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Robyn Lebron a number of Sikh sectarian groups that differ from orthodox Sikhism and have their own religious and social organizations There is also a sect known as ǡ founded by Sri Chand, which was initially part of Sikhism but later developed into a monastic order Worldwide, there are million Sikhs Large communities of Sikhs live in the neighboring states, and large communities of Sikhs can be found across India However, Sikhs are only about percent of the Indian population Migration beginning from the nineteenth century led to the creation of significant communities i n Canada, t he United Kingdom, the Middle East, East Africa, Southeast Asia, and more recently, the United States, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand Smaller populations of Sikhs are found in Mauritius, Pakistan, Nepal, Fiji, and other countries Since the 9/11 attack on the United States, Sikhs have been terrorized over seven hundred times in the United States alone, simply due to the fact that they are mistaken as Muslims by the uneducated attackers.8 God or Gods Sikhism is a monotheistic religion In Sikhism, God is formless, eternal, and unobserved The beginning of the first composition of Sikh scripture is the figure 1, signifying the universality of God It states that God is omnipresent and infinite Sikhs believe that prior to creation, all t hat existed was God and His will When God willed, the entire cosmos was created While a full understanding of God is beyond human beings, Nanak described God as not wholly unknowable God is omnipresent in all creation and visible everywhere to the spiritually awakened Nanak stressed that God must be seen by “the inward eye” or the “heart” of a human being; devotees must meditate to progress toward enlightenment Everyone has direct access to God Everyone is equal before God Sikhs believe that God is inside every person, no matter how wicked they appear; and so everyone is capable of change The message is also written in the whole of creation: look at it with open eyes and see the truth of God, for creation is the visible message of God.9
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