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  1. arshdeep88

    "Prayers" Do They Really Change Things ?and For What Shall We Pray?

    Sat Sri Akal to all Spn family Members. I hope all of you are in Chardikalha and in Good health. :) Few days back one Internet Forum which was asking people to pray for 4 persons missing made me helpless and wonder a lot of things in my mind.I was helpless as i couldn't pray.The question in...
  2. M

    A Dilemma And A Question!

    Sat Shri Akal, My dilemma: I am a high school girl who wants to convert to Sikhism. My mom (although not extreamely religious herself) gets upset whenever I tell her that I do not wish to follow the Christian faith. I have not told her that I have a desire to be Sikh forfear of what her...
  3. C

    Prayers For Calm

    Dear all, I am 23, and I have noticed in many times in my life iv dealt with alot of anxiety! I always believed in prayer...yet I don't understand Punjabi so I usually read translations to understand gurbani. I have uncut hair and yet I do sometimes go through phases where I feel religion...
  4. arshdeep88

    Prayers And Wants

    It was a bright sunny day and the beginning of the week Monday,it was the day for me to go Sees Gang Gurudwara with one of my friend.This time more than anything it was my sheer restlessness that was taking me to Gurudwara and i remember yesterday's words from the friend . "yaar Arsh Baba...
  5. Tejwant Singh

    Islam No Pork And Daily Prayers. Brazilians Get Their First Muslim Soccer Team

    http://www.brazzil.com/component/content/article/255-february-2013/10611-no-pork-and-daily-prayers-brazilians-get-their-first-muslim-soccer-team.html No Pork and Daily Prayers. Brazilians Get Their First Muslim Soccer Team Written by Aurea Santos Thursday, 14 February 2013 03:01...
  6. spnadmin

    1984 Anti-Sikh Pogrom Sikh Shrine Refuses Prayers For Former Army General

    Sikh shrine refuses prayers for former Army General Gautam Dheer The family of a highly decorated hero of the 1965 war with Pakistan, Lt Gen RS Dayal, a Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) who died last year in January, was refused prayers to mark his first death anniversary by a gurdwara in Haryana...
  7. namjiwankaur

    S Asia Prayers Offered For Pakistan Girl's Recovery

    Prayers offered for Pakistan girl's recovery Teenage education-rights activist Malala Yousafzai recovering from surgery after being attacked by Pakistani Taliban. Source: Al Jazeera Video (Note: There are several videos at the original link for this article) Prayers are being offered...
  8. Archived_Member16

    USA Sikh Offers Prayers For The First Time In The History Of Republican Conventions

    Sikh offers prayers for the first time in the history of Republican conventions Agencies Posted: Aug 30, 2012 at 1338 hrs Tampa (Florida) A Sikh priest has scripted history by offering invocation at the Republican National Convention, where he was invited by the party as part of its...
  9. namjiwankaur

    Prayers I Can Say

    Hi. I haven't participated in the forums here for a long while and was never too actively involved, but I hope to come here more and more now. I am just starting out now...embracing Sikhism, though not totally. I'll see where it goes. One thing that caused me to make this step was what...
  10. Archived_Member16

    Canada Muslim Prayers During Class Time Draws Fire At Toronto School

    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...
  11. Archived_Member16

    S Asia The Death Of An Icon Of Terrorism

    May 4, 2011 The Death of an Icon By RICHARD BULLIET | AGENCE GLOBAL Osama bin Laden, the visual icon of terrorism in our fear-driven age, is gone. No one can replace him. Jihadists will doubtless commit new outrages and hatch new conspiracies. But warriors committed to sacrificing their...
  12. H

    Does Everyone Understand The Prayers At The Gurdwara

    Ok many people go to the gurudawara and i am sure most do understand what they prayers that are being said mean. Those people who really dont understand what the prayers mean what should they do about it? Not go any more? Shuold Gurudawars start teaching more about what jaap ji saib means or...
  13. spnadmin

    Judaism Jewish Prayers For Egypt's Uprising

    Jews recount at Passover their own history with the Pharaoh of Egypt - sympathies to the current Egyptian struggle run deep [Getty] Ever since the victory over the dictator of Tunisia and the subsequent uprising in Egypt, my email has been flooded with messages from Jews around the world hoping...
  14. be_still

    Questions From A New Sikh

    Hello all! I am fully ready to convert to the Sikh faith, because I believe it is the way I was meant for.. (long story). But, as a "white" women, it is hard to "be" a Sikh. I have been to my local Gurdwara, but the only other white women there talks about Kundilini, and not the religion. I am a...
  15. Chaan Pardesi

    UK Prayers Not Pints Lay Ahead For Shut Pub That Dates Back To Victorian Era

    Prayers not pints lay ahead for shut pub that dates back to Victorian era The old Sherwood Foresters A SIKH group's plan to turn an historic pub into a temple has won the backing of city council officers despite four letters of objection. The Ramgarhia Sabha Sikh took over the...
  16. Chaan Pardesi

    President Offers Prayers At Golden Temple

    Amritsar, Oct 6 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil Wednesday arrived in this Sikh holy city and offered prayers at 'Harmandar Sahib', popularly known as the Golden Temple, the holiest of Sikh shrines in the world. Dressed in an ivory-coloured saree with a deep red border and her head covered...
  17. Archived_Member16

    World Please Keep The 100,000+ Departed, Plus Injured Haitian Souls In Your Prayers !

    January 13, 2010 Quake death toll may top 100,000: Haitian PM By CBC News - CANADA Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive told CNN the death toll from the earthquake that rocked his country could be "well over 100,000." Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive told CNN Wednesday the...
  18. spnadmin

    Gurdwara - What To Expect - Prayers And Hukamnama

    This is the second part of a set of threads devoted to understanding what is happening when you first visit a Gurdwara. The images and text are taken from the About.com blog of Sukhmandir Kaur Khalsa.
  19. R

    Prayers During Gurdwara Service

    I have been going to my local Gurudwara for the past few months and I have been learning a lot. But I have questions about exactly which prayers are said for the opening, closing and the close of the Guru Granth Sahib. I have the book Sacred Sukmuni published by Sing Brothers, but I can't find...
  20. Tejwant Singh

    Absence Of Sikhi Participation At Obama's Religious Prayers

    Dear Cyber Sadh Sangat, We watched on TV when the religious prayers were being chanted/said/uttered/explained at the National Cathedral on Wednesday, Jan,21st, one day after Obama's inauguration as the President of the United States. Most of the practicing religions participated except...
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