22 - Friday, June 3

Book reveal

, 1988 ~ “North Shore News “

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Sikh strife

THE SUBJECT of this o
_week’s review is a difficult
“pook to approach.

“Unholy Terror — The Sikhs and

-. International Terrorism (Key: ~
‘Porter Books; $24.95 in hardcover;
250 pp.) was penned by. the Pro-

» vince newspaper’s assistant city:
-editor, fan Mulgrew. Given his
background one might expect a

“> concise, hard-hitting bit of jour-:

nalism here, but such is not the

oe Case.

Without attempting to serve as

a apologist for. Mulgrew F suspect :

‘that the main problem faced by. the
“ author was that the entire Sikh
“issue was (and is) such an amor-
» phous, one that it defies the |
ing that i is reporting’ 5°

-500-year “old history, that led te. the”

terrori

the Sikh minority in an interna:
tional web of espionage and vio-
fence but also the divisions within
the Sikh community itself.

-It is perhaps this latter point that
‘is the book's greatest asset, While
the historical context is invaluable
for an understanditig of the. roots

- of Sikh terrorism and ihe nature of

this bloody contest; the, fact that
relatively few Sikhs espouse vio-
Jence is easily overlooked in the

‘general reporting of the subject.

Mulgrew corrects this deficiency
quite lucidly., ;

a 1 . &

MIKE.

STEELE

As

tional aspect seemed critical. .

* enough to warrant the effort. ;
"The main subject of this book is ”

of course terrorism employed by . ;

‘certain Sikh clements, but

Mulgrew did touch on one area

“that fascinated me enough that J
“wished he had explored it more oo
: fully. i

” Several of his interviews were
conducted witk Sikh men and

. women who have been victimized

by fundamentalists. Some of. the _
information contained i in these
passages was highly interesting, 2

such as the efforts of a ‘modern'

Sikh: woman who has organized a,
counselling and crisis service to: ’

~~" deal with the problems faced by’ ”

females in traditional households

* where: nine out of 10 marriages are

". arranged (or, more properly, dic-

tated) and where physical abuse

and suicide are a constant reality.

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