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Even more important to me than my attackers being caught is that they are taught. My tradition teaches me to value justice and accountability, and it also teaches me love, compassion and understanding.

In the wake of an attack on a Sikh man near Columbia University, Sikh community leaders are calling for more education about their religion.

Press Conference video recorded on Sept. 23, 2013 _ Prabhjot Singh, Sikh Columbia Professor

A Columbia University professor was assaulted on Saturday night in what police say is being investigated as a hate crime.

"It takes nothing to join the crowd. It takes everything to stand alone." - Hans F Hansen

But my weekend in New York wasn’t just about learning the ways of a different city, it was about learning more about myself, my community, and Sikhi. You see, the real reason I had an excuse and opportunity to go to the Big Apple was Surat, my first east coast Sikh conference.

For years, Sikh community advocates have been trying to get the NYPD to reform its dress code to allow officers to wear turbans and full beards, which they say would give an equal opportunity for more Sikhs to become members of the city’s police force.

The Sikh leaders said gurdwaras' management had been asked to store sufficient food as soon as the alarm was sounded for the storm.

Sikh and Muslim transit workers will be allowed to wear religious head coverings while on the job under a settlement with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced on Wednesday. The agreement ended a winding legal case propelled by the Sept. 11 attacks.

"I figure, you know, if you treat people right, you can only hope that they treat you right. It's as simple as it gets in this complicated world."

I'm proud to be American, but not at the expense of dehumanizing others.

Thirty-six prominent clergy have appealed to Village Voice Media to end the sex trafficking of girls and boys made possible by its Web site, Backpage.com, in a full-page New York Times advertisement last week.

The Third Annual Queens Interfaith Unity Walk will occur, rain or shine, on October 30, starting at 1:30 PM. People of all faiths are encouraged to attend.

Believers across the nation heard from faith leaders this weekend as millions of Americans wrestled with the spiritual challenges and lessons of 9/11. On the 10th anniversary, the Catholic archbishop of New York, Timothy Dolan, called the attacks in 2001 battles in "a war between sin and grace," a war mirrored within every human soul.

The premiere will be held at Asia Society and Museum, New York, Oct 22, from 7-9.30pm. The festival will bring the immigrant experience of the Sikhs to the forefront with a diverse mix of short films.

When it comes down to building a Mosque at Ground Zero, the issue then becomes mostly about being politically correct and about not hurting any sentiments.

Using e-mail, social networking and old-fashioned word-of-mouth, Pritpal Singh Kochhar put together the initial 15 members of the Manhattan Sikh Association. In October 2007, it held the first diwan in Battery Park City, drawing about 50 people.

Several New York City Council members joined the Sikh Coalition at a June 16 rally in front of City Hall calling for the Metropolitan Transit Authority to end its policy of requiring Sikh employees to wear the company’s logo on their turbans.

Cultural pluralism will occur when Canadians or Americans see the Sikh kirpan as not something foreign...

The day before Baisakhi the bustle of 300 boys and men tying their turbans At the Queens NY Makhan Shah Labana Gurdwara was upstaged by 13 girls in their beautiful turbans...