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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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

This past Friday, the White House hosted the first-ever policy briefing on Sikh civil rights issues. Amardeep Singh, Director of Programs for the Sikh Coalition and Commissioner for the White House Initiative on Asian American and Pacific Islanders, opened the event with a jakara, a...

Sikhs Open a Water Treatment Plant in Haiti Over 5000 Survivors of the 2010 Earthquake have Access to Clean Drinking Water. UNITED SIKHS honored with a Haitian National Flag. In its continuous efforts to rebuild and...

"We will serve Langgar along the route of the Olympic Torch Relay on 21st July 2012 when Fauja Singh carries the torch. We are asking Sikh gurdwaras, organisations and individuals to contact us to sign up for this seva," said Parvinder Kaur, UNITED SIKHS Project Manager of the Langgar 2012...

Sikhs don’t make much religion news. They don’t go on TV announcing their intention to burn Korans; they don’t loudly forecast apocalypse; and they have not had to defend their faith as one of them races to be president of the United States. But the Sikh community caught my...

UNITED SIKHS endorses and supports the Anti-Bullying Caucus created by Congressman Mike Honda. In 2012, at least 13 million children will be teased, taunted, and physically assualted by their peers, making bullying the most burning issue and a common form of violence. Thousands of...

WJKK WJKf, recently I was studying about Baba Deep Singh etc.. fighting headless what do you think, is it true? How we can explain that, any facts or something? Biologycoly it is possible - because the nerves live a short time after severed from veines(Aorta), nerves etc. Most Gora Sikhs dont...

Knowing that in life you can have ups and downs and also knowing that our own Guru's were put into prisons by the state's of their times. What support do Sikhs get from their own communities when things go wrong? Recently The case of Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana comes to mind, but what do we do as...

Infinite Courage: Sikhs as Warriors by I.J. Singh If anyone knows anything at all about Sikhs it is their martial antecedents. It is usually the first and often the only topic that Sikhs and non-Sikhs touch upon when the subject is Sikhs or Sikhi. Their narrative of courage and as warriors is...