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    Sikh News Hidden, In Plain Sight - The Sikligar Sikhs

    India, May 19 -- A gunshot pierces the air on a dark night in Jalgaon City in northern Maharashtra. A young man shouts: "Jo bole so nihaal." "Sat Sri Akaal!" comes the thundering response from nearly 150 residents of a small slum settlement in the city's Tamapur neighbourhood. The cry is...
  2. spnadmin

    USA Textbooks Terming Sikhs As "terrorists." (online Petition)

    US: Text books spotted terming Sikhs as “terrorists”; Sikh Coalition initiates action By Parmjit Singh http://www.sikhsiyasat.net/2013/05/18/us-text-books-spotted-terming-sikhs-as-terrorists-sikh-coalition-initiates-action/ New York, United States (May 18, 2013): The Sikh Coalition has...
  3. Chaan Pardesi

    Heritage Sikhs Making Their History In Malaysia

    By Gurcharan Singh, Kuala Lumpur-London It is often said Malaya was the "first foreign country the Sikhs went to from Punjab". This is, oh so very wrong! The very first foreign country the Sikhs went to was Afghanistan.But, in addition to the later migrants, there were already Sikh...
  4. Archived_Member16

    Canada Sikhs For Service

    Sikhs for Service By Surrey Leader Published: May 15, 2013 01:00 PM Updated: May 15, 2013 01:361 PM Sikhs for Service, a community organization dedicated to serve the Lower Mainland, has established of The Bhagat Puran Singh Sikh Community Bursary for students with disabilities at...
  5. Ambarsaria

    Sikhism Creator/God: Omnipresent, Omnipotent, Omniscient

    Let us review the commonly understood definitions from English vocabulary. Omnipresent present everywhere at the same time Omnipotent Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful Omniscient having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding...
  6. FranglophonePunjabi

    I Am Sort Of New To Sikhism

    Hello everyone, I am kind of new to Sikhism and have a few questions I'd like cleared up. Basically, I am a Canadian-born Punjabi guy, born to parents who are Sikh only by name. Outside of going to the Gurdwara a few times a month, and participating in Sikh and Hindu holidays, my upbringing...
  7. Archived_Member16

    USA For Sikhs And Muslims, Fear After A Terror Attack

    For Sikhs and Muslims, fear after a terror attack By Valarie Kaur, Washington Post - Published: April 23 With the news that two suspects of the Boston Marathon bombing are accounted for, one dead and the other in custody, I breathed a sigh of relief. A terror-stricken week that began with...
  8. spnadmin

    Opinion Sikhism Needs Liberal Democracy

    Sikhism Needs Liberal Democracy by Ameek Singh http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ameek-singh/sikhism-needs-liberal-dem_b_2799966.html?utm_hp_ref=sikhism The West is the last place Sikh leaders have looked to for institutional guidance. To those who know our story, this should come as...
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    General Sikhism And Salvation

    In continuation of the discussion on Salvation in the thread http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/sikh-youth/40469-repercussions-of-cutting-my-hair-post182701.html Concept of Salvation Mukhti/Moksh/Mokh is most prevelant in Hinduism also. The word Mokh is present multiple times in Guru Granth Sahib...
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    Hi I'm Interested In Sikhism

    Hi. my name is cameron. im 17. and i am interested in getting closer to Sikhism and closer to God and having more of it in my life. as i really like the sikh way of life. I dont have any religion or faith right now but i want to. Any advice?
  11. Rory

    Universality, Intention In Sikhism & Other Religions

    A few things which struck suddenly 5 minutes ago about "revealed" religions (I include Sikhi in this to an extent) - if a person is somehow stranded on a desert island, or for some reason it is impossible for them to learn about the religion, what happens then? Or what happens if you are...
  12. spnadmin

    Heritage Punjabi By Nature: Sikhs Who Made Africa Their Home

    Punjabi by Nature: Sikhs Who Made Africa Their Home Khushwant Singh http://www.hindustantimes.com/Punjab/Chandigarh/Punjabi-by-nature-The-Sikhs-who-made-Africa-their-home/SP-Article1-1031362.aspx Recently, someone gifted me with a unique present – a 2013 calendar on the Sikhs of Africa...
  13. Tejwant Singh

    Sikhs, Suicide And Silence

    Sikhs, Suicide and Silence Imandeep Kaur's blog http://www.imandeepkaur.com/sikhs-suicide-and-silence/ I wish it were as acceptable to go for a mental wellness check up, as it is to have your blood pressure checked. I wish it was acceptable to tell your friend, I think I am really...
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    How Much Do You Know About Sikhism?

    sat sri akal ji... i am new here.. n i don't know where to start this thread.. because its kinda confusing to find right forum for this thread.. sorry if i am posting it at wrong place... so coming to the topic.. this is kinda game.. questions about Sikhism will be asked n people who know...
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    India Internally Displaced: When The Sikhs Fled Khyber

    PESHAWAR: Ranjeet Singh,28, did not come to the city out of choice. He belongs to one of 1,500 families who moved out of Bara, Khyber Agency as security conditions in the area deteriorated. “Three people from my family were killed and our shop was destroyed when mortar shells hit our...
  16. Ishna

    General The Two Branches Of Sikhism

    I've never seen it put quite like this before.. http://www.pps.k12.or.us/schools-c/pages/westsylvan/student/religion/sikhism_am/venn.htm *cough-Portland Public Schools Oregon-cough*
  17. SukhmeetSingh Guruwada

    General India Against Sikh Principle

    India Is Alwayz Against Sikhism & Sikh Principle....
  18. spnadmin

    World Hammer Of The Sikhs Galloping Back To Dublin

    'Hammer of the Sikhs' galloping back to Dublin with Fine Gael http://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/22832 A HUGE STATUE glorifying a British Empire general infamous as 'The Hammer of the Sikhs' for his barbarity in commanding occupation forces in colonial India is set for a return to Dublin...
  19. spnadmin

    USA Sikhism And The Changing Electoral Demographic

    Sikhism and the Changing Electoral Demographic http://theprincetontory.com/main/sikhism-and-the-changing-electoral-demographic/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+cnnewslink+%28Collegiate+Network+Newslink+Feed%29 The election has ended, and President Obama’s...
  20. Archived_Member16

    India Radha Soami Sect Chief, Sikhs Lay Foundation Stone Of Shrine

    Press Trust of India | Amritsar March 05, 2013 Last Updated at 20:15 IST Radha Soami Sect chief, Sikhs lay foundation stone of Shrine Putting an end to a year-old controversy, the members of Sikh community and Radha Soami Sect today jointly laid the foundation stone of a Gurudwara...
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