere outside Punjab and hence the end of the Punjabi Supremacy. Because in Punjab, Sikhi and Punjabi are synonymous, they don't understand that Sikhi is a faith but Punjabi is a language only. For the Punjabi Sikhs, Sikh means being a Punjabi and particularly if he/she belongs to the Jutt(Jatt) clan then he/she is considered to be the Master of Sikhism.

Please watch this beautiful video of "Basics of Sikhi" on proselytization.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rHEpnXSYtw

Personally i have always felt that Sikhism ought to be proselytized aggressively worldwide but i have noticed that majority of the Sikhs opposing the idea of proselytisation.

Now the question arises here is,

1. Did our Gurus stop the GurSikhs from proselytizing their faith? The answer is not at all, in fact the Gurus themselves preached Sikhi.

2. Does the SRM (Sikh Rehat Maryada) says that preaching Sikhi is strictly prohibited? The answer is no, no, no.

3. In the approx. 550 years of the Sikh history, has any Gurdwara including the Akal Takhat issued any Hukamnama(Edict) banning preaching of Sikhism? The answer is a big NO.

Ever since India's independence in 1947, Sikhs have mainly remained in Punjab and Sikhism failed to spread beyond the boundaries of the Indian Punjab. As per the Indian census records of 2011 when the last census was conducted in India, Sikhs are ethnic Punjabis who are not even 2% of the total Indian population. Even in the Province of Punjab, only 67% 57% of the residents claim themselves to be Sikhs and that too most of them are trimmers and clean shaven.

Sikh leaders in the post independent India ought to have proselytized the Sikh faith at least in all the 29 Provinces and 7 Union Territories of the country which they failed to do so.

Even Singh Sahib Bhai Sahib, the Late Yogi Bhajan, an Ex-Customs Officer at the New Delhi Airport preached Kundalini Yoga in the Western World in the last century, he wasn't out preaching Sikhism as is wrongly believed.

Now, the reason why the Sikh leadership doesn't likes the very idea of proselytization is if the non-Punjabis start embracing the Sikh faith in large numbers there is every possibility that the Power Centre of Sikhi tilting from Punjab to somewhere outside Punjab and hence the end of the Punjabi Supremacy. Because in Punjab, Sikhi and Punjabi are synonymous, they don't understand that Sikhi is a faith but Punjabi is a language only. For the Punjabi Sikhs, Sikh means being a Punjabi and particularly if he/she belongs to the Jutt(Jatt) clan then he/she is considered to be the Master of Sikhism.

Please watch this beautiful video of "Basics of Sikhi" on proselytization.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rHEpnXSYtw

Personally i have always felt that Sikhism ought to be proselytized aggressively worldwide but i have noticed that majority of the Sikhs opposing the idea of proselytisation.

Now the question arises here is,

1. Did our Gurus stop the GurSikhs from proselytizing their faith? The answer is not at all, in fact the Gurus themselves preached Sikhi.

2. Does the SRM (Sikh Rehat Maryada) says that preaching Sikhi is strictly prohibited? The answer is no, no, no.

3. In the approx. 550 years of the Sikh history, has any Gurdwara including the Akal Takhat issued any Hukamnama(Edict) banning preaching of Sikhism? The answer is a big NO.

Ever since India's independence in 1947, Sikhs have mainly remained in Punjab and Sikhism failed to spread beyond the boundaries of the Indian Punjab. As per the Indian census records of 2011 when the last census was conducted in India, Sikhs are ethnic Punjabis who are not even 2% of the total Indian population. Even in the Province of Punjab, only 57% of the residents claim themselves to be Sikhs and that too most of them are trimmers and clean shaven.

Sikh leaders in the post independent India ought to have proselytized the Sikh faith at least in all the 29 Provinces and 7 Union Territories of the country which they failed to do so.

Even Singh Sahib Bhai Sahib, the Late Yogi Bhajan, an Ex-Customs Officer at the New Delhi Airport preached Kundalini Yoga in the Western World in the last century, he wasn't out preaching Sikhism as is wrongly believed.

Now, the reason why the Sikh leadership doesn't likes the very idea of proselytization is if the non-Punjabis start embracing the Sikh faith in large numbers there is every possibility that the Power Centre of Sikhi tilting from Punjab to somewhere outside Punjab and hence the end of the Punjabi Supremacy. Because in Punjab, Sikhi and Punjabi are synonymous, they don't understand that Sikhi is a faith but Punjabi is a language only. For the Punjabi Sikhs, Sikh means being a Punjabi and particularly if he/she belongs to the Jutt(Jatt) clan then he/she is considered to be the Master of Sikhism.

Please watch this beautiful video of "Basics of Sikhi" on proselytization.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rHEpnXSYtw