How SFJ Exploited a Florida Funeral to Whitewash Khalistani Terror

When propaganda runs out of lies, it borrows the language of compassion. The recent attempt by Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) to project itself as a humanitarian group by sponsoring funeral expenses for victims of a Florida truck accident is not charity; it is a cynical exercise in narrative manipulation.

What SFJ wants the world to see is benevolence. What the world must see is deception.

Turning Tragedy into Theatre

In a calculated PR stunt, SFJ announced that it had provided $100,000 in “humanitarian aid” for the funeral of two Haitian victims of the Florida truck crash. They choreographed the event to the last detail, with church ceremonies, photo-ops, and statements about “justice and solidarity.”

At first glance, this looks like philanthropy. Scratch the surface, and it reeks of opportunism. Why would a U.S.-banned Khalistani front, led by Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a man declared a terrorist under India’s Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, suddenly surface in Florida to “serve humanity”?

The answer lies not in compassion but in propaganda optics. SFJ’s goal was to rebrand its extremist image in Western media by staging a “humanitarian event” with diplomatic overtones.

The Diplomatic Number Plate Drama

Images of Pannun and SFJ associate Kuldip Singh Mangror traveling in a vehicle with diplomatic number plates added to the deception. This was no coincidence; it was theatre designed to create the illusion of legitimacy and recognition.

No country accords diplomatic status to self-proclaimed “Khalistan delegates. These visuals were orchestrated to blur the line between activists and diplomats, hoping the uninformed would confuse a fringe separatist campaign with a recognized international movement.

Exploiting American Grief to Whitewash Extremism

The Florida burial service was not about helping the victims’ families instead it was about helping SFJ bury its own global image crisis. After the Canadian crackdown on Khalistani fronts, the U.K. listing of violent extremist Sikh organizations, and the 2025 Canadian Finance Report placing Khalistani extremism under the same risk category as Hamas and Hezbollah, SFJ’s credibility had collapsed internationally.

This “charity” was damage control, an attempt to paint the same terrorist network as a voice of empathy. Their “humanitarian” messaging was aimed at Western media and diaspora communities, a manipulative tactic to normalize SFJ as a rights group rather than what it is: a foreign-funded extremist propaganda operation.

Facts That Shatter the SFJ Narrative

Let us separate fact from fiction. No recognized Sikh organization in India or abroad has endorsed SFJ’s so-called “humanitarian” action. The Haitian Consulate in Miami has no record of any formal partnership with the group, and at best, the interaction appears to have been limited to a few private individuals posing as community donors. The much-publicized claim of a $100,000 donation lacks any verifiable audit, receipts, or charitable registration under U.S. federal tax records. Likewise, U.S. authorities have never acknowledged SFJ under any recognized humanitarian category, as it continues to function as an unregistered foreign political entity. Meanwhile, more than eight lakh Sikh truckers in the United States are law-abiding, tax-paying professionals whose everyday challenges mirror those of other working-class Americans, not victims of persecution or bias as SFJ tries to portray. By invoking “Sikh truckers” and “humanitarian aid,” SFJ is attempting to weaponize empathy to draw attention, sustain relevance, and attract recruits across the diaspora.

The Real Sikh Spirit: Service Without Spectacle

The Sikh faith has always stood for seva, selfless service without publicity or personal gain. When genuine Sikh organizations serve humanity, they do not attach their names to political causes or seek headlines.

From flood relief in Assam to Gurdwaras serving meals in Ukraine, true Sikh compassion uplifts without dividing.

In contrast, SFJ’s Florida episode was a performance in self-promotion, a desperate attempt to cleanse its terror-stained image by borrowing the halo of Sikh charity.

The Pattern of Propaganda Laundering

This is not SFJ’s first attempt to exploit tragedy. Over the past year, the group has repeatedly manufactured outrage to stay relevant. SFJ issued a $10,000 bounty targeting India’s High Commissioner in Ottawa, an act that openly celebrated extremism under the guise of activism. It defaced Hindu temples and gurdwaras in Amritsar with separatist graffiti, trying to sow communal division within Punjab. It released videos mocking India’s flood response and falsely claimed to fund “displaced Punjabi farmers”, manipulating humanitarian language for political mileage. And now, it has co-opted a road accident in Florida to rebuild its image. Each of these orchestrated campaigns follows the same predictable playbook: create outrage, hijack the vocabulary of compassion, and weaponize social media to claim victimhood.

The Real Agenda: Political, Not Philanthropic

SFJ’s press releases, whether about truckers or funerals, always return to the same talking points- “Punjab is not India”, “Sikhs are not Indians”, “Khalistan is the Sikh homeland.”

This is not humanitarian discourse; it is psychological warfare. Every sentence is designed to push a political message under the veil of empathy. The so-called “Florida aid” was never about grief; it was about geopolitics.

The Way Forward: Expose, Educate, and Neutralize

It is time for governments, media, and Sikh community leaders to call out SFJ’s propaganda laundering for what it truly is, an information warfare campaign disguised as humanitarianism. The group has shifted from open agitation to subtle infiltration, using emotional narratives and staged gestures to sanitize separatist politics and mislead global audiences.

The only effective response is fact-based exposure. Every fabricated claim must be met with verified data. Every attempt at narrative manipulation must be countered with clarity and context. Transparency, awareness, and truth are the strongest antidotes to SFJ’s deceit.The tragedy in Florida deserves mourning, not manipulation. What SFJ enacted there was not seva but staging. No press release or charity receipt can erase its history of violence, deception, and separatism.

The world does not need Khalistani theatrics. It needs the Sikh spirit of truth, where service is sincere and compassion is real.