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The "Turban Pride Movement" or the Akaal Purakh Ki Fauj (APKF), a voluntary organization, has decided to dedicate the forthcoming Mr. Singh International 2012 to generate awareness about Sikhs globally.

They call it "rahowa" - short for racial holy war - White supremacists, neo-Nazis and skinhead groups are preparing for it by joining the ranks of the world's fiercest fighting machine, the U.S. military.

Although he died at the age of nine, he was honoured with the title of Baba, a grand old man, for the extraordinary powers he had displayed. The present nine-storey building represents the nine years of Baba Atal's life.

It is important that we take time to humanize these individuals. In overlooking their humanity, we lose a part of our own. We can maintain our own humanity by registering and remembering the effects that hate-crimes have on more personal levels.

Sixteen members of an Ohio Amish sect are set to go on trial in federal court Monday in Cleveland. The defendants are accused of violating U.S. hate crime laws by cutting the hair and beards of detractors

The legacy of anti-Sikh violence and its contemporary prevalence make it painfully obvious that anti-Sikh violence is often purposeful and targeted.

After years of strife and pain, God has blessed me with a peace......I don't feel the anger...I don't feel the resentment towards the unholy....when I see them, I don't want to remember the atrocities...I just want to go up to them and say....".life is short ... why the bitterness?"....

In a country often threatened by strife and conflict, the Times of India on Wednesday reported a heart-warming story about how in a place called Joshimath in Uttarakhand, Sikhs invited the Muslims to pray in the hall of their Gurudwara on Eid-ul-Fitr.

....involved the recognition of the need for a broader dialogue about violence and hate in America. The White House says that will be a focus of the administration, as it reaches out not just to the Sikh community but to other groups that have experienced attacks based on their religion, race and ethnicity.