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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Keshdhari Hindus&#039;&#039;&#039; means &quot;Hindus with long hairs&quot;. It has been a controversial term used by [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] for [[Sikh]]s.&lt;ref name=&quot;Spickard2005p312&quot;&gt;{{cite book|author=Darshan Tatla|editor=Paul R. Spickard|title=Race and Nation: Ethnic Systems in the Modern World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C1G8xHAY5SUC|year=2005|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-415-95003-9|pages=312–313}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The Sikh leadership rejects the categorization of Sikhs as Keshdhari Hindus and claims that Sikhism is a unique religion with a unique message.&lt;ref name=&quot;Spickard2005p312&quot;/&gt;<br /> <br /> On 23 July 2004, [[Rashtriya Sikh Sangat]] was declared as an Anti-Sikh outfit by highest authority of Khalsa Sikhs, [[Akal Takhat]].&lt;ref&gt;&#039;&#039;Sandesh Number 3/04/3207, Dated: 23-07-2004, Akaal Takhat&#039;&#039;: {{cite web|url= http://www.panthic.org/data/pics/gurmat/AkalTakhtSahib/AkalTakhtSahib_RSS_sundesh_7_23_04.gif|title=A Copy of Sandesh by Akal Takhat Sahib}}&lt;/ref&gt;{{better source|date=October 2017}}<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> * [[Sects of Sikhism]]<br /> * [[Ranjit Singh]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Hindutva]]<br /> [[Category:Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]]<br /> [[Category:Hindu nationalism]]</div>

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