establishment

Establishment of Akal Takht The article is originally by Kapur Singh and reflects the thinking of the 20th Century, before the subsequent splintering of the quom. A somewhat different slant on the origins and role of the Jathedar of Akal Takht appears later in the thread, and is written by...

AKAL TAKHT is the primary seat of Sikh religious authority and central altar for Sikh political assembly. Through hukamnamas edicts or writs, it may issue decretals providing guidance or clarification on any point of Sikh doctrine or practice referred to it, may lay under penance personages...

The Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF), the nation’s oldest and largest Sikh American civil rights and advocacy organization, received a formal apology from Club Habits after denying entry to Mr. Harpreet Singh Multani, a turban wearing practicing Sikh American, because...