Sikhism

Sikhs Find a Home for Worship In Alabama

December 27, 2009

Author: Jeremy Gray

Source: The Birmingham News

http://blog.al.com/birmingham-news-stories/2009/12/sikhs_find_a_home_for_worship.html

In what was once Sonrise Community Church, the growing number of Sikhs living in the Birmingham area have started Alabama's first Sikh temple.

Sikhism, one of the world's major religions, originated in the 16th century but until recently there were too few followers in the...

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Sikh[s] Can Carry Kirpans to Olympics Events In Canada

December 26, 2009

Author: A. Kaur

Source: Global Sikh News

http://sikhsangat.org/2009/12/sikh-can-carry-kirpans-to-olympics-events-in-canada/

Sikhs will be able to carry a kirpan, or ceremonial knife, to Olympic events if they adhere to a number of conditions, the Vancouver 2010 Integrated Security Unit has announced.

ISU doesn’t expect the religious item will pose an additional risk at venues.

Anyone wearing a...

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Sikh Inmates Caught In Maze Of Vague Rules

December 24, 2009

Author: Sunita Sohrabji

Source: SikhNet/India West

http://www.sikhnet.com/news/sikh-inmates-caught-maze-vague-rules

California state prisons continue to operate under a patchwork mosaic of policy for accommodating Sikh religion-mandated turbans and beards, despite three-year-old regulations specifically crafted to meet the community’s religious requirements.

Many state prison facilities are unaware that the California...

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Women Executives Elected to Halifax Gurdwara

December 24, 2009

Author: Jagpal Singh Tiwana

Source: SIkhNet

http://www.sikhnet.com/news/women-executives-elected-halifax-gurdwara

At its annual General Body meeting held on December 20, 2009 Maritime Sikh Society, Halifax, Canada elected all women office bearers to run the Gurdwara for the year 2010.

This is not the first time that a woman has been elected President of this Gurdwara. In 1993, when Mrs. Gurdip Kaur Toor was elected...

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Kaur Foundation Signs Educational Partnership With Maryland Public School System

December 24, 2009

Author: Staff Writer

Source: SikhNet

http://www.sikhnet.com/news/kaur-foundation-signs-educational-partnership-maryland-public-school-system

A pioneering partnership with the Kaur Foundation will build understanding and appreciation for the Sikh culture, customs, and perspectives in Howard County Public School classrooms and communities. The partnership was formalized with an official signing at...

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For the Holidays, County Sikhs Meld Religious Celebrations With Christmas Traditions

December 23, 2009

Author: Erin Donaghue

Source: The Gazette

http://www.gazette.net/stories/12232009/bethnew184058_32563.php

To tree or not to tree? It's only one of the many dilemmas county Sikhs are faced with around the holiday season. And for followers of the faith, there seems to be just as many approaches to melding their own traditions with the Santas, reindeer, presents and elves that are pervasive in the communities in which they live.

For...

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Sikh Youth Attacked In U.S.

December 20, 2009

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Hindu

http://www.hindu.com/2009/12/20/stories/2009122061572200.htm

A Sikh graduate student, working as a part-time pizza delivery boy in West Texas, was brutally assaulted, said the Sikh Coalition, an advocacy group.

When the young man, whose identity has been withheld for his protection, brought pizzas for delivery at a house, four men started eating them without paying, while hurling racial...

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Dixie Sikh Gurudwara THINK GREEN

December 18, 2009

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Global Sikh News

http://sikhsangat.org/2009/12/dixie-sikh-gurudwara-think-green/

Dixie Gurdwara is getting solar panels. Even as world leaders in Copenhagen are struggling to take positive decisions, the local Sikh community is setting an example and taking the lead to go climate friendly. Mississauga’s Dixie Gurdwara is going be the first temple in North America to go green.

“Solar panels...

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Pakistan’s Minority Minister Orders Inquiry Into Gurdwara Land Deal

December 18, 2009

Author: Ravinder Singh Robin

Source: Thaindian News

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/pakistans-minority-minister-orders-inquiry-into-gurdwara-land-deal_100291516.html

Taking note of the deal of a land belonging to the Sikh Gurdwara in Pakistan, the Pakistan federal minister of minority has ordered an inquiry and directed authorities to submit the report at...

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Sikhs Removed From US Airways Flight Reach Settlement

December 16, 2009

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Times of India

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Sikhs-removed-from-US-Airways-flight-reach-settlement/articleshow/5343701.cms

Three Sikh musicians, removed from a flight at the Sacramento airport in California about a year ago, have received an apology and an undisclosed amount from the US Airways under a settlement with the airlines....

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US Army Accepts a Second Sikh With Turban And Beard Intact

December 12, 2009

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Siasat Daily

http://www.siasat.com/english/news/us-army-accepts-second-sikh-turban-and-beard-intact

The US Army has agreed to accept a second Sikh, Captain Tejdeep Singh Rattan, with his Sikh identity intact after an eight month long campaign by a Sikh advocacy group.

Rattan, a military dentist, had refused to remove his 'dastaar' (turban) or shave his hair as a condition of...

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First White House Celebration Of Birth Anniversary Of Guru Nanak Dev, Founder Of Sikhism

December 12, 2009

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Sikh Council on Religion and Education

http://www.sikhcouncilusa.org/article.aspx?article=gurunanak09

'Welcome to the White House' was the greeting with which Christina M. Tchen, head of the White House office of Public Engagement office, greeted a room full of Sikh men with all kinds of colorful turbans and ladies with traditional Punjabi dress, gathered to celebrate Guru Nanak's birth-anniversary for the...

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Sikh Temple Offers Prayers to Four Slain Police And Others Who Serve

December 7, 2009

Author: Kie Relyea

Source: The News Tribune/The Bellingham Herald

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/984013.html

Worshippers at the Guru Nanak Gursikh Temple paid tribute on Sunday, Dec. 6, to the four Lakewood police officers who were shot and killed a week ago - thanking them, along with law enforcement in Whatcom County, for protecting their communities.

"It has been a shocking thing for all of us," said Satpal...

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Standing Room Only As Council Considers Sikh Temple Proposal

December 7, 2009

Author: Scott Tracey

Source: Guelph Mercury

http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/article/571928

The 160-seat public gallery in the new city council chamber was not big enough for a planning meeting Monday night, as councillors considered a rezoning application which would allow a Sikh temple on Clair Road.

The audience was largely men in turbans and women in saris, representatives of Guelph’s growing Sikh population.

Dr. Ravi Rai,...

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Sikh Sues Ind. Airport Bus Co. for Discrimination

December 3, 2009

Author: Ken Kusmer

Source: Google News

Wire Service: AP

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A Sikh man sued an Atlanta-based company that provides shuttlebus service at Indianapolis International Airport, claiming it denied him a job as a driver because of his beard and turban, which he said his faith requires.

Indirjit Singh, of Greenwood, sued Air Serv Corp. in U.S. District Court in...

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