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Ancient frescoes reignite debate over women priests http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25021623 Fresco with a figure with outstretched hands one of the contested images showing a woman with outstretched hands The re-opening of a labyrinth of catacombs in Rome has reignited a debate...

Sikh priests raped prostitute after she turned down sex demands By Grant McCabe - DAILY RECORD - 28 Oct 2012 00:01 TWO Sikh holy men raped a prostitute after she ignored their demands for sex. Gurnam Singh, 30, and Sukhdev Singh, 36, stalked their 26-year-old victim before pouncing...

High priests may discuss split gurpurabs next week Dharmendra Rataul - INDIAN EXPRESS - Fri Jan 07 2011 Amritsar : While some Sikhs celebrated Guru Gobind Singh’s birth anniversary on Wednesday, others will celebrate it next Tuesday, January 11. This confusion over dates arose thanks to...

RAAGMALA ROW Patna Sahib Jathedar not invited to meeting of Sikh high priests Perneet Singh Tribune News Service Amritsar, December 13 The forthcoming meeting of Sikh high priests on December 15 will not see the participation of Takht Sri Patna Sahib Jathedar Giani Iqbal Singh as he has...

Tribune News Service Amritsar, August 7. To prevent eruption of controversies over books and films based on the Sikh religion, gurbani, history and culture, the five Sikh high priests have directed the SGPC to constitute a “censor board” comprising Sikh scholars to examine and clear books and...

Ordination of women priests a crime against faith: Vatican AFP, Jul 15, 2010, 05.54pm IST <!-- google_ad_section_start -->VATICAN CITY: The ordination of women as Roman Catholic priests is a "crime against the faith," the Vatican said Thursday as it issued a raft of new disciplinary...

Sikh high priests to meet on 1984 anti-Sikh riots 2010-06-30 23:20:00 A meeting of the five Sikh high priests is likely to be convened by the Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of the Sikh religion, to discuss whether the 1984 anti-Sikh riots should be designated a genocide. Akal Takht...

Hindustan Times 　 Amritsar, June 06, 2010 First Published: 21:24 IST(6/6/2010) Last Updated: 21:28 IST(6/6/2010) Excommunicated get apology chance: Sikh high priests The Sikh high priests in a meeting at the Akal Takht on Sunday announced that all those excommunicated from the panth...

Priests may give more time to Darshan Singh To hold meeting today Varinder Singh Tribune News Service The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Punjab Amritsar, January 28 The Sikh high priests are likely to...

Nanakshahi Calendar High priests refer issue to SGPC’s executive panel Neeraj Bagga Tribune News Service Amritsar, December 30 The five Sikh high priests here today decided to get approval of the executive committee of...

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source: http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20091228/punjab.htm#2 Nanakshahi Calendar Sikh priests to discuss changes today Neeraj Bagga/Tribune News Service Amritsar, December 27 Various Sikh organisations, formers jathedars and some members of the Nanakshahi Calender Committee are up in...

source: INDIAN CATHOLIC : Sikh priests protest to save jobs Sikh priests protest to save jobs Published : August 25 2009 Groups of Sikh priests have protested an order that could disbar men under the age of 30 and over 60 years to be employed in gurdwaras across Punjab, Haryana and...

Tribune News Service (Mamal) Pahalgam, May 4 This is a place where politicians need to come and take a few lessons in secularism. After militancy forced Hindus to migrate from the Kashmir valley in the 1990s, Muslims have been acting as "priests" and "caretakers" of the ancient Mamalaka...

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian government has advised the 100,000-strong Sikh community in the country to train priests locally to reduce dependence on those from India. But the Sikhs have cited problems similar to those of the much larger Tamil Hindu community. "Local Sikh youths are not...

Five Sikh high priests will meet at Akal Takht on Wednesday to discuss the proposal of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee to put a ban on extravagant marriages. The Sikh clergy might issue some directions, asking the community to not to be pompous and organise night marriage parties...

Pakistani activists of Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee Gurdwara Dera Sahib protest against the Dera Sacha Sauda sect in Lahore, 24 May 2007. Sikh priests have rejected an apology from a religious sect for adverts showing its leader dressed as a revered guru which triggered violence in Punjab...

Sikh priests have rejected an apology from a religious sect for adverts showing its leader dressed as a revered guru which triggered violence in Punjab, a senior cleric said. More...

AMRITSAR, India (AFP) - Sikh priests have rejected an apology from a religious sect for adverts showing its leader dressed as a revered guru which triggered violence in Punjab, a senior cleric said Wednesday. More...

In a delicate balancing act, seen as a move to avoid hardliners from hijacking the agenda, the Sikh high priests today came up with a calibrated response to the Dera Sacha Sauda s apology for portraying its chief in clothes associated with Guru Gobind Singh. The priests of the Akal Takht...