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Sikhi Spirit Shines at 4th July Celebrations

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This year’s 4th July parade was celebrated by residents of Fremont, Newark and Union City with pomp and pride as usual. This tri-city area has a significant population of Sikhs...... → read more
Raam Daas Puri

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The Sadhana music kept filling me more and more until I felt I would burst, and burst I did when a mournful voice sang, ik ardas bhat keerat kee...only one prayer I ask of thee, Guru Ram Das keep me in your sanctuary..... → read more
Sikh's beard costs him engineering job.

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TransAlta Corp. has become embroiled in a dispute with a Sikh employee who was ordered off the job for refusing to shave his beard. "I've never, ever been treated like this... -- I'm completely stunned," said UK resident Av Singh..... → read more
The Evolution of the Word "Khalsa".

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The word Khalsa was brought to India by Muslim invaders, who settled in India starting in the year 636 A.D. The literal meaning of the word Khalsa is clean, pure or sacred. Mugal Emperors used this word towards the property, land, state or region on which a revenue tax....... → read more
Sikhs want to be part of suit over the word Allah.

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The Sikh community in Malaysia has become the latest party seeking to intervene in the suit by the Catholic Church over the use of the word “Allah.” The Malaysian Gurdwaras Council filed an application to intervene in the suit through the firm of Jagjit Singh & Co on Tuesday...... → read more
14-year-old Angad Singh: Learning, Teaching Filmmaking

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It was the winter of 2006 when she came to Atlanta and we met her for the first time. My mom, who was a volunteer organizer, had invited her to teach a Theater Workshop to the kids at the 2006 Gurmat Youth Camp...... → read more
The Wedding Gifts

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When I toss my arm up in the air and the iron ring shines, I am reminded of His wrist that wore it - one exactly like this. Is this arm, by some stray gleam of the iron ring on my wrist, His?....... → read more
Sikh Arrested and Turban Snatched by Marshals

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Forty-seven year old truck driver Sachdev Singh entered the State of Connecticut Superior Court on June 18, 2008, seeking to contest a traffic violation when he was arrested for wearing a kirpan and his turban was forcibly removed from his head...... → read more
Belgian Court Overturns Ban On Sikh Headcovering In School.

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The Hasselt Civil Court overturned a ban on the patka, a Sikh head covering, which was imposed by a state school, KTA Domein Speelhof, on five Sikh schoolboys since 2005. "The Court has sent a clear message that it is illegal for a school to deny........ → read more
Chicago Sikh open house draws many people

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The Sikh Religious Society of Chicago hosted an open house on Monday, June 14 for the Palatine neighborhood non-Sikh community. A steady flow of participants experienced the Sikh history exhibition displayed by S. Daljit Singh Deol,....... → read more

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