Kwisiganeko esibalulekileyo ngoDisemba 6, imbali yenziwa njengegqiza leSikh, likhatshwa ngamalungu e European Sikh Organization, yamkelwa ngokufudumeleyo kwiPalamente yaseYurophu. Olu phuhliso lubalulekileyo lwaphawula okokuqala ukuba amaSikh amenywe ngokusemthethweni kwiPalamente yaseYurophu, apho izithembiso zenkxaso yokuqatshelwa kwamaSikhs ngaphakathi kwe-European Union zenziwe.
Igqiza lamaSikh, neofisi yalo ebhalisiweyo eVilvoorde, lamkelwa ngamanye amalungu ePalamente yaseYurophu njengabemi nabemi baseYurophu abangumzekelo. Oku kuqatshelwa, ngokuyinxenye, kunokunxulunyaniswa nemigudu yeLungu lePalamente yaseYurophu Hilde Vautmans ukusuka kwiqela le-Open VLD. UVautmans, ohlala eSint-Truiden-ingingqi enabemi abadumileyo beSikh-uye wavela njengentshatsheli yoluntu lwamaSikh, ethembisa ngoncedo lwakhe ekufumaneni ukwamkelwa kweSikhi kungekuphela eBelgium kodwa kuyo yonke iManyano yaseYurophu.
Ukuzibophelela kukaVautmans kulo mba kwagxininiswa kukuxhasa kwakhe uluntu lwamaSikh ekufumaneni ukuwongwa ngokholo lwabo eBelgium nakuyo yonke iManyano yaseYurophu. Ukunxibelelana kwakhe neSint-Truiden, isixeko apho uninzi lwamaSikhs lukhethe ukubiza ikhaya, luqhubele phambili ukuzimisela kwakhe ukulwela injongo yabo kwinqanaba laseYurophu.
Isithethi soluntu lwamaSikh kunye nosihlalo, uBinder Singh, uvakalise ukwaneliseka ngolwamkelo oluhle abalufumene kwiPalamente yaseYurophu. U-Singh, oneminyaka engama-40 ubudala, wagxininisa ukubaluleka kokuqhubeka kwenkxaso yoluntu lwamaSikh kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo, okubenza bakwazi ukuqhuba ngoxolo iimfundiso zikaGuru Nanak Saab ngelixa begcina ubuni babo obukhethekileyo kumazwe aseYurophu.
“Siyaqhubeka sijonge phambili ekuxhaseni kuzo zonke iindawo ukuze sisasaze umyalezo kaGuru Nanak Saab kumazwe aseYurophu ngezazisi zethu. Injongo yethu ayikokutshintsha inkolo ka-noboddy, kodwa kukuba negalelo ekutyebiseni uluntu esihlala kulo” utshilo uSingh. Le nkcazo iquka umnqweno obanzi woluntu lwamaSikh-ukwabelana ngeemfundiso ezinzulu zeGuru yabo ngelixa begcina isazisi sabo senkcubeko kunye nenkolo.
Ukuqatshelwa kunye nenkxaso evela kwiPalamente yaseYurophu imele inyathelo elibalulekileyo kwiinzame zoluntu lwamaSikh ukuseka ubukho obubalaseleyo ngaphakathi kwi-European Union. Ayiqinisekisi kuphela iminikelo yabo njengabemi kunye nabemi kodwa ikwavuma ubutyebi benkcubeko yamaSikh kunye nokubaluleka kokuyidibanisa kwiintlobo ezahlukeneyo zaseYurophu.
AmaSikh anembali ende yokufuduka kunye nokuhlala kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zehlabathi, igalelo elikhulu kwinkcubeko yenkcubeko yemimandla abahlala kuyo. I European Sikh OrganizationUkutyelela kwiPalamente yaseYurophu kubonisa umnqweno wokudibanisa okunzulu kunye nokwamkelwa, kugxininisa imfuno yokuqonda ngokubanzi iSikhism kunye neenqobo zayo.
Njengoko iYurophu iqhubeka nokwamkela ubuni bayo beenkcubeko ezininzi, ukuvuma kunye nokubhiyozela iyantlukwano yabahlali bayo iba yeyona nto iphambili. Inkxaso eyandisiweyo ngu-MEP u-Hilde Vautmans kunye noogxa bakhe ayisiyonto nje yezopolitiko; ibonisa ukuzibophelela ekubandakanyekeni kunye nokuqatshelwa kwempembelelo entle yoluntu lwamaSikh kuluntu lwaseYurophu.
Nangona i-Sikhs ibe yinxalenye ebalulekileyo yoluntu lwaseYurophu iminyaka emininzi, utyelelo lwakutsha nje kwiPalamente yaseYurophu luvula iindlela ezintsha zengxoxo kunye nentsebenziswano. Inika ithuba lokuba abenzi bomthetho bafumane ukuqonda okunzulu kwiimpawu zeSikh, ukukhuthaza indawo apho uluntu lwamaSikh lunokuphumelela ngelixa luhlala lunyanisekile kwilifa lemveli.
Ukuqatshelwa kweSikhi eBelgium kunye ne-European Union ngokubanzi akuyona nje into yomthetho okanye yolawulo; imalunga nokuvuma kunye nokuhlonipha ubutyebi benkcubeko kunye nobugcisa benkolo obuziswa ngamaSikhs kwimosaic yaseYurophu. Isithembiso senkxaso yePalamente yaseYurophu sibonisa inyathelo ekuqinisekiseni ukuba amaSikh ayakwazi ukuziqhelanisa nokukhuthaza ukholo lwawo ngokukhululekileyo, abe negalelo kwiiyantlukwano ezichaza iYurophu.
Njengoko uluntu lwamaSikh luqhubeka nokuhamba ngendlela eya ekuqatshelweni, uthethathethwano nePalamente yaseYurophu isebenza njengento ekhuthaza iincoko ezibanzi malunga neyantlukwano, inkululeko yonqulo, kunye nokubaluleka kokugcinwa kweempawu zenkcubeko kwi-European Union. Impendulo eyakhayo evela kumapalamente ibeka umzekelo wentsebenziswano kunye nokuqonda kwixesha elizayo phakathi koluntu lwamaSikh kunye namaziko aseYurophu.
Ukuqukumbela, utyelelo lwembali lwe European Sikh Organization kwiPalamente yaseYurophu, ikhatshwa ngabathunywa beSikh abaxhasayo, iphawula isiganeko esibalulekileyo kuhambo oluya kulwamkelo kwiManyano yaseYurophu. Izithembiso zenkxaso ezivela kuMEP u-Hilde Vautmans kunye noogxa bakhe zibonisa utshintsho oluhle, lukhuthaza imeko apho amaSikh anokuzingca ngokuqhelisela ukholo lwawo kwaye abe negalelo kwinkcubeko edlamkileyo yaseYurophu. Njengoko ingxoxo iqhubeleka, lo msitho uvula indlela yeManyano yaseYurophu ebandakanyayo neyohlukeneyo ethi ixabise kwaye ibhiyozele ukutyeba koluntu lwayo lweenkcubeko ngeenkcubeko.
