It turns out that the Montclair State University student who fabricated a claim that he was beaten and called an “Islamic terrorist” is apparently a Sikh. His full name is Navjoat Singh Aulakh. “Singh” is a name closely associated with Sikhs. The Aulakhs are a Jat clan from the Punjab area, and while many Jats are Muslims, the name Singh here suggests that this young man is himself a Sikh. His Facebook page gives no sign that he cares about much of anything but sports and babes, but apparently he does have some significant political concerns. If he is a Sikh, this would by no means be the first time that Sikhs have served as useful idiots for the Islamic supremacist victimhood posturing enterprise. After all, today is the day that Sikhs will stand with Hamas-linked CAIR to call for the allowance of hijabs on an amusement park go-kart ride that has already seen one Muslima killed as her hijab was caught in the axle. But some Sikhs also have shown more courage and common sense: Bhupinder Singh Bhurji, Chairman and CEO of Namdhari Sikh Foundation and a Sikh priest, gave an invocation at our AFDI/SIOA Freedom Rally at Ground Zero on September 11, 2011.
“School Officials: Montclair State Student Who Claimed He Was Beaten, Called ‘Islamic Terrorist’ Made It Up,” CBS New York, April 28, 2014 (thanks to Martin):
MONTCLAIR, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) – Montclair State University officials have announced a student is facing charges for fabricating a story about being assaulted outside a residence hall by assailants who used racial slurs.
Navjoat Aulakh, 18, of Carteret was charged with filing a false report and also will face a count of creating a false public alarm, school officials said.
Aulakh had claimed three white men called him an “Islamic terrorist” while they beat him outside Whitman Hall on Thursday night.
The report spurred school officials to issue an alert to students and staff, but further investigation determined the report was unfounded.
School officials are still investigating the motivation for the false report. A source told WCBS 880′s Jim Smith it was a bad decision by a teenager.
Indeed.
Angemon says
“It turns out that the Montclair State University student who fabricated a claim that he was beaten and called an “Islamic terrorist” is apparently a Sikh. His full name is Navjoat Singh Aulakh. “Singh” is a name closely associated with Sikhs.”
On the original report i commented that it was weird how the alleged attackers specifically said “islamic terrorist” instead of simply “terrorist”. Since he’s apparently not a muslim, it makes sense. He wanted people to believe he was not attacked because of his race but because of “islamophobia”, even though he’s not a muslim.
PJG says
This is a frightening development, and I have noticed it before now. Muslims get special treatment, and brown skin can mean “Muslim”. So why not associate with that brown skin/Muslim thing? I have seen South Sudanese, who had been brutalised by Muslims, joining forces with Muslims in “pan-African” fora to get special favours.
voegelinian says
If he looks like a Dhimmi, and quacks like a Dhimmi…
janson says
He is SICK
Guy Macher says
No turban, short hair. He’s not a practising Sikh.
sheik yer mami says
Quite right, Guy.
Most likely that he is a lapsed Sikh, or a Sikh who converted to Islam.
eib says
Not a Sikh, but a coward then.
His ancestors will despise him for sure.
duh_swami says
School officials are still investigating the motivation for the false report.
How long does that take? All they have to do is ask him.
Reality Check says
Attention seeker.
Tim says
Sikhs are very conservative communities. They have to wear their uncut beard and hair. This man has all signs of an Arab; the beard is standard for many Arab men. He has no sikh features AT ALL.
Something is wrong here.
Tim says
… and the name is not even Sikh. You got to know Sikhs to understand how close knit the community is to “generalize” it this way. Its not like Western society with a huge number of independent individuals.
kikorikid says
Taqiyya fools! (like April fools, you know, a joke…)
Bill Poser says
The name “Singh” is not exclusive to Sikhs. There are Hindus and even some Muslims with this name. The Sikhs who have the name “Singh” are what are called in Punjabi “Khalsa” or “Amritdhari” Sikhs. That is, they are Sikhs who have made a special committment to the Sikh way of life. It’s somewhat like confirmation or being born again in some forms of Christianity, except you can still be an adult Sikh without moving on to Khalsa status. There are many Sikhs who accept Sikh beliefs, participate in their temple, etc. who are not Khalsa.
Sikhs recognize four stages of spiritual evolution. A person who has become a Sikh has moved from the lowest level of spiritual evolution, ਮਨਮੁਖ /manamukh/, to the second, that of ਸਿੱਖ /sikkh/. All Sikhs are expected to aspire to the third level, that of ਖਲਸਾ /khalasā/ “pure”. A Khalsa is a person who is fully dedicated to Sikhism, has shed his or her ego, and truly honours the memory of Guru Gobind Singh through his actions and deeds. The fourth stage, that of ਗੁਰਮੁਖ /guramukh/, is that of a person who has obtained ਮੁਖਤੀ /mukhatī/ “salvation”. This is considered very rare.
A Sikh becomes a Khalsa by means of a ceremony in which he or she drinks ਅੰਮਰਿਤ /aṃmarit/, sugar water stirred with a dagger, in the presence of five Khalsa and the holy book the Guru Granth Sahib ਗੁਰੂ ਗਰਨਥ ਸਾਹਿਬ /gurū garanath sāhib/. (The first ten Gurus were human. The eleventh and final Guru is the book.) It is this ceremony that is referred to in English, somewhat misleadingly, as “baptism”. On becoming a Khalsa, the Sikh undertakes the obligation to wear the physical symbols of this status (unshorn hair, turban, comb, steel bracelet, drawers, and dagger) and takes the surname ਸਿੰਘ /siṃgh/ “lion”, usually romanized as Singh, if a man, or ਕੌਰ /kaur/ “princess”, usually romanized as Kaur, if a woman. These names reflect the strong egalitarianism of the Sikh religion. They were originally intended to replace the Sikh’s original surname, which as often as not was a caste name.
Some Sikhs do replace their original surname with their Khalsa name, but many retain their original surname and add the Khalsa name before it. Thus, a man born ਸੰਦੀਪ ਬਰਾਰ /saṃdīp barār/ may become ਸੰਦੀਪ ਸਿੰਘ /saṃdīp siṃgh/ but more likely will become ਸੰਦੀਪ ਸਿੰਘ ਬਰਾਰ /saṃdīp siṃgh barār/. Similarly, a woman born ਹਰਪਰੀਤ ਗਿੱਲ /haraparīt gill/ may become ਹਰਪਰੀਤ ਕੌਰ /haraparīt kaur/ or ਹਰਪਰੀਤ ਕੌਰ ਗਿੱਲ /haraparīt kaur gill/.
Anushirvan says
Useful idiots can be Jewish, or Christian, or atheïst, or Sikh, or Hindu, or anything else for that matter. Nothing out of the ordinary, really. The great divide across confessions evolves around whether or not any specific individual wants to pander to the Muslim interest or not. And some people can’t ever be sensible in any way.
OldmanRick says
He’s a jihadist wannabe. Or he could be searching for his 15 minutes of fame. Or he didn’t study for those tests and took the knockdown to get out of taking them.