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Quebec’s Charter of Values unveiled, takes aim at ‘overt and conspicuous’ religious symbols Marois government will try to shield it from legal challenges by entrenching secluarism in Quebec's Charter of Rights and Freedoms By Philip Authier, THE GAZETTE - September 10, 2013 12:13 PM...

Pauline Marois’ monocultural dream Robert Fulford http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/08/24/robert-fulford-pauline-marois-monocultural-dream/ For years, Marois has been working the rich vein of identity politics, searching for a way to arouse enthusiasm among her more myopic supporters...

Fight for respect to Sikh symbols may suffer: Experts Perneet Singh Tribune News Service Amritsar, June 30 Even as the Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak committee (SGPC) has ordered a probe into the assault on senior IAS officer Kahan Singh Pannu and “violation of Sikh maryada,” there is a...

Jagmohan Singh Wednesday, 20 July 2011 AMRITSAR: A Special lecture on ‘Symbiosis of Bani and Bana in five Symbols of Khalsa’ was organised here today in the at Guru Nanak Dev University. Dr. Nikky Guninder Kaur Singh, feminist writer and Sikh theologian in the Department of Religious...

The Symbols of a Heritage by I.J. Singh “History”, as T.S. Eliot said “has many cunning passages, contrived corridors and issues . . .”. Insofar as religions deal with people, places and events, they are amenable to historical analyses. But religions deal with a reality that transcends history...

A growing number of European countries have passed or are contemplating restrictions on religious dress in public places. The impetus for these restrictions is the debate in Europe about the wearing of Muslim veils. The debate reflects tensions in increasingly pluralist societies struggling with...

The Slippery Slope of Religious Symbols in France The Slippery Slope of Religious Symbols in France | The Langar Hall French legislators are currently considering a ban that would prevent Muslim women the right to wear full-body veils in public areas such as buses, trains, hospitals...

RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS AND SPIRITUALITY ABSTRACT Religious symbols, rituals or external show of piety of religious clothes in any faith does not confer spirituality as per AGGS. Sikhism is about inner cleanliness with development of virtues by contemplation, deliberation, and reflection on the...

Respected PK70 Ji, Thank you very much for the Sabd. Please review my article posted on that very topic of Rituals. It is time to close this topic. Cordially, Virinder

SABD GURU ON RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS AND SPIRITUALITY ABSTRACT Religious symbols, rituals or external show of piety by wearing religious clothes in any faith does not confer spirituality as per AGGS. Sikhism is about inner cleanliness with development of virtues by contemplation, deliberation...

Dear Members, There will always be some tension between those committed to finding the truth about code of conduct in a reasonably understanding way in the present and those with inherited understanding, who wants to preserve their blind religious way. This challenge has to be dealt with human...

I am going to say this right now, I am not Sikh, I am only researching for a Sociology class. I know about the five articles, but, I can not find a single scrap of information about the following: Are you less of a Sikh, in the eyes of the Guru, if you do not wear all of them? [I am very...

DISKUS: Sewa Singh Kalsi SACRED SYMBOLS IN BRITISH SIKHISM Dr. Sewa Singh Kalsi Department of Theology and Religious Studies University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT This paper aims to examine the process of evolution of Sikh sacred symbols with a view to understanding their...

Dear friends, Sat shri Akal Follwing is an interesting article appearing in the Times of India editorial page on Nov2. I am sure many of you have read it. I would like our leaders to comment on this important issue. Idea is to help our future generations in getting a balanced view. Unfortunately...

Just a few days after the Sikh community in the US forced clothing vendor HaHaPanties to stop selling thongs that carried a Sikh religious symbol, the American ... http://www.indiawest.com/cgi-bin/news/viewNews.cgi?article=1108591539&Department=Coverpage

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20041213-1332-france-secularchristmas.html As holidays approach, French find new ban on religious symbols ... San Diego Union Tribune, CA - 5 hours ago ... More than a dozen teenage Muslim girls have been expelled from high schools for refusing to...

Dear Sangat, On the present pages, there are 13 symbols at the top. Could some one take time to explain what thinking school they stand for, and their significance! I get on to the following: Khanda: Ref http://www.sikh.net/sikhism/khanda.htm The Khanda constitutes three symbols in one...