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  1. Ishna

    India 'Dera' Followers, Sikhs Clash In Moga

    'Dera' followers, Sikhs clash in Moga Tuesday, 30 December 2014 - 9:35pm IST | Place: Moga | Agency: PTI http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-dera-followers-sikhs-clash-in-moga-sec-144-clamped-2048229 Prohibitory orders were clamped on Tuesday and police fired in the air to disperse...
  2. Admin

    SIKLIGAR: A Documentary On The Original Weapons Makers Of The Sikhs

    A documentary portraying the lives of the Sikligar Sikhs, the blacksmiths/ironsmiths and weapon makers of the Khalsa Army of the Sikhs. Very little is known about the Sikligars in and outside of India, as they have been displaced through years of colonization and government oppression...
  3. aristotle

    Deccani Sikhs: Punjabi By Nature?

    Since the past 10 years, Sajjan Singh, an engineer in Hyderabad, has been chasing the stories of his people, the Deccani Sikhs, and seen them disappear like rabbits down a hole — old reports commissioned by central or state minority commissions would cancel their own oral histories or only...
  4. aristotle

    Nature US Based EcoSikh Urges Sikhs To Fight Climate Change

    Washington: Ahead of the Sep 23 UN Climate Summit in New York, Washington-based environmental organisation, EcoSikh has asked Sikhs to strengthen their connection to the Sikh faith through environmentalism and expand their political voice. "We want to inspire the Sikh community to take...
  5. aristotle

    S Asia Sikhs Panic After Target Killings, Plan To Flee Peshawar

    Pakistan: First they had to flee their homes in frontier tribal areas of Pakistan because of growing militancy. And now, Pashto-speaking Sikhs who have been living in Peshawar for over a decade are thinking of migrating even further in the face of militant hostility. There has been a surge...
  6. K

    Encore Beginning Sikhism

    Hello there here I would like to know the course of action of a Sikh all day? I actually asked to be followed as driving every day life has a Sikh prayer, do not drink alcohol, ......? and is mandatory is to be obligé wore a turban ? what is the Khalsa ? then we should...
  7. E

    Sharing A Bit About My Journey Into Sikhi

    Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh. Aristotle Ji suggested I post about my journey and I'm happy to share, I believe this is the right forum for it... This is the description I wrote recently on the website for my comic (Super Sikh), and I think it is a good starting point for...
  8. H

    General Sikhi And Creationism

    Hello SPN! I have been a lurker for a while, but now I finally made an account. I have a question/discussion. My parents are very strict Sikhs, and whenever I ask them a question they get mad at me. For example, one time I asked my mom why there weren't more Sikhs in the world, and why most...
  9. Tejwant Singh

    Explainer: Who Are The Afghan Sikhs?

    Explainer: who are the Afghan Sikhs? 20 August 2014, 3.59pm BST Jasjit Singh Postdoctoral Research and Impact Fellow at University of Leeds The recent discovery of 35 men, women and children in a shipping container at Tilbury docks in Essex is shocking for many reasons. Few had known that...
  10. Inderjeet Kaur

    UK Tilbury Docks Container Stowaways 'Sikhs From Afghanistan'

    Tilbury Docks container stowaways 'Sikhs from Afghanistan' 17 August 2014 Last updated at 09:56 ET Police at Tilbury Docks on August 16 They were discovered after a freighter arrived at Tilbury Docks from Belgium on Saturday and have been described as victims of "people trafficking". One...
  11. aristotle

    Sikh Coalition Sikh Coalition Draws Attention To Recent Crimes Against Sikhs In The USA

    The Sikh Coalition is drawing attention to recent crimes against members of the religion. A group of men shared stories about their attacks during a news conference held by the advocacy organization. One man said a group of teenagers on Roosevelt Island called him Osama bin Laden and told him...
  12. Abneet

    A Big Misconception Of Sikhism

    Can someone tell me why so many religious people even teachers of other faiths see Sikhi as Islamic and Hindu views mixed together formed into Sikhi. I already know how to contradict these points but why do many people see Sikhi not as a separate religion with its own understanding of God and...
  13. Harry Haller

    How Many Different Types Of Sikhs Are There?

    HMmmmmmm Gursikh obviously Sehajdhari Sikhs Keshdhari Sikhs Namdhari Sikhs Healthy Happy Holy Sikhs AKJ Sikhs Nirankari Sikhs Self called Sikhs Patit Sikhs Petite Sikhs Nihang Sikhs Udasi Sikhs Sanatan Sikhs Nirmala Sikhs Seva Panthi Sikhs Any I missed out?
  14. A

    UK Sikhs Famed For Their Courage

    Many years have passed since the 1939-45 war against German and Japan. At times, we recall the happenings that took place during these years. It was a time when members of the Commonwealth came together to offer their soldiers and airmen to help us defeat the enemy. Men from India, Pakistan...
  15. N

    Anand Karaj Ceremony For Non-Sikhs?

    Hello everyone! I wanted to ask this question as there is an intermarriage marriage coming up in our family. I don't know why, but somehow I feel it is not right for Non-Sikhs to get married with the Anand Karaj ceremony. Guru Ram Das Ji Maharaj made the wedding hymns so unique, I believe...
  16. N

    Hello Everyone :) My Experience Of Sikhi

    Sorry all, please do not mind this thread, I will put in intro yourself
  17. gur_meet

    India Sword-wielding Sikhs Clash At Golden Temple

    Sword-wielding Sikhs clash at Golden Temple on Operation Bluestar anniversary; at least six injured Sikh groups clashed inside Golden Temple on Friday. (Source...
  18. aristotle

    1984 Anti-Sikh Pogrom Sikhs Demand Declassification Of Documents Related To Operation Bluestar

    Amritsar, June 2 (ANI) Sikh intellectuals as well as Sikh radicals maintain that the scars following army action in Golden Temple, code named Operation Bluestar, are deep and could not be easily forgotten but they want government to declassify the secret documents related with army action...
  19. aristotle

    United Sikhs New Report Shows Increasing Hate Attacks On Sikhs

    WASHINGTON — A major report to be released today in Washington, D.C. highlights the rising number of incidents of hate, violence, and bias against Sikhs worldwide. The Global Sikh Civil and Human Rights Report – to be issued at a briefing held by UNITED SIKHS at 441 Cannon House Office...
  20. aristotle

    World War 1 To Show Their Contempt For Death, Some Sikhs Had Refused To Hide In The Trenches

    Excerpts from a collection of Guardian reportage from the first world war 12 Nov 1914: When the Indians Arrived The people of the Raj – modern India and Pakistan – were not consulted about their participation in the war. More than 1 million soldiers served overseas in the Indian army – and...
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