Sikh Missionary Society (U.K.)
ਸਿੱਖ ਮਿਸ਼ਨਰੀ ਸੁਸਾਇਟੀ (ਯੂ.ਕੇ.)

Please note its best to call the Sikh Missionary Society U.K. beforehand before visiting due to the changing nature of government guidelines on Safety due to the current Pandemic.

Please note this means there will also be no religious programmes, classes or activities at the centre either until further notice.

Further general information on the -

• COVID-19: Impact on gurdwaras funding, religious personnel and practice
• UK Government information on the Corona Virus (COVID-19)
• Stay at home guidance for households with possible coronavirus (COVID-19) in Panjabi
• Guidance on Social Distancing in Panjabi
• COVID-19 Shielding and protecting extremely vulnerable people in Panjabi

The Sikh Missionary Society, U.K., with the funding provided by Community Lottery Fund, is coming up with an informational publication related to COVID-19. We intend to publish your experiences along with other information.

ਸਿੱਖ ਮਿਸ਼ਨਰੀ ਸੋਸਾਇਟੀ, ਕਮਿਊਨਟੀ ਲਾਟਰੀ ਫੰਡ ਦੀ ਸਹਾਇਤਾ ਨਾਲ, ਕੋਰੋਨਾ ਸੰਬੰਧੀ ਜਾਣਕਾਰੀ ਭਰਪੂਰ ਇਕ ਮੈਗਜ਼ੀਨ ਛਾਪਣ ਜਾ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ, ਜਿਸ ਵਿਚ ਇਸ ਮਹਾਮਾਰੀ ਸੰਬੰਧਿਤ ਜਰੂਰੀ ਸੂਚਨਾ ਦੇ ਨਾਲ ਨਾਲ ਆਪ ਸਬ ਦੇ ਨਿੱਜੀ ਤਜ਼ਰਬੇ ਵੀ ਸ਼ਾਮਿਲ ਹੋਣਗੇ - ਇਸ ਮੈਗਜ਼ੀਨ ਦਾ ਹਿਸਾ ਬਣਨ ਲਈ, ਇਸ ਲਿੰਕ ਨੂੰ ਖੋਲੋ -

For Further Information - Health Resilience Publication Project

The Sikh Missionary Society (U.K.) is a charity. Our registered charity number is 262404. We are regulated by the Charity Commission to whom we are required to submit our annual report and financial statements, up-to-date information about our trustees and other administrative information.

Our annual reports are available to view-

• Annual Report and Financial Statements 2019/20
• Information about the Sikh Missionary Society UK is also available via the Charities Commision website

Your Seva is required for completion of a new Seminar Hall above Mata Sahib Kaur Hall.

The construction of the hall has been started, preparations for the building are expected to be completed by November. Hence we appeal for donations, please consider to help support this effort -

• Donation Guide and Forms
• Donation Information in Panjabi

At Anandpur in Panjab, Guru Gobind Singh presented the final form of a transcaste egalitarian order. The Guru looked on with satisfaction at the first five Sikhs who had risen above the fear of death, and who were prepared to tread the path of truthful conduct. They had offered their heads to the Guru and the Guru had given them a new identity and way of life, and embraced them as the Five Beloved Ones (Panj Piaray). They had qualified for admission to the fully evolved order of the Khalsa Panth. They were ready to accept the spiritual and worldly discipline of Sikhism as responsible householders and social activists. Today, the Panj Piaray (the Five Beloved Ones) represent the ideal of service and sacrifice towards which every Sikh, the after truth, aspires.

The joint Guruship of Guru Granth and Guru Panth is a unique feature of Sikh tradition. It means that collectively, the Sikhs are empowered by the Guru to interpret the Guru's Word in Guru Granth Sahib. The Guru has given us the constitution, Guru Granth Sahib, and the egalitarian and democratic institutions to work together towards an ideal just society, united in its diversity.

It is in this sense that it may be said that Sikhi (Sikh Religion) is truly a religion of the people, by the people and for the people!

