Sikhism

93-Year-Old Sikh Runner Gets Endorsement Deal With Adidas Sportswear

April 6, 2004

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,...

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Michigan Senator Commemorates 400th Anniversary of Sri Guru Granth Sahib

April 6, 2004

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...

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Update: NC Sikh Hate Crime Victim Unsatisfied With Police Handling of Case

April 5, 2004

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...

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Copies of Sikh Scriptures Flown to Canada, Plane Met by Canadian PM in Toronto

April 4, 2004

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...

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Sikh Community Outraged Over Starvation Death of Sikh Inmate

April 2, 2004

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...

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Police Charge Three NC Teens With Assault of Sikh Man

April 2, 2004

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...

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More Than 15,000 Expected for Sikh New Year Parade

April 1, 2004

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...

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Stockton City Council to Consider Landmark Status for 90-Year-Old Gurdwara

April 1, 2004

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...

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93-Year-Old Sikh Runner Gets Endorsement Deal With Adidas Sportswear

March 30, 2004

Source: Evening Standard

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifeandstyle/fashion/articles/9978399?source=Evening%20Standard

On March 30, 2004 the Evening Standard reported, "First they recruited David Beckham. Then they got England rugby hero Jonny Wilkinson in on the act. Now sportswear firm adidas has unveiled a world-beating marathon runner as its new sporting idol. But Fauja Singh is no designer label heartthrob. He is a 93-year-...

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Brotherhood-Sisterhood Brunch Celebrates Religious Diversity in Teaneck, N.J.

March 29, 2004

Source: The Miami Herald

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/499849542/

On March 29, 2004 The Miami Herald ran an article from The Record that reported, "About 600 people gathered Sunday afternoon for the 18th annual Interfaith Brotherhood-Sisterhood Brunch to recognize and embrace the diversity of people and religions found in...

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Flordia Restaurant Could Face $10,000 Fine for Refusing Entry to Turbaned Sikh

March 25, 2004

Source: Sun-Sentinel

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-cturban25mar25,0,3998065.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines

On March 25, 2004 the Sun-Sentinel reported, "The humiliation began for spring breaker Mandeep Chahil with the words 'take it off.' He tried to explain his turban is not a hat; it's required by his Sikh religion. But staff at Max's Ocean Front at Beach Place in Fort Lauderdale...

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