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Sikhs take journey to remember WWI fallen A group of Sikhs have travelled to battlefields where members of their community fought in World War I. BBC Asian Network's Poonam Taneja joined them The location is the quaint French town of Neuve-Chapelle and a gathering of Sikhs surrounds a...

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – More than 60 people testified to being profiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation or harassed by San Francisco International airport security at a Sept. 23 hearing before the San Francisco Human Rights Commission. At the historic meeting — the first-ever such...

Muslim Teenager in Kashmir Performs, Teaches Kirtan ... to Sikhs by HAROON MIRANI When someone of another faith performs Kirtan of Sikh shabads, the audience is left mesmerized On a lazy afternoon in the summer of 2000, at a Gurdwara in Srinagar (Kashmir), devotees were listening to...

Norfolk Sikhs create new Gurughar 23/09/2010 After more than 10 years of trying to find a permanent place to worship, Norfolk’s Sikh community will have somewhere to call their own from next month. A former second-hand furniture store in Norwich will open from October 10 as their...

New York - A North Carolina man is joining a growing group of Sikhs who are looking to U.S. courts to remedy the "ignorance and intolerance" faced by practitioners of the religion, especially since the attacks of Sep. 11, 2001, which they say "unleashed a torrent of discrimination". Latest to...

During the eighteenth century, after the Gurus period, the Sikhs had to go through very troubled times for more than sixty years. The Sikhs were hunted like wild animals.Even their sympathisers were not spared. They were forbidden to give any help to them. They were not allowed to utter the word...

Photo is of Dr. Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi WASHINGTON, Saturday 25 September 2010 (AFP) - Growing up near the air force base in Dayton, Ohio, Tejdeep Singh Rattan knew he wanted to serve in uniform. When the military discouraged him, he persisted but again got a cold shoulder. When he was...

Re: Preaching, Proselytizing, and Missionary Work in Sikhism Is Sikhi Being Wasted on Sikhs?<small>by JOGISHWAR SINGH</small> As a Sikh permanently settled in Switzerland and observing events affecting Sikhs in India and elsewhere, I wonder more and more whether the Sikhs of today are...

The History Of Sikhs In China For the first time any credible piece of Sikh history in China ever written, was by me back in 2002/2003, in the form of the following article.But I was rather suprised to find this on a net [http://forum.desicomments.com/archive/index.php/t-12957.html]...

I came across information dealing with the prevalence of people from Punjab manipulating westerners and western immigration systems to migrate out of the region. Here are a few links to stories: People will do anything in Punjab to go abroad because they see it as an honour, even if it means...

Sikhs Lay Claim to Hardwar Gurdwara Destroyed by Hindu Mobs in 1984 NEWS REPORTS The final resting place for many Sikhs, historically, has been Gurdwara Gyan Godri Sahib in Hardwar. It was built in memory of Guru Nanak. However, this holy city of the Hindus - 200 km from India's...

In April this year, hundreds of Penangite- Malaysians and tourists attended a celebration within the historic premises of Fort Cornwallis, the oldest existing man-made site in Penang, to commemorate the Sikh festival of Vaisakhi. Lost to most people, however, was one particular cultural...

Jattan diya kartuta LINK: YouTube - Jattan diya kartuta

Sikh settlements on the Afghan- Pak frontier have existed since the times of Guru Nanak and founding of the Sikh religion.The claim Sikhs only came with General Hari Singh Nalwa's Forces is unfounded.Although admittedly, more Sikhs started comming as well from the eastern plains of the Punjab in...

It is said speculation fuels the joys of life and even politics and makes the world go round.But,speculating history distorts history and education of future generations.That is a point where repetative sad irony begins for any history of any race.The issue of how the Sikh Army of Maharajah...

Toronto, Canada (CHAKRA) —Toronto’s terror plot of 1991 (pre September 11) has been forgotten and become a lost memory to Canadians. The terror plot was planned by five black Muslims who were followers of Jamaat Al Fuqra, a Pakistani movement. They were acquitted of planning to kill 4,500...

September 6, 2010: PRESENT POSITION — Last month the NSO has received the following terse plea from Shaminder Puri, a Gursikh Scientist, Secretary General of an international science organisation[1] and working as the UNESCO and the EU’s environmental policy Expert in Poland & Eastern...

PALATINE, Ill., Sept. 8 (UPI) -- A Sikh religious organization says it has decided to scale back its plans to build an illuminated gold dome 46 feet above a suburban Chicago neighborhood. Sikh - Religion and Spirituality - Sikhism - Organizations - History More...

Sat sri akal sab nu! I'm studying in New Zealand and I come across Hindus Greeting me Namaste or Hari Om and Muslims say Asalamalakum. All I do is reply back saying Sat Sri Akal to them. Is it alright? Do you think its ok to greet them by replying back in their way of Greeting because I dont...

Sat Sri Akaal! The Sikh Foundation, is proud to present our two latest contributions to our Opportunities & Challenges section. We hope you find their writings as inspiring as we do. The authors also would love to hear your feedback! Also if you are working in the Sikh Academics sector...