Source: National Sikh Coalition

On April 11, 2004 National Sikh Coalition reported, "To help Sikhs announce their presence to schools, city councils, and state and national governments, the Sikh Coalition has initiated 'Every Voice Counts' - a campaign to empower the Sikh people. Today, religion is not recorded by the census. In addition, there has been no clear mechanism to track Sikh voting. As a result the voice of Sikhs in America has been severely underrepresented and we have limited our ability to interact with and affect government. For Citizens...

Source: INDOlink

http://www.indolink.com/displayArticleS.php?id=040604064211

On April 8, 2004 INDOlink reported, "Figures published April 7 in Britain show that in 2003 racially or religiously motivated crimes against Muslims, Sikhs, and Hindus, registered a steep rise in that country. The British government’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) yesterday released figures showing that race crime last year rose by 12 per cent with 2,000 more cases being...

Source: Forest Hills Ledger

Source: Sikhnet

http://www.sikhnet.com/s/MISikhResolution

On April 6, 2004 Sikhnet reported, "On April 1, 2004, Michigan State Senator Michael Switalski introduced a special resolution commemorating the 400th anniversary of the first installation of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib at the Golden Temple, Amritsar. Senator Michael Switalski spoke eloquently about the principles of the Sikh faith and Sri Guru Granth Sahib. He recognized that the Guru Granth Sahib has a universal message...

Source: Expatica

Source: The Guardian

http://sport.guardian.co.uk/athletics/story/0,10082,1186668,00.html

On April 6, 2004 The Guardian ran a feature article on Fauja Singh, the 93-year-old Sikh marathon runner who recently signed an endorsement deal with adidas sportswear. The reporter set out to discover "what drives him" in his running. The article reported, "Fauja Singh hasn't been running for very long. He took it up when his wife died 11 years ago and, since then,...

Source: The Kansas City Star

Source: The Daily Tar Heel

http://www.dailytarheel.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/04/05/40715e6655229

On April 5, 2004 The Daily Tar Heel reported, "Gagandeep Bindra thought he was safe walking down Franklin Street until he was assaulted last weekend after three teenage boys called him al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. Bindra, a Sikh UNC senior economics major from Punjab, India, said he is more disappointed with the way Chapel Hill police handled the...

Source: INDOlink

http://www.indolink.com/displayArticleS.php?id=040404121251

On April 4, 2004 INDOlink reported, "Copies of the Sikh holy book - the Guru Granth Sahib – have been flown to Canada's Sikh community. The books were flown on board a chartered airliner which took off from the Punjabi city of Amritsar. Hundreds of Sikhs came out of their homes to cheer an unusual procession. Devotees carried silk-covered copies of the book on their heads over a...

Source: NCM

http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=d4d7b2f808869df564e995f32944b674

On April 2, 2004 NCM reported, "In mid February, 72-year-old Khem Singh passed away at the Substance Abuse Facility at Corcoran State prison. Crippled and bound to a wheelchair, he died of lung and heart failure brought on as a result of starvation. Fellow inmates repeatedly alerted the authorities about his condition but...

Source: Toronto Star

Source: The Herald-Sun

http://www.heraldsun.com/orange/10-466062.html

On April 2, 2004 The Herald-Sun reported, "A Sikh student at UNC claims he and his friend were beaten by a trio of teenagers on Franklin Street after one of them called him Osama bin Laden. Chapel Hill police charged each of the teens with assault inflicting serious injury and simple assault after the student identified them shortly after the assault Sunday morning. Although police categorized the assault...

Source: The Modesto Bee

http://www.modbee.com/local/story/8372722p-9193813c.html

On April 1, 2004 The Modesto Bee ran an Associated Press, "The Stockton Sikh Temple -- the first in the nation -- has been a gathering place for California's Sikh population for 90 years. Now the city is considering recognizing the temple's role by designating it a historic landmark. The society that oversees temple functions asked the City Council to consider during a meeting...

Source: Ealing Times

http://www.ealingtimes.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.476506.0.thousan%0Ads_expected_at_sikh_new_year_parade.php

On April 1, 2004 the Ealing Times reported, "More than 15,000 people are expected to take part in a religious parade this weekend. Members of the Sikh community across west London are expected to join thousands of people in a procession to mark the Sikh new year festival of...

Source: Expatica