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-- 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...

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...

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...

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

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...

Hello there. I'm fairly new to anything related to Sikhism (was only made curious by a video regarding the Golden Temple's kitchen, and have been digging in to as much reading as possible in the last few days as a result), and I have some questions. I'm sure that, with enough time, I could find...

Gurfateh, On a post the other day, I wrote something to the effect that the path of the flesh leads to death, while the path of God leads to eternal life. Later that night I was musing about the concept of eternal life, and how it fitted in with my thoughts regarding death as being basically the...

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...

I was interested in learning more about the institutional structure of Sikhi. As I understand it Guru Gobind Singhji intended for the Sikh Panth to be a democratic organization. While true democracy is the most noble of ideals but historicaly it's very hard to administer. I've looked for...

Gurfatehji I always thought of the SGGS as the 11th Master, the 11th Guru, to be treated as per the previous 10. However it appears the SGGS should not to be treated with the same love and affection we hold our Guru's. It requires more than that, and is should be afforded the ultimate respect...

Gurfateh I find myself analysing stories of the Gurus, pictures of the Gurus, and discovering contradictions constantly. Take for instance the way the Gurus are often presented in picture. Normally sitting on a raised cot, with people fawning all over them. The Gurus were a model of...

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...

Hello! Gora here from Halifax, NS Canada. I am new to Sikhism and have some questions... but I'll give you a bit of background how I found this beautiful faith first: All through my life, I have had some deeply personal spiritual experiences that put my birth religion into question. Those...

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...

As sikhs are we supposed to keep/hang pictures depicting as gurus in our homes???Is it not better that we should instead keep/hang pictures having only lines of gurbani so that when ever we see them we read the guru's word which is real worship a Sikh is supposed to do........

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...

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...

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

Here's a story of Dr. Yogi Kaur who not only brought tears in my eyes but also fired up the desire to make attitude changes amongst Punjabi Sikhs. Please read the story and give your views on the various aspects pointed out by her as follows:- http://www.searchsikhism.com/si1.html

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...