Central Unified School District is considering officially letting Sikh students wear a small blade called the kirpan, one of the five symbols of the Sikh faith, while they are in school.
Herminder Channa, recently awarded an OBE, has transformed an academy at the centre of the Islamic extremism scandal
The initiative was co-founded by Jasneet Kaur Taak, who is completing her Master’s degree in the department of Physics at Imperial, and Simran Sangla, who has completed her Master’s in Imperial’s Chemical Engineering department.
Prior to attending medical school, Singh studied in London and traveled to Ghana and Tanzania for research in the field of global health. In addition to English, she speaks French and Telugu.
Harman Singh Pandher hopes children of different cultures will see their stories matter
But as significant as it is for Sikh children to finally have a book that centers characters who look like their communities, Singh said he hopes that stories like these eventually become the norm.
We need to understand the history that has brought us to this crisis. If we do not know the history, we cannot benefit from its lessons.
We can no longer hide behind our willful ignorance and complacency. The first step in the journey is to educate ourselves.
Melbourne’s Good News Lutheran College has changed its uniform guidelines to allow its Sikh students to wear a head covering in accordance with their religious ethos.