Sikhism

Sikh Attack Sparks Fears At Blackburn Temple

January 20, 2010

Author: James Dowling

Source: Whitehorse Leader

http://whitehorse-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/sikh-attack-sparks-fears-at-blackburn-temple/

Blackburn's Sikh temple has asked local police to beef up patrols in the wake of an arson attack on a smaller temple last week.

Temple president Darshan Singh asked police to increase security patrols around the Blackburn place of worship on...

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Abbotsford Sikh Community Comes to Aid Of Earthquake Victims

January 19, 2010

Author: A. Kaur

Source: Global Sikh News

http://sikhsangat.org/2010/01/abbotsford-sikh-community-comes-to-aid-of-earthquake-victims/

The Sikh community in Abbotsford is responding in force to help victims of the earthquake in Haiti. Surdev Singh Jatana, secretary-treasurer of the temple on Blueridge Drive, said members of the Gurdwara Sahib Kalgidhar Darbar have pledged thousands of dollars to a region-wide...

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SC Rejects Plea for Separate Religious Identity for Sikhs

January 19, 2010

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Indian Express

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sc-rejects-plea-for-separate-religious-identity-for-sikhs/569032/

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition requesting a separate religious identity for Sikhs. 

The petition filed by J S Sethi said the community which is issued birth certificates under the Hindu law faces an uphill task to...

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Rum Bottle Thrown At Malaysia Mosque Amid Tension

January 16, 2010

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Washington Post

Wire Service: AP

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/16/AR2010011600848.html

Vandals threw a rum bottle at a mosque in the first attack on a Muslim house of worship after almost a dozen similar assaults on churches in Malaysia the past week, police said Saturday.

Police have dismissed the attacks as...

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Sikhs Call for Security After Melbourne Temple Attack

January 15, 2010

Author: Lauren Wilson

Source: The Australian

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/sikhs-call-for-security-after-melbourne-temple-attack/story-e6frg6nf-1225819478091

The president of Melbourne's largest Sikh temple has requested additional night-time security from Victoria Police in the wake of an arson attack on another Sikh temple earlier this week.

The...

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Muslim And Sikh Boxers Fight to Overturn Beard Ban

January 13, 2010

Author: Catrin Nye

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/8451615.stm

Muslim and Sikh groups are challenging a ruling which bans amateur boxers from the ring if they have a beard.

The Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) recently ruled that all fighters had to be clean shaven to allow cuts to the face to be seen.

It came after Mohammed Patel, a 25-year-old bearded Muslim boxer from Bolton, was stopped...

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Stones Thrown At Malaysian Sikh Temple Following Religious Row

January 13, 2010

Author: January 13, 2010

Source: The Times Online

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6985866.ece

Malaysian Sikhs have become the latest group to be dragged into a violent controversy about the use of the word Allah, with the stoning of Sikh temple following a series of arson attacks on Christian churches.

Vandals damaged a mirror, but caused no injuries, when they threw stones into the courtyard of the...

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Dream Comes True for Sikh Community With New Gurdwara In Lemington Spa

January 13, 2010

Author: Staff Writer

Source: World Sikh News

http://worldsikhnews.com/13%20January%202010/Dream%20comes%20true%20for%20sikh.htm

A dream of the Sikh community has finally come true after a very long wait of a Gurudwara, which can accommodate the needs of the growing Sikh community in Leamington andWarwick.

Over 2000 members of the Sikh congregation joined in the Nagar Keertan on 25 October to celebrate...

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Afghanistan: Dwindling Sikh Community Struggles to Endure In Kabul

January 12, 2010

Author: Elissa Bogos

Source: Eurasia Insight

http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insightb/articles/eav011210.shtml

For many years, Sikhs were a prominent part of Kabul’s commercial scene, occupying prominent positions as traders, entrepreneurs, and, later, currency exchange specialists. But in today’s Afghanistan, many Sikhs find themselves marginalized and struggling to maintain their distinct cultural profile in...

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Thieves Target Vehicles At Sikh Temples

January 7, 2010

Author: Rochelle Baker

Source: BC Local News

http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/80923982.html

Police are looking to the public to help identify suspects that may be stealing valuables from cars at a number of Sikh temples throughout the Lower Mainland.

The suspects seem to be targeting the South Asian community by breaking into vehicles outside Sikh temples, or gurdwaras, and South Asian markets, said Const. Ian MacDonald.

“There appears...

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Sikh Sangat Rings In the New Year With Guru

January 7, 2010

Author: Satnam Singh Khalsa

Source: SikhNet

http://www.sikhnet.com/news/sikh-sangat-rings-new-year-guru

In an experience purely spiritual in nature, the Sikh Sangat here preferred to ring in the New Year in the presence of the Guru at Gurdwara Sahib, Fremont, participating in a 27-hour long Keertan and Katha Darbar that began at 5:30 pm on December 31, 2009 and went on till 9:30 pm o fJanuary 1, 2010. 

As the sangat...

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French Sikhs Bringing Turban Ban Issue to Delhi

January 6, 2010

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Samachaar

Wire Service: IANS

http://www.samachaar.in/International/French_Sikhs_bringing_turban_ban_issue_to_Delhi_97468/

A delegation of Sikhs from France will land in New Delhi Thursday for the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD), the annual gathering of the Indian diaspora, to highlight the continuing problem of the ban of Sikh turbans in France....

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Sikhs Strive to Keep Language Alive

January 3, 2010

Author: Jonah Owen Lamb

Source: The Fresno Bee

http://www.fresnobee.com/local/story/1768283.html

There's a lasting link between the 35-character alphabet used to write Punjabi and the Sikh religion.

The Sikh scriptures and the Punjabi language of many Sikhs were written in a script known as Gurmukhi. So to be fully initiated into the religion, you must know how to read it.

That has created a problem for the Sikh community of Livingston...

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Knighthood for UK's First Sikh Judge

December 31, 2009

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Zee News

http://www.zeenews.com/news591744.html

Mota Singh, who is the UK's first Sikh and Asian judge, has been knighted by the British Queen.

London-based Singh, who is also a Queen's Counsel, has been knighted in the Queen's New Year Honours List for "services to the Administration of Justice, Community Relations and to the Voluntary Sector". 

His decision to wear a white turban in court, instead of a wig,...

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