Browsing Tag: Tolerance

Why Tolerate Religion?

He looks at a number of philosophical attempts to justify the idea that the state should tolerate acts of conscience before proceeding to identify the central features of religious practice and belief.
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Commentary from local Sikh leader: All have a right to live in peace

Monday, my 6-year old granddaughter asked me why I was so sad. “Because a man took guns into a gurdwara and killed six people,” I answered. Her response was simple: “Doesn’t he know it’s not good to kill people?”
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Multicultural Community Council holds Muslim, Sikh forum

Yolo County’s Multicultural Community Council (MCC) held a forum on Muslims and Sikhs on Thursday — the first in a series of public forums aimed to foster understanding and appreciation of local cultures.
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Portland-area Sikhs step out to explain their faith to others

“Sikhs have a responsibility to talk about their faith practice with outsiders, he says, “but it’s freaking me out.” The audience of 25 chuckled at his confession and then listened intently as he walked them through the historical roots of Sikhism...
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Is the US becoming more hostile with respect to religion?

While United States ranks relatively low on government restrictions and social hostility, for the first time it has seen a significant increase on both indices, and the issues behind this relate directly to the Sikh American experience.
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A Senate hearing today on hate crimes goes beyond Sikh temple shooting ~ Guest Commentary

How do we create positive change out of a devastating loss?
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At Capitol, Yuba-Sutter Sikhs call for tolerance and unity

Today, the Yuba City resident takes another approach by encouraging tolerance through education. Correcting ignorance, he said, is the only way to change the misconceptions and misunderstandings about his culture and his faith.
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Solidarity is needed after the Sikh temple shooting

I am a third-generation Sikh American, and as the ceremony drew to a close, I tweeted, “May this not be the last moment the nation watches and mourns with us. May this be the start of lasting solidarity.”
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Religious speakers say fundamentalism poisons

Speakers emphasized that their religions had more in common than differences, with each using a written scripture that leads to different interpretations of the religion’s philosophy. They agreed that a rise of fundamentalism and bigotry posed challenges.
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'I Heart Turbans': Sikh student's apparel designs spark inter-faith dialogue

If the spheres of fashion and religion seem disparate and distant, it is 22-year-old Jagmeet Sethi's Connecticut-based apparel company TurbanInc that has brought the two seemingly distinct worlds together.
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