The proposed guideline prohibits students from drawing their kirpan from its sheath and brandishing or violently utilising it.
Air Force Special Operations Command has made history by granting a religious accommodation waiver to a Sikh service member. This is the first time the command has done so.
Sikhs have long battled for the right to keep their religious identity intact.
When Sardar Jagmeet Singh from Wolverhampton was waiting for his family, who were on a flight, at Gatwick Airport, U.K., he was questioned by security staff after a member of the public had reported a man carrying a knife.
In 2020, the updated U.S. Navy’s religious accommodations policy cited that Sikh sailors can wear turbans. This was followed by the Air Force’s decision to do the same in early February of the same year. Earlier, religious head coverings such as Muslim hijabs and Jewish kippahs were permitted because they did not interfere with uniform covers.
The atrocities that occurred in June 1984 and led to the killings of tens of thousands of Sikhs have left an indelible mark on the collective memory of members of the Sikh Diaspora.
The fate of the few hundred Sikhs who still live in Afghanistan, almost all of whom reside in Kabul, is now in jeopardy.
Guru Nanak's noble ideals of universal fellowship, the welfare of all (Sarbat da bhala), compassion, Selfless Service (Seva), resource-sharing (Wand Chhakanaa) and its principles of social equality, justice, liberty, and fraternity place tremendous responsibility on all of us for addressing the problems of peaceful co-existence across the world. To achieve sustainable peace worldwide, we must strive to lead our lives according to these cherished ideals and principles.
Sarah Buckmaster’s podcast on diversity, explores various perspectives on what it means to be good to ourselves, while being good to others
The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women launched sixteen days of activism ending on friday, December 10th, International Human Rights Day.