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One recent afternoon, two dozen teenagers stayed late at Hoover Middle School in Potomac, Md., for a presentation on Jewish culture. They tasted matzoh brittle, spun dreidels, colored Purim masks and watched a video of a rabbi blowing a ram’s horn. Some clowned or texted, but one student...

A Maryland-based Sikh organization has honored retired Oak Creek police officer Brian Murphy for his service when a gunman killed six worshippers at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek on Aug. 5, 2012. The Guru Gobind Singh Foundation, a Sikh advocacy organization, honored Murphy on...

We Sikhs are no strangers to bullying and harassment. We are also a minority and destined to remain one no matter where we live, whether it is somewhere in India where the faith originated over 500 years ago or in a modern megapolis like New York, London or Toronto. And minorities make...

Despite the Modi wave and the backing of the Shiromani Akali Dal, BJP's situation in the Sikh-dominated West Delhi constituency looks grim because of the wrong choice of candidate. The party's candidate for the Lok Sabha Parvesh Verma, who recently won the Assembly elections from Mehrauli, is...

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD id=tdTextContent class=DetailedSummary> Murky British connections to the Indian government's attack on the Golden Temple in Amritsar in 1984 have fuelled demands for full disclosure in UK and India. Prime Minister David...

Thousands expected to line the streets of Hounslow this Sunday to watch colourful parade Sikh worshippers prepare for last year's Vaisakhi procession through Hounslow Thousands of people are expected to take to the streets of Hounslow this Sunday for a procession marking one of the...

WASHINGTON: Indian ambassador S. Jaishankar has welcomed US lawmakers plea to end US defence department's presumptive ban on Sikh Americans serving in the US military with their beards and turbans. Over 100 members of Congress from both Democratic and Republican parties made the plea in a...

Over half of Sikh students experience widespread bullying in U.S. schools which is more than double the national rate, according to a new report. The report ‘Go Home Terrorist: A Report on Bullying Against Sikh American School Children’ is based on survey of over 500 Sikh students, and...

I have been told by various Sikhs that Sikhi da pehla asool ("the first principle") is to honor and respect your parents. According to most traditional families, in Punjabi culture this encompasses obedience to parents in all things. But what do you do when cultural differences exist, for...

When Sikhs Conquered Delhi by Major-General Kulwant Singh (Retd.) Nadir Shah's brutal offensives and the eight invasions by Ahmed Shah Abdali had made the Mughal Empire fragile and weak. Sikhs had emerged as a strong and powerful force in northern India, and eventually halted Abdali's...

Sat Sri Akal everyone, I was recently wondering if any here can please explain to me differences between Sikhi of our Gurus and Bhakti (e.g. Kabir, Namdev, Ravidas etc...). What are philosophical differences between what Gurus taught and message of the Bhaktis? There is lot of Bhakti Bani in...

Sikhs demand more representation in US city administration http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/sikhs-demand-more-representation-in-us-city-administration-114022701139_1.html Around 40 members of the Indian and Sikh communities here have asked for more representation in the...

Afghanistan's Sikhs face an uncertain future The religious minority faces discrimination, lack of political power, and obstacles to cremating their dead. By: Ali M Latifi Kabul, Afghanistan - Awtar Singh Khalsa still remembers the sounds of stones and insults being hurled at the...

United Sikhs’ aid and relief team continues to help victims of Typhoon Haiyan in Philippines By Jagdeep Singh http://www.sikhsiyasat.net/2014/02/26/united-sikhs-aid-and-relief-team-continues-to-help-victims-of-typhoon-haiyan-in-philippines/ Philippines (February 26, 2014): According to...

Comcast-NBC is looking for videos of Sikhs in America: at gurdwaras, bowling, on a motorbike, volunteering By Deepak Chitnis http://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2014/02/25/comcast-nbc-looking-videos-sikhs-america-gurdwaras-bowling-motorbike-volunteering/ WASHINGTON, DC: A casting call...

As much as we might like to believe that Sikhi as a whole is a homogenous community of like-minded individuals, it's come clear to me over the years that it's not. Whilst plenty of people keep up the chant of Sikh quom, one looks around and says. 'Which quom?' Sikhi, like any other religious...

A Sikh American has won a legal victory in the US state of Minnesota allowing Sikhs to wear their turbans in driving license identification photographs. The major legal victory for Sikh Americans came yesterday when Jatinder Singh of Blaine, Minnesota and SALDEF (Sikh American Legal Defense...

It has often been said that Sikhi is the cure for what ails you. In SGGS, ego is described as a disease of the mind. What about other diseases? What about things like bi-polar disorder, or borderline personality disorder, etc.? Can these also be "cured" by Gurbani? Does Gurbani have the...

Sikhs embraced by Hawke's Bay community By Anna Ferrick http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=11198526 Baljit Singh, secretary of the Hastings Sikh Temple, says in the 25 years he has been in Hawke's Bay he has not experienced any racism...

Sikhs help in relief efforts in Britain flood disaster Prasun Sonwalkar http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/chandigarh/sikhs-help-in-relief-efforts-in-uk-flood-disaster/article1-1182530.aspx A group of Sikhs from Berkshire and the West Midlands have won hearts by volunteering to...