“We want to be recognizable because if someone is ever in need the promise is there that if you see someone in a turban they will help you out and they will do the right thing."
As well as advertising the survey at the events I attended, I posted details on various websites and discussion forums to gather responses (see here). This first ever online survey of Sikhs gathered 650
responses and was really useful, allowing me to triangulate survey responses with my interview and fieldwork data and I’ve included some of these in my academic publications to date
Guru Gobind Singh established the institution of Panj Piare while founding the Khalsa on the day of Baisakhi in 1699. Five men responded to his call and the Guru baptised them and called them Panj Piare. Since then, every group of five baptised Sikhs is called Panj Piare and accorded the respect enjoyed by the first five Sikhs.
As the fear of religious persecution at the hands of the Taliban weighs heavily on the minds of Afghanistan’s last generation of Sikh and Hindu communities, support groups have urged Australia to bring them over as refugees to a life of safety.
As Taliban takes over Afghanistan, Sikhs stuck in Gurudwara appeal to US and Canada to rescue them.
A man whose friend was handcuffed and told to leave a Conwy funfair for carrying a Kirpan wants better training for staff at tourist attractions.
Canada will continue to implement the special immigration programme for Afghans who contributed to Canada’s efforts in Afghanistan... Women leaders, human rights defenders, journalists, religious minorities, LGBTI individuals, and others covered by this program will be safe here in Canada, and I look forward to welcoming them to our country", said the Indian-origin minister Sajjan.
The NSW Gurdwara Working Group, made up of representatives from Sydney Sikh temples, said the decision to reverse the ban was not a "win" for the religious group, but it was thankful for the compromise. "A lot of work and consultation processes has been done to reach a consensus to formulate the new policy," a spokesperson for the group said.
Many local community members participated to show oneness and solidarity with the Sikh American community.
Sikh activists want the SGPC to revoke its plan of demolishing its oldest serai, Guru Ram Das Niwas, at the Golden Temple, the holiest Sikh shrine