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The 1990’s saw a decrease in violent attacks, but with the rise of Hindu
ultranationalism in recent years the conflict has began to escalate again.
As we stated at the beginning, Sikhism is a manmade religion

which incorporates some elements of Islam, but continues Hindu prac-
tices and mixes the two, which is not a rational thing to do.
Islam is a religion based on Divine revelation whereas Hinduism,
on the other hand, is a religion based on preposterous human traditions
developed by human beings. Revelation is Divine knowledge that comes
from Allah and is therefore absolute, whereas traditions and other hu-
man views and practices are inevitably flawed and imperfect.
Additionally, Hinduism when compared to most other man-made cul-

Looting and attacks on Hindus by Sikhs de-
manding independence were met with violence
by the Hindu security forces, leading to major
conflict. It is estimated that thousands of Sikhs
were killed in a Hindu operation in 1984.