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Sikhism is a generally forgiving and compassionate religion but it is not a passive religion. In self-defense it is not uncommon for a Sikh to take a do or die stand as appropriate. The incident in Oak Creek, Wisconsin and the accounts of bravery by Satwant Singh Kaleka have been recently...

What the Sikhs Taught Me By Kevin B. Lee This is a photo of me taken in 2008. I was in the middle of a five-year personal journey with the Sikh community, during which I seriously contemplated adopting the Sikh faith as my own. It was the most intensive and productive period of spiritual growth...

The mass shooting of a gurdwara (Sikh temple) in Wisconsin on Sunday is merely the latest chapter in a history of violence. In the months following the attacks of 9/11, more than 300 incidences of hate crimes against Sikhs were reported, according to the Sikh Coalition (PDF). Though their...

-- Ever since they arrived in the U.S. as farmers and lumber mill workers in the late 19th century, Sikhs have struggled with how little Americans knew about the faith. In 1907, a mob in Bellingham, Wash., who called Sikhs "the Hindus," ran them out of town. (Bellingham officials apologized...

Today, we are all American Sikhs By Valarie Kaur, Special to CNN updated 11:01 AM EDT, Mon August 6, 2012 People gather outside a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, where a gunman killed six people Sunday. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Valarie Kaur's Sikh grandfather faced discrimination when he...

US sikhs question the logic of SGPC announcing probe panel I P Singh, TNN | Aug 7, 2012, 08.40PM IST JALANDHAR: NRI Sikhs and even some leaders of SGPC and Shiromani Akali Dal have been left wondering that SGPC President Avtar Singh Makkar has announced to form a three member committee...

Could any body throw light on Brahmin Sikhs? I want to get knowledge about dem.

Sikhs Killed in USA Terror Attack on Sikh Gurdwara (place of worship) Dr Harcharan Gill, who was at the scene said, "The police response was quick but the paramedic team waited for almost two hours to go inside the Gurdwara building, sensing the possibility of of another shooter, which was...

Hello there. I'm fairly new to anything related to Sikhism (was only made curious by a video regarding the Golden Temple's kitchen, and have been digging in to as much reading as possible in the last few days as a result), and I have some questions. I'm sure that, with enough time, I could find...

Gurfateh, On a post the other day, I wrote something to the effect that the path of the flesh leads to death, while the path of God leads to eternal life. Later that night I was musing about the concept of eternal life, and how it fitted in with my thoughts regarding death as being basically the...

My question arises because I have been talking to a Sikh guy who I really like. I found out his last name is a Ramgharia name, and locally I have been going to Gurdwara with mostly Sikhs who are Jatt background... But aren't Sikhs supposed to shun caste completely? Why does it still persist in...

Gurfatehji I always thought of the SGGS as the 11th Master, the 11th Guru, to be treated as per the previous 10. However it appears the SGGS should not to be treated with the same love and affection we hold our Guru's. It requires more than that, and is should be afforded the ultimate respect...

Gurfateh I find myself analysing stories of the Gurus, pictures of the Gurus, and discovering contradictions constantly. Take for instance the way the Gurus are often presented in picture. Normally sitting on a raised cot, with people fawning all over them. The Gurus were a model of...

For a long time, I have been going through some granths that have been accepted as prime resources of Sikh references.But to me many of these sources make no logical sense.However, that would be a subject for another day.They generally third and fourth person written..often claied to have been...

Hello! Gora here from Halifax, NS Canada. I am new to Sikhism and have some questions... but I'll give you a bit of background how I found this beautiful faith first: All through my life, I have had some deeply personal spiritual experiences that put my birth religion into question. Those...

Fremont, California: UNITED SIKHS launches UMEED (Hope) - National Family Resource Center with a toll free hotline - 1-855 US-UMEED (1-855-878-6333) to assist with Community Empowerment and Education...

SARBAT KHALSA & GURMATA I.J. Singh In a few days, July 21st to be exact, the Sikh Research Institute (SikhRI.org) holds a daylong community retreat on what for Sikhs is the age old and revered but neglected idea of Sarbat Khalsa. In the popular Sikh mind the concepts of Gurmata and...

General Zoravaar Singh was the Conqueror of LEH Ladakh and reached the triangle where India-Russia meet China....shaking the British to their roots due to the fear of Khalsa Raaj coperation with the Russians would have serious consequences for the British in India...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2019547/Anjem-Choudary-Islamic-extremists-set-Sharia-law-zones-UK-cities.html With increasing Moslem populations in Western countries, it does seem that at some point within the next few centuries, Moslems will demand Shariah in countries where they have...

Waheguruji ka Khalsa, Waheguruji ki Fateh! (You can skip these two paragraphs if you like, they're not so important in relation to the thread!) Hey everyone, I'm sure some have you have seen me around and you might already know that I'm an Irish singh who was born here and raised Catholic; I've...