Pashaura Singh (Sikh scholar)

[2] Singh pursued an academic career and joined the University of Michigan, where he edited and co-published two collections of Sikh studies.

[2] Copies of Singh's thesis at University of Toronto, "The Text and Meaning of the Adi Granth", were circulated without permission.

[2] Some of these reached the conservative faction of the Sikh community, who with alarm, complained about it before the Akal Takht at the Golden Temple.

Singh's academic studies were strongly criticized by the conservative Sikhs, he became a target of hostile attacks, and he was pressured to withdraw parts of his thesis.

Singh was summoned by Akal Takht[2] but missed the first summons, and later attempted to justify his actions, stating "I have simply compared the manuscripts of the third Guru and of the fifth Guru (Arjan Dev) and tried to establish the editorial policy of Arjan Dev (who is credited with compiling the holy book)", according to India Today.