Sikhism

Lifetime Achievement Award for Australian Sikh

February 25, 2007

Source: Malaysia Sun

http://story.malaysiasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/229131/cs/1/

A Sikh has been given the 2006 lifetime achievement award in volunteering by the New South Wales (NSW) government.

Bawa Singh Jagdev became the first Sikh to receive the prestigious award for volunteering which was handed to him by NSW Speaker John Aquilina at the NSW Parliament recently.

Jagdev who arrived in Australia in...

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Peace, Love and Sikhism

February 23, 2007

Author: Maxim Kniazkov

Source: The Washington Times

http://www.washtimes.com/culture/20070222-111036-9366r.htm

ESPANOLA, N.M. -- For all intents and purposes, Peter the long-haired counterculture firebrand has died to be born again. Faded jeans, rainbow-colored T-shirts, and sandals and beads went into a trash bin along with LSD, hallucinogenic mushrooms, pot and other traditional paraphernalia of hippie life.

Out went his birth...

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Sikh Student Attacked in Scotland

February 22, 2007

Source: Hindustan Times

http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1934737,00050003.htm

A Sikh student in Scotland was punched and kicked by a group of thugs who accused him of having a bomb in his turban.

The group battered Lakhivar Singh, 22, a student of Paisley University, as he was waiting for a bus after finishing work as a part-time supermarket shelf stacker.

The thugs ripped off Singh's turban, punched him in the face and kicked him as he lay...

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Speaking Arabic, Other Eastern Languages, is High on FBI's Wish List

February 19, 2007

Author: Moustafa Ayad

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07050/763270-84.stm

Standing in the main prayer room of the ornate Pittsburgh Sikh Gurdwara in Monroeville, the FBI's special agent looked out at a sea of turban-wearing worshippers with dark beards.

The clean-cut agent, armed with brochures and a short video extolling the virtues of Sikhs to the worshippers gathered for prayer services, was playing an...

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United Sikhs Aid Doctors Join the Florida Tornado Emergency Operations Center

February 19, 2007

Source: Sikh News Network

http://www.sikhnet.com/sikhnet/news.nsf/NewsArchive/5482810D2688B6D987257287006945BD

Lady Lake, Florida: Four United Sikhs AID volunteers, including two doctors, registered last week with the Lady Lake County Emergency Operations Center (EOC). The team discussed relief effort strategies with other groups involved in the relief effort, from various parts of the United States.

Helena Osborne-Ponsi, the...

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"Movie Keeps Memory, Message Alive," a Commentary by Jim Walsh

February 18, 2007

Author: Jim Walsh

Source: Arizona Central

http://www.azcentral.com/community/mesa/articles/0118mr-walshcol0119.html

Before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Balbir Singh Sodhi was a respected gasoline station owner in east Mesa who built a new life after emigrating from India.

Sodhi and his three brothers chose the United States because our Constitution guarantees freedom of religion.

He was slain...

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Punjab Mechanic Opens Museum to Glorify Moments of Sikh History

February 7, 2007

Author: Ashwini Kaushal

Source: Daily India

http://www.dailyindia.com/show/111799.php/Punjab-mechanic-opens-museum-to-glorify-moments-of-Sikh-history

Mohali, Feb 7 (ANI): Right from his childhood, Parvinder Singh Sethi had a creative bent of mind. He utilized it to create innovative models that won him praise in his neighbourhood.

After constant hard work, this child prodigy became a...

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Milan Film Showing Links 9/11, Racism

February 6, 2007

Author: Allie Lowe

Source: The Dartmouth

http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2007020601050

In the months following Sept. 11, 2001, Samir Akhter, then eight years old, can recall being called "Bin Laden's son" by other boys at school. The boys would smash Akhter, who is of Pakistani descent, in the face with their lunch pails while taunting him. As years passed, however, the Bin Laden taunts ended.

Now when Akhter is teased,...

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Depts of Justice, Homeland Security Receive Religion Training

February 4, 2007

Author: Katherine Boyle

Source: Beliefnet

Wire Service: RNS

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/210/story_21069_1.html

WASHINGTON -- The departments of Justice and Homeland Security have begun training employees to better understand and protect the civil liberties of American Muslims, Sikhs and other minority ethnic and religious groups in the wake of Sept. 11.

They also are attempting to involve Muslims and...

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South Asians Raise Millions for Hospital

February 3, 2007

Author: Prithi Yelaja

Source: The Star

http://www.thestar.com/News/article/177806

When the new Brampton Civic Hospital opens its doors later this year, it will be due in no small measure to the generosity of the South Asian community, particularly residents with Punjabi roots who live in the area.

The move to name the new emergency department after Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism, gave Sikh fundraising efforts a boost – and caused a...

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