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Militant Sikhs ruin wedding after barricading temple They were opposed to multi-faith marriage http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4411170/Militant-Sikhs-ruin-wedding-after-barricading-temple.html

Here's a story of Dr. Yogi Kaur who not only brought tears in my eyes but also fired up the desire to make attitude changes amongst Punjabi Sikhs. Please read the story and give your views on the various aspects pointed out by her as follows:- http://www.searchsikhism.com/si1.html

Sikhs protest against sexual exploitation of community women by UK Muslims gangs London , Sun, 01 Jul 2012 - ANI London, July 1 (ANI): Dozens of far-right English Defence League (EDL) have joined protests by radical Sikhs in the town of Luton, which is about 50 km north of London...

Yes it is my first question . As in japuji saheb first two words are "ek onkar satnam" and correct me if i am wrong it means "ek onkar satnam is his only true name" . So i want to ask who used the word "waheguru" first among our gurus. And what is the meaning of it. Is waheguru the name of god...

A Punjabi cultural Sikh (me, astroboy) wants to know what draws people to the Sikh faith. An article which I just read only increases my curiosity as what really interests people from other faiths to be drawn to Sikhism. Here's the article I am talking about...

Waheguru ji ka khalsa, Waheguru ji kee fateh, I'm not sure if im posting this in the right thread, since I'm new to this site, butttt...... What makes the difference between a normal person and a sant? Like, what are the qualities of a sant, and the things that make them stand out...

This past Friday, the White House hosted the first-ever policy briefing on Sikh civil rights issues. Amardeep Singh, Director of Programs for the Sikh Coalition and Commissioner for the White House Initiative on Asian American and Pacific Islanders, opened the event with a jakara, a...

Sikhs Open a Water Treatment Plant in Haiti Over 5000 Survivors of the 2010 Earthquake have Access to Clean Drinking Water. UNITED SIKHS honored with a Haitian National Flag. In its continuous efforts to rebuild and...

"We will serve Langgar along the route of the Olympic Torch Relay on 21st July 2012 when Fauja Singh carries the torch. We are asking Sikh gurdwaras, organisations and individuals to contact us to sign up for this seva," said Parvinder Kaur, UNITED SIKHS Project Manager of the Langgar 2012...

The following is a transcript of emails that I found extremely interesting, it begins with an email from the atheist society complaining about how they are finding it hard to expose Sikhism as a religious doctrine, as it appears to be more a way of life. Dear Ali, please help us. We were...

Sikhs don’t make much religion news. They don’t go on TV announcing their intention to burn Korans; they don’t loudly forecast apocalypse; and they have not had to defend their faith as one of them races to be president of the United States. But the Sikh community caught my...

UNITED SIKHS endorses and supports the Anti-Bullying Caucus created by Congressman Mike Honda. In 2012, at least 13 million children will be teased, taunted, and physically assualted by their peers, making bullying the most burning issue and a common form of violence. Thousands of...

I heard awhile ago that divorce is not allowed in Sikhism. I also heard Sikhs can only marry other Sikhs. So I would like to know... If a person converts to Sikhism and their spouse isn't Sikh, do they have to leave them?

Waheguru ji ka khalsa waheguru ji ki fateh! My name is Azura, and I am a Muslim born in Malaysia.. I have a problem, I want to convert to Sikhism (not the problem) and my parents are OK with it, but I heard the government can get me into trouble if I convert to any religion if born a Muslim...

WJKK WJKf, recently I was studying about Baba Deep Singh etc.. fighting headless what do you think, is it true? How we can explain that, any facts or something? Biologycoly it is possible - because the nerves live a short time after severed from veines(Aorta), nerves etc. Most Gora Sikhs dont...

Knowing that in life you can have ups and downs and also knowing that our own Guru's were put into prisons by the state's of their times. What support do Sikhs get from their own communities when things go wrong? Recently The case of Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana comes to mind, but what do we do as...

I am trying to understand how much atheism is compatible with sikhism.

Infinite Courage: Sikhs as Warriors by I.J. Singh If anyone knows anything at all about Sikhs it is their martial antecedents. It is usually the first and often the only topic that Sikhs and non-Sikhs touch upon when the subject is Sikhs or Sikhi. Their narrative of courage and as warriors is...

I regret being to lazy to take more action than I did years back but here's the deal 3 years ago it stated Sikh extremists did this and that during 1984 nothing of the oppression the government inflicted this was in Texas, it was world history, a small section with Indra Gandhi's photo, I...

Well under the this topic, i have a question about Baba Sri Chand the son of Guru Nanak Dev ji. 1) Why do a majority of sikhs reject Baba Sri Chand as an important figure in sikhism?