India police officer abused online for saving Muslim man from mob
Source: BBC News An Indian police officer hailed as a hero for protecting a Muslim man from a mob has said he has received abusive messages on social media. Gagandeep […]
‘This is our religion, this is our pride’: Sikh motorcyclists now exempt from helmets in Alberta
Source: Edmonton Journal By JURIS GRANEY When Bhupinder Singh passed the test to get his Class 6 motorcycle licence at the start of the month, he was one of the first Sikhs […]
This is what a Sikh child faces in America
Source: CNN By Winty Singh (CNN)Two decades ago, when I was in the second grade, a substitute teacher asked me to stand up in front of my class and talk […]
Law Student Asked To Leave Bar For Wearing Turban: ‘It Broke My Heart’
Source: Huffington Post BY Cindy Arboleda Yahoo Lifestyle PHOTO: AMRIK SINGH VIA FACEBOOK 4.5k A law student was told to remove his turban at a bar by staff claiming the establishment […]
Jagmeet Singh attended 2016 seminar with Sikh youth leader who advocated political violence
Source: The Globe and Mail NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh participated in a pro-sovereignty seminar in 2016 with the co-founder of the British-based National Sikh Youth Federation who endorsed the use […]
Sikh community demands answers about deadly shooting of gas station owner
Source: MISSISSIPPI NEWS NOW Posted by Symphonie Privett, Anchor/Reporter JACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) – Members of a Jackson Sikh Temple demand answers in the shooting death of 45-year-old Sukhjinder Singh. Singh […]
Justin Trudeau rescinds India dinner invite to Sikh separatist
Source: BBC News Canada has withdrawn an invitation to an alleged Sikh extremist to attend an official dinner with its Prime Minister Justin Trudeau while he is in Delhi. Mr […]
Meet the nation’s first known Sikh woman to serve as a city mayor
Source: Los Angeles Times By Phil Willon Contact Reporter With a sharp crack of the gavel, Preet Didbal made history this month as the first known Sikh woman in the nation […]
Yuba City woman named first female Sikh mayor in the U.S.
Source: THE SACRAMENTO BEE BY BENJY EGEL begel@sacbee.com NOVEMBER 30, 2017 10:33 AM UPDATED NOVEMBER 30, 2017 03:31 PM Vice Mayor Preet Didbal will be sworn in as Yuba City’s mayor […]
This Sikh American Overcame Hate To Become New Jersey’s First Sikh Mayor
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Ravi Bhalla is no stranger to religious discrimination. Growing up in New Jersey, the Sikh American politician told HuffPost he regularly faced bullying […]
Diwali Festival Lights Up New York’s Times Square
Source: Huffington Post By Jesselyn Cook Organizers say the event celebrates light over darkness to promote “love and harmony in a society that feels extremely divided at this moment.” […]
What’s missing from our ‘evil’ debate
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor The day after the massacre in Las Vegas, President Donald Trump used the word “evil” three times during a brief speech at […]
Sikh Becomes Canada’s First Nonwhite Political Party Leader
Source: The New York Times By IAN AUSTEN A lawyer from the Toronto area on Sunday became the first nonwhite leader of a major political party in Canada. The New Democratic Party […]
Diwali festivals grow in US, from Disney to Times Square
Source: Associated Press By BETH J. HARPAZ NEW YORK (AP) — The holiday of Diwali is starting to light up mainstream America. Diwali, a festival of lights celebrated by Hindus, […]
Australian school discriminated against turban-wearing boy
Source: BBC News An Australian school discriminated against a five-year-old Sikh boy when it prevented his enrolment because he wore a turban, a tribunal has found. The uniform policy of […]
Quebec: Jagmeet Singh calls out NDP opponents on niqab issue in Quebec
Source: The Star OTTAWA—On the eve of the only French debate of the NDP leadership race, contender Jagmeet Singh criticized two of his opponents for their statements on a contentious […]
70 years after Pakistan-India split, Sikhs search for home
Source: Associated Press By KATHY GANNON PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Radesh Singh’s grandfather was just 11 years old when he left his village in India’s Punjab province to move to […]
Sikhs in America: A History of Hate
Source: ProPublica Demonized as immigrants. Mistaken for Muslims. For more than a century, Sikhs in the U.S. have faced suspicion and violence. by A.C. Thompson, ProPublicaAugust 4, 2017 THE 1907 EPISODE in […]
Sikhs celebrate B.C. woman’s ‘inspiring’ appointment as first turbaned judge in Canada
By Lien Yeung, for CBC News Justice Palbinder Kaur Shergill appointed to B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster Sikhs from Canada to India are celebrating a B.C. woman’s historic appointment […]
Being Sikh in Trump’s America: ‘You have to go out of your way to prove you’re not a threat’
Source: Los Angeles Times By Sarah Parvini Contact Reporter Balmeet Singh stepped outside a burger shop in a strip mall to wish his 13-year-old cousin a happy birthday when the […]