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  1. spnadmin

    USA Sikhs Seen As 'Hate Crime' Targets In US (VOA Video)

    Sikhs Seen as 'Hate Crime' Targets in US Jerome Socolovsky See video at this link http://www.voanews.com/content/sikhs-hate-crime-us/1672693.html WASHINGTON — One night several years ago, Amandeep Singh Sidhu, a Washington lawyer who wears a turban, went to a blues club with his...
  2. Tejwant Singh

    Sikhism Needs Liberal Democracy

    Sikhism Needs Liberal Democracy Ameek Singh Federal Financial Analyst, Accenture Posted: 03/01/2013 11:37 pm The West is the last place Sikh leaders have looked to for institutional guidance. To those who know our story, this should come as no surprise. Our parents immigrated to...
  3. spnadmin

    1984 Anti-Sikh Pogrom Sikhs For Justice V. Congress (I) – US Court Order For Pretrial Hearing On May 29

    Sikhs for Justice v. Congress (I) – US Court order for pretrial hearing on May 29 http://www.sikhsiyasat.net/2013/05/26/sikhs-for-justice-v-congress-i-us-court-order-for-pretrial-hearing-on-may-29/ New York, United States (May 25, 2013): A Federal Court in Manhattan will hear 1984 Sikh...
  4. Tejwant Singh

    United Sikhs UNITED SIKHS AID Team Assists In Oklahoma Tornado Relief Efforts Highlights

    UNITED SIKHS AID Team Assists in Oklahoma Tornado Relief Efforts Highlights: First UNITED SIKHS Aid Team arrived in Moore, Oklahoma to Assess Damages UNITED SIKHS Aid Team are on ground with emergency supplies Donate to help those in need Moore, Oklahoma – UNITED SIKHS...
  5. spnadmin

    Pacific Australia Mulls Allowing Sikhs To Wear Turban At Work

    Australia mulls allowing Sikhs to wear turban at work http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/other-news/Australia-mulls-allowing-Sikhs-to-wear-turban-at-work/articleshow/20225248.cms SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has said that she would look into the issue of allowing...
  6. spnadmin

    USA Sikhs Rights Group To Challenge Dismissal Of Case Against Badal

    Sikh Rights group to challenge dismissal of case against Punjab chief minister in US Not a case of mistaken identity http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/sikh-rights-group-to-challenge-dismissal-of-case-against-punjab-chief-minister-in-us-369026 Washington: A US-based Sikh group today said...
  7. Admin

    Sikh News Hidden, In Plain Sight - The Sikligar Sikhs

    India, May 19 -- A gunshot pierces the air on a dark night in Jalgaon City in northern Maharashtra. A young man shouts: "Jo bole so nihaal." "Sat Sri Akaal!" comes the thundering response from nearly 150 residents of a small slum settlement in the city's Tamapur neighbourhood. The cry is...
  8. spnadmin

    USA Textbooks Terming Sikhs As "terrorists." (online Petition)

    US: Text books spotted terming Sikhs as “terrorists”; Sikh Coalition initiates action By Parmjit Singh http://www.sikhsiyasat.net/2013/05/18/us-text-books-spotted-terming-sikhs-as-terrorists-sikh-coalition-initiates-action/ New York, United States (May 18, 2013): The Sikh Coalition has...
  9. Chaan Pardesi

    Heritage Sikhs Making Their History In Malaysia

    By Gurcharan Singh, Kuala Lumpur-London It is often said Malaya was the "first foreign country the Sikhs went to from Punjab". This is, oh so very wrong! The very first foreign country the Sikhs went to was Afghanistan.But, in addition to the later migrants, there were already Sikh...
  10. Archived_Member16

    Canada Sikhs For Service

    Sikhs for Service By Surrey Leader Published: May 15, 2013 01:00 PM Updated: May 15, 2013 01:361 PM Sikhs for Service, a community organization dedicated to serve the Lower Mainland, has established of The Bhagat Puran Singh Sikh Community Bursary for students with disabilities at...
  11. Ambarsaria

    Sikhism Creator/God: Omnipresent, Omnipotent, Omniscient

    Let us review the commonly understood definitions from English vocabulary. Omnipresent present everywhere at the same time Omnipotent Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful Omniscient having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding...
  12. SaintSoldier1699

    Sikh & Khalsa

    Lately I have been contemplating about the universal truth that is in Guru Granth Sahib and becoming clear in seeing it as its own entity in regards to making a human a "Sikh", I use Sikh in the loosest term, regardless of caste, colour, gender, creed, sexual orientation, diet, dress etc. This...
  13. FranglophonePunjabi

    I Am Sort Of New To Sikhism

    Hello everyone, I am kind of new to Sikhism and have a few questions I'd like cleared up. Basically, I am a Canadian-born Punjabi guy, born to parents who are Sikh only by name. Outside of going to the Gurdwara a few times a month, and participating in Sikh and Hindu holidays, my upbringing...
  14. Archived_Member16

    USA For Sikhs And Muslims, Fear After A Terror Attack

    For Sikhs and Muslims, fear after a terror attack By Valarie Kaur, Washington Post - Published: April 23 With the news that two suspects of the Boston Marathon bombing are accounted for, one dead and the other in custody, I breathed a sigh of relief. A terror-stricken week that began with...
  15. spnadmin

    Opinion Sikhism Needs Liberal Democracy

    Sikhism Needs Liberal Democracy by Ameek Singh http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ameek-singh/sikhism-needs-liberal-dem_b_2799966.html?utm_hp_ref=sikhism The West is the last place Sikh leaders have looked to for institutional guidance. To those who know our story, this should come as...
  16. aristotle

    India Punjabi Singer KS Makhan Becomes Khalsa

    JALANDHAR: Famous Punjab singer KS Makhan began a new innings of his life by becoming a true Sikh. For the purpose he took Khande Bate Da Amrit (process of baptizing). Influenced by massive gathering and religious fervor of thousands of Sikhs on the occasion at a Baisakhi programme at a...
  17. S

    General Sikhism And Salvation

    In continuation of the discussion on Salvation in the thread http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/sikh-youth/40469-repercussions-of-cutting-my-hair-post182701.html Concept of Salvation Mukhti/Moksh/Mokh is most prevelant in Hinduism also. The word Mokh is present multiple times in Guru Granth Sahib...
  18. L

    Hi I'm Interested In Sikhism

    Hi. my name is cameron. im 17. and i am interested in getting closer to Sikhism and closer to God and having more of it in my life. as i really like the sikh way of life. I dont have any religion or faith right now but i want to. Any advice?
  19. Rory

    Universality, Intention In Sikhism & Other Religions

    A few things which struck suddenly 5 minutes ago about "revealed" religions (I include Sikhi in this to an extent) - if a person is somehow stranded on a desert island, or for some reason it is impossible for them to learn about the religion, what happens then? Or what happens if you are...
  20. spnadmin

    Heritage Punjabi By Nature: Sikhs Who Made Africa Their Home

    Punjabi by Nature: Sikhs Who Made Africa Their Home Khushwant Singh http://www.hindustantimes.com/Punjab/Chandigarh/Punjabi-by-nature-The-Sikhs-who-made-Africa-their-home/SP-Article1-1031362.aspx Recently, someone gifted me with a unique present – a 2013 calendar on the Sikhs of Africa...
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