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    Heritage Sikhs In Mauritius

    The Sikhs of Mauritius by JASTEENA KAUR DHILLON I am no longer in awe of the worldly and wandering Sikh whom I find in the most obscure and obvious places. Sikhs are everywhere from Afghanistan to America - always contributing and sharing with others of the country. Sikhs embody the principle...
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    UK How Sikhs And Hindus Became The Bedrock Of Middle Britain

    The lifestyle of a typical Middle Briton has been laid bare in wide-ranging research published yesterday. Analysts discovered a social group *living in semi-detached suburbia and worrying about how to pay the mortgage. And while many of the findings *reinforce the stereotype of a...
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    Do Non-Sikhs Have To Prostrate Before Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji?

    I'm going to a Catholic church with a close friend of mine in a few weeks time to support her in reconnecting with her family faith. I've been asking around what is involved in a Catholic mass and what I might be required to do as part of the service, given my Sikh allegiance. And I got to...
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    World Sikhs Urge Sarkozy To Lift Ban On Turbans In French Schools

    A large number of Sikhs, led by Shiromani Akali Dal MPs Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa and Harsimrat Kaur Badal and comprising members of Delhi unit of the SAD (Badal) and a number of school children on Monday took out a protest demonstration against the ban on wearing turbans in France. They then...
  5. spnadmin

    Su-puttar, My Eldest Son (from The Sikhs R Us Blog)

    My eldest son or as they call it in India Su-puttar or the good son! Admin note: The photo is of some fathers and sons found http://sikhism.about.com/od/sikhwomen/ig/Sikh-Fathers/. This is about my 15 years old son whose names sounds like "Kaim Rehan" Which is made up of two words "kaim"...
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    Pakistan: The Embattled Sikhs In Taliban Territory (an Update)

    In Peshawar's noisy and manic Dabgari bazaar, bearded men weaving in and out of the curbside stores are a ubiquitous sight. (There are few women in the market). Most of them wear round, white Pashtun hats, a fixture in these parts. But there are a substantial number of merchants who, though also...
  7. spnadmin

    Hundreds To Stay Warm This Winter, Thanks To Tracy Sikhs

    TRACY -- Hundreds of residents braved the cold and rain Saturday morning to get a free coat for winter. The American Sikh Community spent $75,000 this year to offer more than 15,000 winter items such as coats, gloves, scarves, socks, hats and blankets. The coordinator's for Saturday's event...
  8. spnadmin

    USA Bay Area Sikhs Come To The Rescue Of Their Kids By Fighting Bigotry

    Bangalore: Sikh kids when start school usually complain about being teased because of the turban and refuse going to school again. The Sikh Coalition which is a national Non-Profit organization pointed out in its report for the Bay Area about Sikh children being teased and taunted and called as...
  9. spnadmin

    USA Sikhs Spread The Word About Their Faith

    In one of the opening scenes of a light-hearted new film about Sikhism, the young filmmakers pose a challenge: If every Sikh could educate 300 people about the religion, then awareness of the faith would be a reality. The filmmakers, 16-year-old twins Rasna Kaur Neelam and Harnek Singh...
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    Sikh News Obama Greets Sikhs On Guru Nanak Anniversary

    WASHINGTON: United States President Barack Obama has extended his greetings on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism. More...
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    What Some Americans Think About Sikhs?

    Is this what some american think about sikhs or are these some crazies on internet http://news.bostonherald.com/news/national/general/view.bg?articleid=1298102&format=comments#CommentsArea WASHINGTON — Secondary airport screenings for passengers with headwear have left some Sikhs...
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    Sikh News 4,000 Sikhs Reach Pakistan For Nanak's Birth Anniversary

    By Awais Saleem, Islamabad, Nov 19 : Over 4,000 Sikh pilgrims reached Pakistan by special trains through the Wagah border Friday to attend the 541st birth anniversary celebrations Nov 21 of Guru Nanak, the first guru of Sikhism, at his birthplace. More...
  13. spnadmin

    Legal Larger Bench May Take Up Punjab Sikhs' Minority Status Case

    New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday indicated that it may refer to the constitution bench the question whether Sikhs in Punjab enjoy minority status in respect of setting up educational institutions and availing related benefits. The apex court bench of Justice B. Sudershan...
  14. Admin

    Heritage Armistice Day & The Sikhs

    Armistice Day & The Sikhs by BHUPINDER SINGH HOLLAND The Armistice Day (laying of arms on 11 November, 1918) came after the loss of millions of lives since the war began in early August 1914 between the Allied forces on one side and the German forces on the other. ARMISTICE DAY TREATY OF...
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    How Sikhs Made A Place In The World For Themselves

    When we talk about Sikh Empire its appears that all threats to us had dimminished until the British came but looking at this time line it shows that Dehli was still ruled by Muslim rulers: http://www.harisinghnalwa.com/timeline.html I hear that even today Delhi is run by Muslim gangsters, so...
  16. spnadmin

    World War 1 Armistice Day Treaty οf World War I (Important To Sikhs)

    Armistice Day Treaty οf World War I Most οf the first World War was a non-moving trench war, whісh seemedendless. Bυt, іn the spring οf 1918, the German Army tried tooverpower the Allied Forces on the Western Adjoin, аnd indeed, for thefirst time іn more than three years, the adjoin-line wеnt...
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    So We Sikhs Want A Homeland?

    Lets looks at history...... we actually had a home land, during the Sikh Empire, we then had our first Anglo Sikh war and then followed by our second Sikh War when Maharaja Ranjit Singh died leaving the Empire in a power struggle. Now lets rewind again a bit earlier, the Hindu's were being...
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    Came Across A Shocking Website About Sikhs

    The link has been removed to prevent traffic from leaving SPN. Furthermore, by posting the link we actually make the agenda of preaching against Sikhism easier for anti Sikh elements. We are doing their work for them by providing a Sikh audience for Muslim daw'ah. If a consensus among mentors...
  19. spnadmin

    Sikh Coalition Major Step Forward To Full Acceptance Of Sikhs In US Army (Press Release)

    Another Major Step Forward to Full Acceptance of Sikhs in US Army (Columbia, SC) November 11, 2010 – Another major barrier fell today in the campaign to end the U.S. military's ban on Sikh service. To great fanfare, Simran Preet Singh Lamba became the first enlisted Sikh soldier [...
  20. spnadmin

    USA Major Step Forward To Full Acceptance Of Sikhs In US Army (Enlisted Keshdhari Sikh)

    Another Major Step Forward to Full Acceptance of Sikhs in US Army (Columbia, SC) November 11, 2010 – Another major barrier fell today in the campaign to end the U.S. military’s ban on Sikh service. To great fanfare, Simran Preet Singh Lamba became the first enlisted Sikh soldier in more than...
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