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Sat Sri Akal/Assalamualaikum/Hello everyone! I came upon this forum yesterday and though that it would be the perfect place to ask for advice. I'll try to keep the story as short as possible and would like to thank everyone that takes the time to read the entire thing. I am a 22 year old...

_/|\_ SatNam I know very little about Sikh history. I will have to look around online for some good websites. At the moment, I would love to hear about Sufis, Muslims and Hindus who befriended the Gurus and the Sikhi message. I wonder if there are any books by Muslims and Sufis who hung...

Republican Representatives: Slavery a “blessing” for African-Americans, kill the prisoners, and kick out the Muslim Americans. Source: Omid Safi, Religion News There is genuinely something racist in the soul of the America these days, and that this demon will have to be confronted and...

Source - http://www.indianexpress.com/news/i-am-a-sikh-not-a-muslim-sadique-to-hc/999074/ Adding twist to the petition challenging his election from the Bhadaur Assembly constituency in the January polls, Punjabi singer and MLA Mohammad Sadique on Thursday told the Punjab and Haryana High...

(RNS) Sikh and Muslim transit workers in New York City are celebrating the settlement of a federal lawsuit that will allow them to wear turbans on the job, in public and without affixing Metropolitan Transit Authority logos to them. They will just have to be the same blue color as the MTA...

"Do not say that the Vedas and the Koran (semitic books i.e. Bible, Torah and Qur'an) are false. Those who do not contemplate them are false." Guru Granth Sahib page 1350 We know that Guru Nanak exhorted Hindus to be good Hindus and Muslims to be good Muslims. My question is, how does this...

Can a person be both Sikh and Muslim at the same time...? Is this possible?

Muslim dedicates son to Sikh guru Sanjay Sharma, TNN | Oct 25, 2011, 05.42AM IST NANKANA SAHIB (PAKISTAN): A Muslim family that donated 19,000 acres of land to Guru Nanak before becoming his first disciple outside the Guru's family is prepared to dedicate a two-and-a-half-year-old 20th...

Over 200 spiritual leaders, including Hindus, Muslims, Jains, Sikhs and Buddhists, will attend a multi-faith meeting being hosted by Pope Benedict XVI on October 27 in Vatican to promote world peace. Pope Benedict XVI is hosting the multi-faith meeting in favour of world peace, which was...

By AMY TAXIN, The Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- A California jury found 10 Muslim students guilty Friday of disrupting the Israeli ambassador's university speech about U.S.-Israel relations, a case that stoked a debate about free speech. The jury also convicted the students of...

Islamic Law Ban In State Courts Petitioned By Muslims By Omar Sacirbey Religion News Service (RNS) As a federal appeals court in Denver considers whether Oklahoma voters had the right to ban Islamic law in state courts, a coalition of Muslim groups say they don't want to live under...

Growing Up Muslim in a Post 9/11 World Story tools Comments AAAResize Print Share and Email New America Media, News Report, Zaineb Mohammed, Posted: Sep 09, 2011 SAN FRANCISCO -- For Muslim and Sikh youth growing into adolescence in the past decade, 9/11 has either been a menacing...

Being born in a Sikh/punjabi environment and being acquainted with Baba Farid, Baba Shah Hussien, Baba Bulleh Shah and other sufis I had this idea in my mind that in the Pakistani Punjab the islam would be much similar to these teaching of sufism which are somewhat similar to Sikhism (from a...

The rababi tradition within Sikhism is associated with the first rababi, Bhai Mardana, a Muslim musician who had been a virtual lifelong companion of Guru Nanak throughout his epic travels. Remarkably, the tradition actually survived within the Golden Temple until relatively recently, and...

August 2, 2011 Italy Burqa Ban? Country Is Latest In Europe To Mull Outlawing Muslim Veils The Canadianm Press - August 2, 2011 ROME - An Italian parliamentary commission Tuesday approved a draft law banning women from wearing veils that cover their faces in public. The draft...

July 6, 2011 Muslim prayers during class time draws fire at Toronto school Charles Lewis - Last Updated: Jul 6, 2011 4:24 PM ET A Toronto school that allows Muslim students to conduct prayer sessions during class hours on school property is pushing up against the boundaries set by the...

LONDON: Leaders of Hindu, Muslim, Jain and Sikh religions in Britain are among nearly 2,000 people on Friday's royal wedding guest list that has already generated controversy over the presence and absence on it of some individuals. Among those invited to attend the high-profile wedding of...

Sparring, but few fireworks at Muslim civil rights hearing By Michelle Boorstein and Felicia Sonmez, Tuesday, March 29, 9:59 PM It was 90 minutes shorter, with noticeably less security and media attention — and fewer fireworks. But Sen. Richard J. Durbin’s hearing Tuesday on Muslim civil...

Discrimination, hate crimes against Muslim Americans rising, officials say WASHINGTON - Nearly a decade after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a new wave of bigotry and discrimination is affecting the everyday lives of many Muslim Americans, a Justice Department official and Muslim leaders said...

Gustav Niebuhr Author, 'Beyond Tolerance: Searching for Interfaith Understanding in America' Rep. Peter King: 'Are You Now, or Have You Ever Been a Radical Muslim?' When was the last time a Congressional committee decided to investigate Americans based on their religious affiliation? I...