True Story - How Sardars are still there in Italy!

About a century or two ago,
the Pope decided that all the Sikhs had to leave Italy.

Naturally there was a big uproar from the Sikh
community.

So the Pope made a deal
He would have a religious
debate with a member of the Sikh community
If the Sikh won, the Sikhs could stay.
If the Pope won, the Sikhs would leave.
The Sikhs realized that they had no choice
So they picked a middle-aged man named
Douglas Singh to represent them
Douglas asked for one additional condition to the
debate
To make it more interesting, neither side would be
allowed to talk.
The Pope agreed.

The day of the great debate came.
Douglas Singh and the Pope sat opposite each other
for a full minute
Then the Pope raised his hand and showed three
fingers.
Douglas looked back at him and raised one finger.

The Pope waved his fingers in a circle around his
head.
Douglas pointed to the ground where he sat.

The Pope pulled out a wafer and a glass of wine.
Douglas pulled out an apple.

The Pope stood up and said, 'I give up. This man
is too good.
The Sikhs can stay.'

An hour later, the cardinals were gathered around the
Pope asking him what had happened.
The Pope said, 'First I held up three fingers to
represent the holy trinity.
He responded by holding up one finger to remind me
that there was still One God common to both our religions.
Then, I waved my finger around me to show him that
God was all around us.
He responded by pointing to the ground and showing
that God was also right here with us.
Then, I pulled out the wine and wafer to show that
God absolves us from our sins.
He pulled out an apple to remind me of original sin.
He had an answer
for everything. What could I do?'
Meanwhile, the Sikh community had crowded around
Douglas Singh.
'What happened?' they asked.
'Well,' said Douglas, 'First he said to
me that the
Sikhs had three days to get out of here.
I told him not one of us was leaving.
Then he told me that this whole city would be cleared
of Sikhs.
I let him know that we were staying right here.'
'Yes, and then???'
asked the crowd.
'I don't know', said Singh,
'He took out his lunch, and I took out mine!!

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