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Highlights: Memorandum says that if Sikhs in France are not allowed to wear a turban in schools and on ID document photos, then the turban is deemed to be banned in France, which will be a betrayal of France's motto - Liberté, égalité, fraternité Minister-Counsellor at the French...

Here is a great book on Sikh History available free in pdf format for everyone. A simple and easy to understand history covering the Guruic period and rise of the sikh power to Sikhs under british rule and to modern day. I hope everyone will read and enjoy it. Click on the caption below to...

Sikhs Against EDL to join Cambridge protest http://www.asianimage.co.uk/news/10223830.Sikhs_Against_EDL_to_join_Cambridge_protest/ The ‘Sikhs Against the EDL’ have announced they will be joining an anti-racism protest to be held in Cambridge. They will join with members of the Cambridge...

B.C. Sikhs to raise awareness of violence against women Feb. 14 as part of One Billion Rising by Hans Ongsansoy http://www.vancouverdesi.com/news/one-billion-rising-sikhs-to-raise-awareness-of-violence-against-women-feb-14/503372/ Sikhs across the Lower Mainland will be joining One...

Upload your favorite photo of the day or week of Sikhs and Sikhi! Let's make the thread an ongoing album of the diverse and many souls who make up a single spirit of Sikhi. I am starting because I fell in love with this little sardar. He gave me the inspiration to begin the thread. I wanted...

Hello everybody! My name is Sunny and I am a third year student at university currently undertaking a degree in Religious Studies. As part of my course I have decided to look into the sensitive issue of homosexuality within Sikhism and was wondering if anybody could give me there views on...

United Sikhs rehabilitates 42 displaced families of Khyber Agency by Jagdeep Singhy http://www.sikhsiyasat.net/2013/02/05/united-sikhs-rehabilitates-42-displaced-families-of-khyber-agency-pakistan/ Peshawar, Pakistan (February 05, 2013): According to a “community alter” issued by a US...

Major project on Sikhs in the First World War wins Heritage Lottery Fund support http://www.hlf.org.uk/news/Pages/SikhsFirstWorldWar.aspx#.UQ2esFqOh9k London based charity the UK Punjab Heritage Association (UKPHA) has received initial support* from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for its...

This is the way it is supposed to work on our journey to being Gurmukh. ਪਉ ਸੰਤ ਸਰਣੀ ਲਾਗੁ ਚਰਣੀ ਮਿਟੈ ਦੂਖੁ ਅੰਧਾਰੁ ॥੨॥ Po Santh Saranee Laag Charanee Mittai Dhookh Andhhaar ||2|| Seek the Sanctuary of the Saints, and fall at their feet; your suffering and darkness shall be removed. ||2|| 
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Environmental Issues & Sikhism Dr. (Captain) Manmeet Kaur Sodhi* http://sikhinstitute.org/july_2012/5-manmeet.html Environment refers to the surroundings of an object or the natural environment, all living and non-living things that occur naturally on earth. Environment may refer to...

18th Century Perspective on Sikhism Dr. Balwant Singh Dhillon Head, Dept. of Guru Nanak Studies, G. N. D. University, Amritsar http://www.sikharchives.com/?p=4056 Introduction A cursory glance at the early 18th century medieval India, reveals that the Mughal Empire was on its...

We need to keep adversaries of Sikhs away from the faithful: Sukhbir Badal By Rohan Dua, TNN - Jan 31, 2013, 06.46 AM IST CHANDIGARH: On a chilly morning of January 15, there was an impromptu invoking of SAD patriarch and Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal's 16 jail visits...

United Sikhs takes action against publication of a photo of a Nihang Sikh in an Aussie Porn Magazine By GURTEJ SINGH http://www.sikhsiyasat.net/2013/01/29/5968united-sikhs-takes-action-against-publication-of-a-photo-of-a-nihang-sikh-in-an-aussie-porn-magazine/ Brisbane/Queensland...

Naskh concidered inappropriate to Sikhs? I can read and write in Shahmukhi, but I prefer to write in Naskh style, as opposed to Nastiliq style (the usual style for Shahmukhi). Naskh (ਨਸਖ਼/نسخ) Nastaliq (ਨਸਤਾਲੀਕ/نستعليق) The Urdu script you see in this post is displayed in Naskh (if it...

SIKHS TODAY: IDEAS & OPINIONS by I.J. Singh Published by EthnicIsland.com Yorba Linda CA ISBN 978-0-9859016-0-8 xii + 211 pages $16.00 Reviewed by: Ravinder Singh (Sikh Research Institute) Sikhs Today: Ideas and Opinions is Dr. I.J. Singh’s fifth collection of essays, marking...

Sikhs win & exercise right to wear the Kirpan in European Parliament in Brussels to meet MEPs By HAINDER SINGH http://www.sikhsiyasat.net/2013/01/26/sikhs-win-exercise-right-to-wear-the-kirpan-in-european-parliament-in-brussels-to-meet-meps/ Brussels, Belgium (January 26, 2013): The...

Is it okay to call Namdhari Sikhs, Kukas? कुका (Devanagari) ਕੁਕਾ (Gurmukhi) كُكا (Shamukhi/Urdu) I heard them (the Kukas) use this word before to refer to themselves. I just want to make sure it is okay for me to use as a guest. Also, can I refer to a Namdhari Sikh place of worship as...

I have seen many many TV serials, which try to promote Sikhs doing Hindu karamkaands. Agreed that this is a deliberate depiction to merge Sikhism into Hinduism. Unfortunately, Sikhs are a minority and have a divided house. They love to denigrate each other, discriminate each other and they are...

Forwarded for upload by SPN forum leader "findingyway ji" Women in Sikhism Tune in to listen at this link http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01ptgfy AVAILABILITY:OVER A YEAR LEFT TO LISTEN Duration: 30 minutes First broadcast: Monday 14 January 2013 The fundamental message of...

A review by Jessi Kaur http://www.sikhfoundation.org/featured/sikhs-today-ideas-and-opinions-by-i.j.-singh/ Title: Sikh’s Today: Ideas and Opinions Author: I.J. Singh Pages: 211 Publisher: Ethnicisland Like a breath of fresh air wafting through the mind, I.J. Singh’s new book “Sikh’s Today...