Browsing Tag: Turban

The Jathedars said: “The turban is pride of the Sikhs, but these days disrespect is being shown towards it even in the police stations across the state, which is a dangerous trend. We have written to the SGPC chief to hold a dialogue with the government and make sure that such incidents do not recur.”

Prime Minister Stephen Harper appointed his party’s first turbaned Sikh-Canadian MP Tim Uppal to a bloated cabinet that also saw another Indo-Canadian newcomer from Toronto Bal Gosal make it to cabinet.

SikhToons artist and suthor Vishnavjit Singh, with his unerring eye and sly sense of humor, has just published a delightful book on the concept, art and style of the Sikh turban

Harmeet Singh wears his faith loud and proud. Determined to help others rediscover Sikhism. the 30-old has been dedicated to seva (selfless service) for the past four-and-a-half years. "I wanted to start something new which would give a platform to the youth of today. My aim was to attract the younger generation towards seva and the values...

“All I wanted was do my job helping people in my community get the urgent medical care they needed,” said Khalsa. “My Sikh religion did not prevent me from performing that job, but the prejudice of my supervisors did.”

The strength and vibrancy of our Sikh community in the UK gives us a special interest in the issue, an insight we can usefully share with our European partners, so we will be doing our best to lead the debate not only with the Commission but with other member states. Achieving the change we need will take time.

President Nicolas Sarkozy's governing conservative party held a politically charged conference Tuesday on ways to strengthen secularism in French society, amid worries it would stigmatize France's millions of Muslims.

He laughs looking back as he recalls how it was often an ice-breaker with many of the Derry children who were admitted to hospital for surgery. “Children have no inhibitions and straight away they’d ask ‘what’s that on your head?” he explains.

As the coalition agreement of the Cabinet, "Freedom and responsibility," says, The equality of all people is central to the government and people are not judged by their origins. The government include all citizens of our country in similar circumstances and are treated equally.

United Sikhs has filed today a criminal complaint with the Mohali Judicial Magistrate First Class about the willful public removal of a Sikh's Turban by a Punjab Police officer, who said he was acting on the instructions of a police superintendent.

According to human rights lawyer and legal advisor to SJF Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, forcibly removing the turban of a Sikh is the worst form of religious persecution and violation of Sikh human rights, especially when it takes place in Punjab, the homeland of Sikhs under the government headed by a Sikh.

Darrell Steinberg, Democratic president pro tem of the California Senate, went to a Sikh Temple in West Sacramento Mar. 13 along with several other Californian leaders and officials to express their solidarity with the local Sikh community who are shocked and outraged at the killings.

Our Guru, Guru Gobind Singh ji made us such heroes and called us his Singh who would care, nurture, give, protect, sacrifice and fight for a cause. Though, it's really easy to find a cause to fight for but it's tough to actually fight for one. I'll just try to ignite some fire in the fellow community-men to fight for the honor of our Turban...

UNO can play a leading role by directing all its member's Nations to take special measures so that the Sikhs should not become racial victims because of their identity.

I was often wondering myself what the heck I was supposed to be doing, representing Sikhi but feeling so often like a weird outsider, no longer belonging to any people or country, just knowing I needed to be my Guru’s Sikh out there. I walked into so many gurdwaras not knowing the language or the culture even in the English speaking ones and feeling so inadequate. But you empowered me without hesitation....

Taking a strong exception to the popularized view that the problem exists in US, France or in foreign countries only; the SSF has maintained that 'but it persists in India', and even in Punjab also. “Sikhs in India, and even in Punjab, are facing similar situation, where they are compelled to remove their turbans by police authorities”

Outraged at the turban becoming the object of intense searches at American airports, Sikhs led by its top representative body Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) will protest in front of the US embassy in Delhi on December 23.

"However, on a personal point of view, I am highly respectful of the Sikh religion. I don’t forget that many of them were by our side during the world war and they were soldiers of the allies. Of course we have a debt towards them," the French minister said.

Delhi SAD chief Manjit Singh G. K. said the delegation which went up to the Embassy also presented a picture of young Sikh princesses in their traditional attire to the French President through the mission. “It portrayed the importance of the turban among young Sikhs,” he said.

In a letter to the Prime Minster on the eve of the visit of the French President to India, Mr. Badal said that it was amazing that such "discriminatory rules and laws should exist in a country like France which has been the torch-bearer of freedom of conscience as well as of liberal and democratic ethos to large parts of world.

Its not fliers, lectures or a million dollar campaigns that are going to help people understand who Sikhs are and stop being hurtful towards the turban, It is going to be each Sikh wearing their turban with pride and being extra kind and clearing up misunderstandings of the people around them.

Conservative military watchdogs are unhappy with the Army's recent decision to allow a member of the Sikh religious sect to enlist without adhering to military grooming standards.

When Spc. Simranpreet Lamba steps onto Hilton Field today for his graduation from Basic Combat Training, he will recite the same Soldiers' Creed as his fellow graduates, but instead of a beret, he will wear a turban with his uniform; and his face is distinctive by the beard he sports.

WEARING a turban demands confidence. You have to believe, truly believe, in your look. You have to commit — it’s a turban, after all.

According to Harsimrat, the US president was gracious enough to acknowledge the sentiment and replying that his present visit was a “rushed affair” and that he would try to come for a longer visit next time, during which he would like to visit Punjab. “The pleasure would be all mine,”

According to safety procedures at airports around the world, if a border guard suspects that a Sikh is smuggling something under his turban, he is asked to touch the turban himself and then a guard inspects him with a special detector.

Does a girl become a princess by perfectly styled hair, jewelry; make up, a gorgeous dress and an attitude to match? Or does a girl become a princess by her very presence and her words and actions?

An important part of Sikhi, is bana. The image a Sikh possesses is supposed to let others know that he or she is a Sikh. The turban, the kara, the unshorn hair. These are all supposed to be like lighthouses to people that need help, so that they know who they can turn to in their need.

"It’s humiliating for people and should be stopped where possible. I don’t want to tie the security people’s hands so they can’t fight terror but we need a common sense approach to protect people’s right to follow their religion. "I don’t think we should have this situation of turbans being searched...."

Turban stands for courage and self-respect for a Sikh. During the two World Wars, turbaned Sikh soldiers, who fought as part of the British Indian Army, refused to wear steel helmets, writes Major-Gen Kulwant Singh (retd).