A MAJOR investigation has been launched after 200 militant protesters complaining about meat and alcohol being consumed at a Dudley Sikh community centre wrecked the place and attacked the police.
After the dust settled after the major public disorder, two members of the public were in...
Mar 7, 2011
Indian men lead in sexual violence, worst on gender equality: Study
Neha Bhayana, TNN | Mar 7, 2011, 12.30am IST
NEW DELHI: Nearly one in four Indian men has committed sexual violence at some point in their lives and one in five has admittedly forced his wife or partner to...
Intolerance breeds intolerance – no matter what religion or race you are
As globalisation has collided with the rise of fundamentalism in an uncertain world, people have become more intolerant
A nasty human trait, intolerance, especially when fundamentalism...
Politics keeps violence alive in Punjab: Prof Manjit Singh
The Daily Pioneer
January 11, 2011
Baninder Rahin - Chandigarh
Prof Manjit Singh is a known sociologist of the region, and currently teaches at the country’s leading seat of learning — Panjab University (PU). He looks at the...
Naming "honour killings" necessary to
prevent further violence against women
September 14, 2010
By Richelle Wiseman
Executive Director
Centre for Faith and the Media
CALGARY, AB, Sept. 14, 2010/ – The death of 16-year-old Aqsa Parvez in 2007 was neither the first nor last honour killing in...
As director of the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Mark Juergensmeyer brings the sociology of religion to bear on the analysis of violent conflict in the contemporary world. His recent books include Global Rebellion: Religious...
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Violence escalates in Srinagar, Army called out: Rediff.com India News
The Army was deployed Tuesday late night in Srinagar [ Images ] and indefinite curfew imposed as fresh violence erupted in Kashmir [ Images ] Valley, claiming four lives and leaving over 70 injured after days of calm...
Amended Communal Violence Bill will be introduced soon, says Chidambaram
The Centre will soon introduce the Communal Violence (Prevention, Control and Rehabilitation) Bill with amendments in order to prevent violence perpetuated in the name of caste and religion, said Union Home Minister P...
Gurmukh Singh: Sikh violence wanes in Punjab, grows in Canada
Read more: Gurmukh Singh: Sikh violence wanes in Punjab, grows in Canada - Full Comment
Recent violent incidents at two Brampton, Ont. Sikh temples (or gurdwaras, as they’re called), and threats against former health...
http://www.hindustantimes.com/rssfeed/indiansabroadnews/Canada-warns-Sikh-radicals-against-violence/Article1-536206.aspx
Indo-Asian News Service
Toronto, April 27, 2010
First Published: 08:48 IST(27/4/2010)
Last Updated: 08:49 IST(27/4/2010)
Canada warns Sikh radicals against violence...
Temples of strife: Power struggles at heart of recent Sikh violence
Temples of strife: Power struggles at heart of recent Sikh violence - Holy Post
In the parking lot of a former Canadian Tire outlet in suburban Toronto, now painted in the blue and gold of a Sikh gurdwara, about a dozen...
source: http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20100426/ZNYT03/4263015/-1/NEWS03?p=all&tc=pgall
Indian Justice Inches Closer to Chapters of Violence
LYDIA POLGREEN
Published: Monday, April 26, 2010 at 5:17 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, April 26, 2010 at 5:17 a.m.
NEW DELHI — On Oct. 31...
This weekend the Sikh community celebrates the Khalsa festival, a time to educate Canadians about our faith and to ensure our culture is kept alive by new generations of Canadian-born Sikhs.
But the fighting going on at Sikh temples — Gurdawaras — is tarnishing the image of the entire faith...
It may have been Winston Churchill, I could be wrong, who said the Truth is the first victim in the fog of war." Truth was a victim this week as well. The article that follows gives, in my humblest opinion, a good example of how politicians will say anything, and media will report anything...
My heart is broken - again.
I have been doing my best to stay out of the current controversy that seems to be engulfing the Panth these days. I refer, of course, to that involving the following elements, stated as succinctly and politely as possible:
Akal Takht
Darshan Singh...
High alert in Punjab and Haryana after violence by followers of dera Sacha Sauda
PunjabNewsline.com - High alert in Punjab and Haryana after violence by followers of dera Sacha Sauda
By Satinder Bains
CHANDIGARH: The governments of Punjab and Haryana on...
http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=End+product+of+a+culture+of+violence
End product of a culture of violence
Balbir K Punj
The brutal beheading of two Sikh civilian captives by the Pakistani Taliban, who still hold three more captives from the same community, poses a...
Domestic violence is so unmentionable that it seems not to exist in the UK’s Indian community. It isn’t talked about, it isn’t revealed and it certainly isn’t tackled. Many Indian women are reluctant and too fearful to seek help. Reporting from London SHAMLAL PURI investigates the plight of...
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