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  1. Archived_Member16

    USA Southern Baptists Want To Evangelize To Sikhs

    Southern Baptists want to evangelize to Sikhs On August 13, 2012 At 6:14 pm After the tragic shooting, at a Sikhs temple, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the Southern Baptists want to share the Gospel with the Sikhs. They view this as “an unprecedented opportunity to reach out to their Sikh...
  2. Archived_Member16

    Opinion Underneath The Turban: Why Sikhs Do Not Hide?

    Underneath the Turban: Why Sikhs Do Not Hide Valarie Kaur and Simran Jeet Singh - Huffington Post - 08/13/2012 8:00 am Why do we wear turbans?" Nearly every Sikh American who grows up in the U.S. asks their families this question and as two Sikh Americans who maintain our faith, we were...
  3. Archived_Member16

    USA Sikhs To Submit Memorandum To Obama

    HINDUSTAN TIMES Monday, August 13, 2012 Press Trust Of India Washington, August 13, 2012 Sikhs to submit memorandum to Obama The Sikh community in the US plans to submit a memorandum to President Barack Obama, expressing their commitment to uphold the highest values of the...
  4. Admin

    What The Sikhs Taught Me

    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...
  5. Admin

    USA History Of Hate: Crimes Against Sikhs Since 9/11

    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...
  6. Admin

    USA American Sikhs A Small, Misunderstood Community

    -- 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...
  7. linzer

    Today, We Are All American Sikhs

    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...
  8. Archived_Member16

    USA US Sikhs Question The Logic Of SGPC Announcing Probe Panel

    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...
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    Who Are Brahmin Sikhs?

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

    United Sikhs Sikhs Killed In USA Terror Attack On Sikh Gurdwara

    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...
  11. Harkiran Kaur

    General Why Does Caste Still Persist With Sikhs?

    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...
  12. Chaan Pardesi

    Hemkunt-Sikhs Chasing Shadows Of Brahmanwaad!

    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...
  13. findingmyway

    United Sikhs UNITED SIKHS Launches A Toll Free Helpline To Assist Immigrant Communities

    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...
  14. Rory

    Shariah & Implications For Sikhs?

    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...
  15. Rory

    Sects 3HO "Gora Sikhs" & Miri Piri Academy - What Do You Think?

    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...
  16. Archived_Member16

    USA "Militant" Sikhs Ruin Wedding After Barricading Temple

    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
  17. Archived_Member16

    UK Sikhs Protest Against Sexual Exploitation Of Community Women By UK Muslims Gangs

    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...
  18. findingmyway

    Legal Sikhs & Civil Rights: Standing On The Shoulders Of Dr. King

    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...
  19. findingmyway

    United Sikhs Sikhs Open A Water Treatment Plant In Haiti

    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...
  20. findingmyway

    United Sikhs UNITED SIKHS Launches Olympics Langgar Pre-Events

    "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...
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