Those who spoke out against extremism (the current federal health minister, Ujjal Dosanjh, was one) were often beaten, bombed or killed.

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Most of the bogus recruits (who have been struck off) are of Indian descent, and were among those recruited en masse by Ujjal Dosanjh, the province's attorney-general, and Gordon Wilson, the education minister.

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Ujjal Dosanjh, a Vancouver Liberal member of Parliament and long outspoken critic of Sikh extremism (once suffering a beating for it), said he was dismayed that this glorification of a terrorist was passed over with so little concern by the police, the politicians and the general public.

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