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Satpal Singh Kohli is Acting as Coordinator to Resolve Rochester Gurdwara Dispute by Kevin Pitts
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Satpal Singh Kohli is Acting as Coordinator to Resolve Rochester Gurdwara Dispute by KEVIN PITTS
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Satpal Singh Kohli is Acting as Coordinator to Resolve Rochester Gurdwara Dispute |
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Satpal Singh Kohli is an influential Sikh leader in the west who has recently been appointed as the coordinator by The Akal Takht to resolve the dispute between the sangat and the trustees of the Gurdwara of Rochester. The reason for this dispute has been some of the decisions and actions taken by the trustees which are unacceptable to the sangat. This Gurdwara was founded in the year 1970 and was incorporated in the year 1983. The disputes about the way this Gurdwara is being managed started arising in the year 2009 and the first elections were held in an attempt to resolve them. However, the elections further intensified the disputes because the defendants claimed of election fraud by the management. In the same year, the trustees re-incorporated the Gurdwara as an Article 9 corporation and thus defining it as having a self-perpetuating board with no general elections. The current dispute that Satpal Singh Kohli is trying to resolve has been caused by the trustees using a lawsuit to ban Kirpans from its premises. Since, Kirpan is one of the symbols of Sikhism that every Sikh is required to carry at all times, the sangat got very upset with this decision. The New York Supreme Court in Monroe County, where this lawsuit is being fought says that because of the constitutional policy to separate the religion from the state, it cannot consider this as a religious issue. At the moment the court has sided with the trustees but The Akal Takht has openly criticized this decision of the trustees through an open letter to them. The Akal Takht has said that any place of worship that does not allow the people to carry any of the five Kakars which include the Kirpan, Kanga, Kesh, Kachh or Karra cannot be considered as a Gurdwara. Tensions are running high among the two parties at the moment but with the coming of Satpal Singh Kohli, people are hopeful that the matter will be resolved soon. He is a well known and respected name among Sikhs all over the world and people are confident that he will be able to quickly resolve this issue. He is the founder and the chairman of the Guru Ram Das Sikh Mission of America and works tirelessly for spreading the message of Guru Nanak Dev Ji to the world.
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