Author: Kim Bolan

Source: The Vancouver Sun

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=f50c1c07-a9be-4a4b-a5d4-6141b8c0165b

SURREY -- Tens of thousands of Sikhs packed the streets of Surrey on Saturday for the eighth annual Vaisakhi parade honouring the religion's holiest day.

Police estimate the celebration brought out close to 100,000.

The parade...

Author: Eric Leach

Source: Los Angeles Daily News

http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_5624628

More than 10,000 people celebrated the Sikh religious holiday of Baisakhi Sunday and denounced a series of hate crimes against the sect following the 9-11 terrorist attacks.

Sikhs shared food, music and art in the Los Angeles Convention Center and later paraded through the streets of downtown, singing prayers as they marched behind a dozen colorful floats....

Source: Gulf News

Wire Service: Reuters

http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/07/03/30/10114611.html

New Delhi: A court sentenced three men to life in prison yesterday for murdering a Sikh constable, his son and son-in-law during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots sparked by the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

Nearly 3,000 people, mostly Sikhs, were killed in the riots in New Delhi in retaliation against Gandhi's murder by...

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/beds/bucks/herts/6530701.stm

One of the largest Sikh temples in Britain is officially opening in Bedfordshire on Saturday.

The new Guru Nanak Gurdwara Building, on Ford End Road in Queens Park, Bedford, will become the centre of the Sikh community in the area.

On Saturday a ceremony will celebrate the completion of this landmark building and will involve taking the Sikh holy...

Author: Simon Khoo

Source: The Star

Source: Daily News...

Source: Macalester News

http://www.macalester.edu/whatshappening/press/2007/033007.html

St. Paul, Minn. - Macalester College will host the Minnesota premiere of Divided We Fall: Americans in the Aftermath, the first feature-length documentary film to analyze the aftermath of 9/11 on South Asian and Arab Americans, at 7:30 p.m., April 3, in the Campus Center’s John B. Davis Lecture Hall.

The film documents hate crimes against Sikhs, Muslims and...

Author: Roseanne Pereira

Source: Minnesota Public Radio

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/04/03/sikhfilm/

St. Paul, Minn. -- In September 2001, Valarie Kaur was a 20-year-old college junior, studying religion and international affairs. She planned to go to India to interview people about religious conflict.

Then, like millions of others, she saw the T.V. images of the world trade towers falling again and again...

Author: David Doyle

Source: Ealing Times

http://www.ealingtimes.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.1302750.0.thousands_flock_to_sikh_festival.php

AS THE 207 bus edged towards Southall High Street, a river of orange turbans and colourful dress, I started to feel like I was gatecrashing a stranger's party.

Though I have a couple of Sikh friends, in reality I know very little about the faith,...

Author: Ian Austin

Source: The Province

http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=8f750e98-d245-47d9-90ea-0486baaf1fd8

South Fraser Way was transformed into a sea of saris yesterday.

The busy Abbotsford thoroughfare was shut for seven hours as thousands of Sikhs gathered for the ceremonial reopening of the oldest standing Sikh temple in North America.

Premier Gordon Campbell cut...

Source: Sikh Sangat News

http://www.sikhsangat.org/ssn/publish/Europe_21/International_Human_Rights_Conference_Highlights_Problem_Of_Religious_Freedoms_on_Europe_s_50th_Birthday_printer.shtml

As European countries gathered to celebrate their 50th birthday in Berlin on the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome Sikhs held an international human rights conference in...

Author: Russell Clemings

Source: The Fresno Bee

Source: SAALT

More than 150 individuals working with underserved South Asian community members gathered in Washington D.C. between March 16th and 18th for a national convening of South Asian community-based organizations, advocates and community members cosponsored by South Asian American Leaders of Tomorrow (SAALT) and the South Asian Law Students Association at American University, Washington College of Law.

Representatives of nearly 40 organizations providing a range of services, as well as individual advocates from Atlanta, New York, New Jersey,...

Source: Sikh News Network

http://www.sikhnet.com/Sikhnet/news.nsf/NewsArchive/DEE5054F9901B93E872572AD00562549!OpenDocument

Dublin, 22 Mar 2007 - Irish Sikh Community displayed their rich cultural heritage this weekend by participating at the St Patrick’s Day Parade in Dublin, one of the most celebrated events in Ireland.

The Sikh pageant was organised by Irish Sikh Council. With the theme of the parade being...

Author: Ravinder Singh Robin

Source: Daily India

http://www.dailyindia.com/show/128877.php/Sikh-organizations-give-memorandum-to-UN

Amritsar, Mar 27 : Representatives of nearly 25 Sikh organizations from around the world gave a memorandum to the UN on various international Sikh issues in Geneva on Tuesday.

Nearly 200 members of the various Sikh organizations from 15 countries assembled at Langenthal to...