Sikhism

‘Sikhs In Pak Insecure, Uncertain About Future’

February 27, 2010

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Indian Express

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sikhs-in-pak-insecure-uncertain-about-future/585088/

“There is tremendous sense of insecurity among the Sikhs in Pakistan after the beheading by Taliban,” said a Sikh Jatha member who returned from Pakistan on Friday. “Many Sikhs have taken shelter in Gurdwaras after fleeing the areas under Taliban control and trouble-...

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Coalition Files Lawsuit Against Lexus Dealership for Refusing to Hire Sikh

February 26, 2010

Author: Staff Writer

Source: PRNewswire-USNewswire

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/coalition-files-lawsuit-against-lexus-dealership-for-refusing-to-hire-sikh-85478222.html

A Sikh filed a discrimination lawsuit today after being told to remove his religiously-mandated beard if he wanted a job. The Sikh, Gurpreet Singh Kherha, filed his lawsuit in New Jersey...

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Sikh Campaigners Threaten Legal Fight Over 2011 Census

February 25, 2010

Author: Dil Neiyyar

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8535141.stm

The UK Sikh Federation says it might take legal action over the Office for National Statistics' 2011 census form.

It says the ONS is breaking the law by putting a box for Sikhs to tick in the voluntary religion section of the form but not one in the ethnicity section.

It fears this will result in the number of Sikhs being underestimated and mean community...

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Faith Community Rallies Around Sikhs

February 24, 2010

Author: Joanne Shuttleworth

Source: The Guelph Mercury

http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/Local/article/601721

The faith community is rallying around the Guelph Sikh Society as it faces backlash to its proposal to build a Sikh temple in Guelph’s south end.

Eleven United Church ministers have written a letter supporting the Sikh community and chastising those whose opposition to the temple is racially motivated.

“I...

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Sikhs File Application to Build Bigger Temple On West Smith Road

February 23, 2010

Author: Kie Relyea

Source: The News Tribune/The Bellingham Herald

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/02/23/1081681/sikhs-file-application-to-build.html

Members of Gurdwara Gurnanak Parkash are filing for a building permit to construct a 10,216-square-foot worship center at the temple's current location on West Smith Road.

The Sikh temple has upward of 50 members and has been at its current home since 2000....

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Glimpse Into Guelph’s Sikh Temple

February 22, 2010

Author: Joanne Shuttleworth

Source: The Guelph Mercury

http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/article/600861

To Christians, the service of worship at the Sikh temple on Stevenson Street could seem a mystery. All the speaking, after all, is in Punjabi, the hymns are more like chants than lyrical songs, and everyone’s head must be covered, either by a veil, a turban or a head scarf provided for those who don’t have their own.

But its...

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Civil Rights And the Wartime Supreme Court

February 22, 2010

Author: Dawinder S. Sidhu

Source: Supreme Court of the United States Blog

http://www.scotusblog.com/2010/02/civil-rights-and-the-wartime-supreme-court/

The following essay was written for our Race and the Supreme Court event by Dawinder S. Sidhu, a founding director of the Discrimination and National Security Initiative at Harvard University.  Mr. Sidhu’s work focuses on discrimination against Muslim-...

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Sikh Followers Want to Build a Temple

February 19, 2010

Author: Staff Writer

Source: KNDO/KNDU

http://www.kndo.com/Global/story.asp?S=12015275

A group of people who practice the Sikh religion are hoping to turn a house on Court Street in Pasco into a temple soon.

They have applied for a special use permit from the city planning commission.

Leaders say there are about 25 to 30 members in the Tri-Cities area. For the last five years they've been meeting at each others homes, but hope to soon...

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Plans for Sikh Temple Draw Audience Ire At Public Meeting

February 17, 2010

Author: Vik Kirsch

Source: Guelph Mercury

http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/article/598752

City staff got a hostile reception at a public planning meeting for a controversial southside domed Sikh temple in a rapidly growing upscale residential neighbourhood.

“It’s a huge change for all of us. I’m against that building — period,” Monica Paredes said to applause from many of the crowd of several hundred at the...

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A Fight for Sikhs In the Curriculum

February 12, 2010

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Sikh Coalition

http://www.sikhcoalition.org/advisories/FightforSikhs.htm

Over the past 8 months, the Sikh Coalition has partnered with Texas Sikhs to press the state to include information on Sikhs in the mandatory state-wide public school curriculum. 

After months of intense work, the Coalition excitedly reports that a preliminary draft of the new curriculum standards requires information on...

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United Sikh Provide Hot Meals for Haitian Families

February 11, 2010

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Sikh Times

http://www.emgonline.co.uk/news.php?news=8846

UNITED SIKHS is providing urgent legal advocacy services and serving Langgar (traditional Sikh community hot meals) to Haitian families in NYC impacted by the earthquake and to Haitian repatriates who have arrived in the US. 

Legal assistance is being provided at the New York Haitian Earthquake Family Resource Center at the New York National Guard...

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Putting Their Best Facial Hair Forward

February 11, 2010

Author: Alex Spanko

Source: The Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/fashion/articles/2010/02/11/beard_mustache_idea_is_really_growing/

Todd Easton didn’t want to part with his bushy beard during the cold winter months. So to justify his decision to remain hairy, he did what any upstanding facial hair enthusiast would do: He pitched a beard and mustache competition to the Somerville Arts...

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Sikh Gurdwara Organises Swine Flu Injections for Community

February 10, 2010

Author: Satnam Singh Khalsa

Source: The Sikh Times

http://www.emgonline.co.uk/news.php?news=8827

An initiative lead by the Gurdwara has allowed the Sikh community to take preventive steps against the much-feared affliction, Swine Flu shots were administered on February 7, Sunday, to members of the sangat at Gurdwara Sahib, Fremont. Calfornia Disease Control (CDL) has declared Swine Flu as a pandemic disease that originates from animals and spreads from...

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