Lodi Sikh explains his faith's customs, beliefs

The only other major monotheistic religion that is of non-Semitic origin is the Sikh religion. Its genesis is within the Indo-Aryan concept of metaphysics.

Based on population worldwide, there are about 20 to 25 million Sikhs, and a majority of them live in the northwestern corner of the Indian subcontinent. Judaism, Christianity and Islam are Semitic faiths. They are related to each other because of their genesis in the Semitic world, but not the Sikh faith.

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