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Kartar Lalvani, the Indian-origin founder of Vitabiotics, the largest vitamins company by sales in the UK, has been conferred an honorary professorship of University of Franche-Comte, one of the oldest universities in Europe, for his work in the field of dermatology. The post, only the second...

NDP MPs MEET SURVIVOR OF 1984 ANTI-SIKH POGROMS BIBI JAGDISH KAUR IN HONOUR OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY http://www.punjabspectrum.com/2013/12/30818 Today, members of the NDP Caucus hosted Bibi Jagdish Kaur and her son Bhai Gurdeep Singh as they shared their story of survival during...

Washington Sikhs honor Punjab Environmentalist Baba Sewa Singh By Jagdeep Singh http://www.sikhsiyasat.net/2013/06/12/washington-sikhs-honor-punjab-environmentalist-baba-sewa-singh/ Washington DC, United States (June 12, 2013): It is learnt that the Guru Gobind Singh Foundation (GGSF)...

Muslim Mother In Hollywood Charged With Honor Burnings Of Daughter For Speaking With Boy Over Internet In Hollywood, Sahar Thabit, 35, appears vying to replace Joan Crawford as the reigning “Mother Dearest” in Hollywood. Thabit is a devout Muslim who is charged with burning her...

Sat Nam _/|\_ I am still trying to find a video of the memorial service for the victims at Sandy Hook Elementary School. I've only found a couple short clips and, of course, many of the President speaking there. I am trying to find out which religions were represented there. I know of...

By ALISSA J. RUBIN http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/world/asia/doctors-and-others-buck-tradition-in-afghan-honor-attack.html?hp JALALABAD, Afghanistan — It is doubly miraculous that the young woman named Gul Meena is alive. After she was struck by an ax 15 times, slashing her head and...

Sat Nam What will you do today to honor the victims of 9/11? http://www.911day.org/ Ya Salaam! Shalom! Om Shanti Shanti Shanti! O Peace! Dear God, Please send to me the spirit of Your peace. Then send, dear Lord, the spirit of peace from me to all the world. Amen. Marianne...

It amazes me to see so many Sikh fighting and arguing with each other on the issue of hairs. Makes me wonder why are we doing this? Makes me wonder whom are we trying to change and for what purpose? Makes me also wonder what are we trying to justify?[/FONT] Honestly, the youth will get...

by Rotatrim Cutter NEW DELHI: Former sports minister Manohar Singh Gill has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, making a recommendation for conferring the Padma Award on 100-year-old Sardar Fauja Singh who stunned the world by completing the Tokyo marathon a fortnight ago. In fact...

Punjabi channel Zee Punjabi was honoured by leading Sikh religious organisations in the UK for its exemplary service to propagate Punjabi culture and Sikh values across the globe. While honouring the ZEE Punjabi team in Birmingham, Bibi Gurdev Kaur OBE., Chairperson of Sikh Naari Manch-UK...

Steinberg, legislators honor Sikh victims of Elk Grove shooting Read more: http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/04/steinberg-legislators-honor-si.html#ixzz1JLpINIdl A handful of lawmakers donned traditional Sikh headdress on the Senate floor Monday to honor two turbaned Sikh...

Turban- Symbol of Pre-eminence and Honor Principal Surjeet Singh Gurbani says that man dominates the rest of the creation as a lord: "All other forms of life are at thy service. The entire earth is thy domain." (SGGS p 337). This dominance of humans over all other forms of creation has...

PHOENIX — A jury convicted an Iraqi immigrant of second-degree murder Tuesday for running over and killing his daughter in a case prosecutors called an "honor killing." Faleh Hassan Almaleki, 50, also was convicted of aggravated assault for injuries suffered by the mother of his daughter's...

In India, Castes, Honor and Killings Intertwine KODERMA, India — When Nirupama Pathak left this remote mining region for graduate school in New Delhi, she seemed to be leaving the old India for the new. Her parents paid her tuition and did not resist when she wanted to choose her own career...

Honour cast away There would be no honour killings if India were a casteless society, says UDIT RAJ Khushboo and Shobha, two sisters from Wazirpur in Delhi, were shot dead by their own brother. Monika Chaudhary, from the same village, also married a boy from another caste – and though both...

For families at some homeless shelters, being late for dinner means missing it entirely. That's why Dawn Sjoblom said she was grateful for the free food that members of the Sikh Temple in West Jordan provided Sunday afternoon for men, women and families at the Road Home in Salt Lake City. "We...

What does the sangat think this shabad tells us? It is quite beautiful. The attached picture is of the wooden shoes of Guru Arjan Dev ji. The shabad is by Guru Nanak on Ang 1256 of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Maharaj. ਮਲਾਰ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਘਰੁ ੨ malaar mehalaa 1 ghar 2 Malaar, First Mehl, Second House: ੴ...

Blasphemy Law : Misplaced Honor And Tool For Victimization By Amna Khaishgi Copyright © 2002 qalandar Qalandar is an Islamic Interfaith magazine. --Editor Rita was a young woman living in a Christian slum in Karachi. She was the sole bread earner for her 12-member family, and her...

Honor" Killings Culture of Discrimination: A Fact Sheet on "Honor" Killings Honor Killings fact sheet (PDF) Ankara, Turkey -Ignoring the pleas of his 14-year old daughter to spare her life, Mehmet Halitogullari pulled on a wire wrapped around her neck and strangled her - supposedly to restore...

I found this on the site of a professor's blog. If you choose to watch the video embedded in this story you may find it horrifying. Although the video has been on many Internet sites since it was first aired, some of you may not have seen it. Please be warned. Anver Emon on Honour Killings...