Allah or Khanda?

[donsaeid]

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Khomeini's grandfather, Seyed Ahmad, left Lucknow (according to a statement of Khomeini's elder brother, Seyed Morteza Pasandideh, his point of departure was Kashmir, not Lucknow) some time in the middle of the nineteenth century on pilgrimage to the tomb of Hazrat 'Ali in Najaf. While in Najaf, Seyed Ahmad met Yousef Khan, a prominent citizen of Khomein. Accepting his invitation, he decided to settle in Khomein to assume responsibility for the religious needs of its citizens and also took Yousef Khan's daughter in marriage.

The current flag of Iran bears an emblem which is visually similar to a Khanda, but is not supposed to be referential to Sikhism. This has given credence to long standing rumors that Ayatollah Khomeni (who personally authorized this flag) explicitly borrowed this from Sikhism. There is a very established family in the Majha region of Punjab that has always claimed that the Ayatollah spent part of his childhood there.

Similarities between this symbol and the Khanda symbol of the Sikhs or the menorah of the Jews are a coincidence. A number of Iranians claim that Khomeini's Indian heritage led to the cultural appropriation of this symbol from Indian Sikhs.


WHAT YOU THINK?

[indian_blues]

A number of Iranians claim that Khomeini's Indian heritage led to the cultural appropriation of this symbol from Indian Sikhs.


WHAT YOU THINK?

very Interesting. do u have articles on Indian heritage link to khomeini?

I see lots of similarities on these 2 symbols.