Khalsa Vaisakhi Day is also the time to reflect on the challenges faced by the independent Khalsa ideology, institutions and identity. As late Sirdar Kapur Singh reminded us, the independent status and the prerogatives of the Khalsa are imprescriptible. (The Golden Temple: Its Theo-political Status)

It is in that true Khalsa spirit that we should celebrate the Khalsa Vaisakhi Day on 14 April 2021.

For further information -

• see Relevance of the Khalsa Today under Articles
• see Vaisakhi 1699: The High Point of Guru Nanak Jote-Jugat Mission under Articles
• see Vaisakhi 1699 - The High Point of Sikhism (Guru Nanak's Ideal Society: The Khalsa Panth) under Publications
• see Nirmal Panth to Khalsa Panth under Articles
• see From Gur-Sangat to Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa under Articles
• see Progress of Guru Nanak Sahib's mission: Chronological Table of Gurus under Publications
• see Challenges to Sikh Identity in The West under Articles

Current Affairs advisories from Sardar Gurmukh Singh OBE, Chair of the Sikh Missionary Society Advisory Board -

• The Sikhs; Their Religion and Tradition
• Guru Granth Sahib
• Who is my Guru?
• Sikh religious titles, duties and related skills
• Sikh weddings: Anand Karaj
• Mixed-marriages : Professing Non-Sikh Faith But Married in Gurdwara
• Women in Sikh Tradition
• Sikhism and the Status of Women
• Heritage of the Sikhs - The Sikh Martial Tradition
• Role of Sikh Women in 18th Century Khalsa Struggle
• The First Anglo-Sikh War - Amarpal Sidhu - Book Review
• A Sikh Approach to War and Peace
• Radicalization & Confused Government Policy
• Sikhism & Care of the Planet
• Sikhism & Ecological Issues
• Sikhism & The Earth Charter
• Understanding types of Gurdwara and main Sikh groupings in the UK (Report: Research into Sikh Presence and Relationships in the Region for East of England Faiths Council)

Further Reading

• His study about the Life and Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur, published as a book by The Sikh Missionary Society UK with the title - Guru Tegh Bahadur: The True Story"
• Articles by S. Gurmukh Singh can be read under Articles on Sikh Idealogy & Identity
• His weekly Current Sikh Affairs "News & Views" column in Panjab Times
• His monthly articles on SikhNet

The Sikh Missionary Society (U.K.) is now affiliated to the Sikh Council UK supporting the principle of Sikh unity to pursue Sikhi miri-piri objectives in the UK & Europe (following the Paris Sikh Summit of 26 November 2011.

Sikhs worldwide remember the 1984 pogrom in which, according to official figures, at least 3,000 Sikhs were killed by organized mobs in Delhi in the first 3 days of November 1984. Thousands of Sikhs were also killed in other cities of India. While the terror of the human slaughter within such a short time was horrifying, the contrived completeness of the failure of the Indian administrative system was inexcusable.

In an ever shrinking world, no one can remain immune from large scale selective massacre of one community and prolonged delay in the delivery of justice. We remember those who lost their lives in the Sikh genocide of November 1984 and their families who continue to be denied justice to this day.

Further Reading

• Sifting the Dust of 84 Pogrom for Some Positives
• I Accuse...The Anti-Sikh Violence of 1984 - Jarnail Singh journalist - Book Review

Achieving this Guidance on the wearing of Sikh Articles of Faith in the workplace and public spaces by the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is an important step forward in recognition of the Sikh religious identity in the UK. The Sikh Missionary Society UK was represented by Gurmukh Singh (UK) in the drafting of the Equality and Human Rights Commission guidelines.

Further Reading

• see Guidance on the wearing of Sikh articles of faith in the workplace and public spaces under Articles (also available in Panjabi)
• Turban-wearing Sikhs are exempt from the need to wear head protection in the workplace

  Sections 11 and 12 of the Employment Act 1989 as amended by Section 6 of the Deregulation Act 2015 exempts turban-wearing Sikhs from any legal requirement to wear head protection at a workplace.
  

• Sikh Rehat Maryada also available as PDF in English  and Panjabi