Author: Faith Hampton

Source: The Sun News

http://blog.cleveland.com/sunmessenger/2011/02/interfaith_fellowship_day_spea.html

Building bridges and embracing diversity was an easy topic for the speakers at the Interfaith Fellowship Day on Feb. 7.

The event was at Executive Caterers of Landerhaven.

Illene Rosewater, planning committee co-Chair, said this was the event’s...

Author: Ron Csillag

Source: BeliefNet News

Wire Service: RNS

http://blog.beliefnet.com/news/2011/02/toronto-rns-lawmakers-in-the.php

Lawmakers in the province of Quebec voted unanimously on Wednesday (Feb. 9) to ban the kirpan, a Sikh ceremonial dagger, from the legislature building.

The opposition Parti Quebecois said it was acting to underscore Quebec's neutrality in dealing...

Author: Kanwal Prakash Singh

Source: The Indianapolis Star

http://newsfromyou.indystar.com/posts/interfaith-gathering-at-the-sikh-temple-sikh-satsang-honors-rev-kent-millard-and-others

The Sikh Temple (Acton Road) in Indianapolis dedicated the last Sunday of January to the important work and vision of Interfaith Hunger Initiative (IHI). The Sikh Satsang of Indianapolis...

Author: Sandeep Dua

Source: The Times of India

Wire Service: TNN

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ludhiana/Portraits-on-Oz-Sikhs-win-accolades/articleshow/7421295.cms

Portraits on the lifestyle of Sikhs Down Under by Aussie painter Daniel Cornell invited appreciation by local art connoisseurs on Thursday. The exhibition of portraits Faith (celebrating...

Author: David Lawrence

Source: The Detroit Free-Press

http://www.freep.com/print/article/20110131/NEWS02/110131014/Sikh-students-can-wear-dagger-Plymouth-Canton-schools-modifications

The Plymouth-Canton school district has opted to allow Sikh students to wear a small, religious dagger to school.

The decision reverses a ban put in place in December...

Author: Rowena Orejana

Source: The Aucklander

http://www.theaucklander.co.nz/local/news/sikhs-welcome-temple/3938175/

Surinder Singh Goraya's joy is deeply felt. A Sikh temple is going up near his home in New Lynn. "This is so much better," he says in halting English. "I come daily to pray. I like this place." The grin on his bearded face says everything he wants to express.

The Gurudwara Sri Guru Harkrishan...

Author: Anwar Faruqi

Source: Yahoo News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110126/wl_mideast_afp/religionsikhsiraqindiashrine

A desolate courtyard surrounded by fields of mournful graves is all that remains of an ancient shrine to the Sikh faith?s founder Guru Nanak inside a sprawling Muslim cemetery in Baghdad.

War, insurgents or looters have wiped any trace of a historical footnote that had preserved...

Author: Don Thompson

Source: The Washington Post

Wire Service: AP

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/25/AR2011012505887.html

California's attorney general says religious beliefs aren't enough to trump a corrections department ban on prison guards wearing beards - a stance that drew protests Tuesday from civil rights organizations.

Author: Yudhvir Rana

Source: The Times of India

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/7338356.cms

To remember the forgotten Sikh soldiers and make the world aware of their heroic deeds in 'Sikhi Saroop' (complete Sikh appearance), Birmingham-based film-maker Jay Singh Sohal officially released his documentary movie 'Sikhs at War' on the net on Thursday.

Author: Jean Cowden Moore

Source: The Ventura County Star

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2011/jan/21/sikh-professor-teaches-religion-at-clu/

Rahuldeep Singh Gill tends to stand out at California Lutheran University, where he is the only religion professor who is not Christian.

Gill is a Sikh, a popular religion in the Punjab state of India, where he was born. And he wears a dastar, or turban, setting him...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Yahoo News

Wire Service: AFP

http://asia.news.yahoo.com/afp/20110119/tap-malaysia-military-sikh-religion-righ-0193655.html

Malaysian authorities are investigating the case of a Sikh military trainee who said his long hair had been lopped off as he slept, triggering outrage among the minority community.

The alleged incident has...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: CBC News

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2011/01/18/sikhs-denied-entry-nat-ass-quebec.html

A group of four Sikhs scheduled to make a presentation at Quebec's national assembly Tuesday morning were denied entry to the legislature because they refused to remove their kirpans.

Author: Mike North

Source: The Merced Sun-Star

http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2011/01/14/1729308/livingston-sikhs-celebrate-lohri.html

A big fire burned outside the Gurdwara Sahib Temple on Peach Avenue on Thursday evening as part of its Lohri celebration.

 The festivities, which commonly include bonfires, once were reserved for weddings and births. Although that is still the case for many families,...

Author: Douglas Todd

Source: The Vancouver Sun

http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Sikhs+have+come+long/4089484/story.html

The decision by the Sikhs of Abbotsford to declare 2011 a year of continuing centennial events serves to remind all British Columbians of the hardships and successes of this burgeoning community.

Author: Narinder Nanu

Source: The Calgary Herald

http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/Gallery+Sikhs+celebrate+345th+birthday+last+Gurus/4092308/story.html

These are days of devotion, pageantry, observance and joy for Sikhs who are in the midst of the 345th Prakash Utsav birthday celebration for Guru Gobind Singh, the last of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism. Thousands of people have packed the...