Browsing Tag: Sikh Identity

“A campaign like this allows us to address the ignorance without throwing another community under the bus,” said Singh.

Let's just say I took the blue pill. I ventured down the rabbit-hole to understand the roots of suffering. I had no idea the philosophical, religious, and spiritual terrain I was traveling.

"Hateful rhetoric around the country is surging and people feel increasingly emboldened to verbally and physically attack people based on how they look or what they believe,"

At every step of the way, the bully’s lie was supported, endorsed, and reinforced by the actions of every adult authority figure who ought to have known better.

Move over, Michael Jordan. People don't want to #BeLikeMike anymore — they want to #BeLikeDarsh.

Paradoxically, it was perhaps that anonymous bigot on a Plymouth street who inspired Chaz to enter politics. “It was in Plymouth that I first heard someone tell me to ‘go back to your own country’. This is my country...

Today Kalsi is determined that other Sikhs should not have to go through such an ordeal to join the armed services.

"Our religion provides us the guidance that there is no other, there is no difference, there is no better, there is only divine light which shines in all."

Soldiers and representatives from Wolverhampton's Sikh community joined together to commemorate the 170th anniversary of a key battle - the Battle of Ferozeshah.

[VIDEO] "I fell down in the parking lot" and the suspect fled alone in his vehicle, Singh said. But the gunman also left "empty-handed," Singh said. "He didn't get anything."

Thousands of Metro Vancouver children in need will be having a merry Christmas, thanks to the work of the region’s Sikh community.

When Jaspreet Singh headed to the store to buy security equipment and supplies to clean up his vandalized gurdwara, he said a woman in the store’s parking lot shouted expletives at him, telling him to get out of the U.S.

Now more than ever, it is important for faith leaders to come together and help raise awareness of not just their own faiths, but each other's faiths.

State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced the juvenile petition had been amended to include one count of hate crime, after further investigation and the discovery of additional evidence.

Rishi Makkar was hit hard by the news of the recent shooting. “It’s unfortunate that this incident happened to a member that stands against everything that’s evil,” said Makkar.

“President Obama stands with, he stands behind you and he stands in solidarity with you. And we all have a responsibility to remind Americans what makes us great”

Dalbir Singh believes humour has the power to challenge stereotypes.

The store owner’s family, who are also Indian, suggested to MLive that the attack was racially motivated. Gurleen Kaur, whose father owns the store, said “It could’ve happened to anyone that looks like us.”

A Sikh's strength lies in their identity -- it goes hand in hand with their existence. You might use images of the media to shape your worldview through the bias lens, but we use spiritual power to shape our resolve.

The Writer/Director and Actor of this film S.Pardeep Singh says that their motive is to spread awareness among people regarding the bad habitual by presenting a fully respective protagonist who is in his proper Sikh identity.

"Durazo was arrested for vandalism at a place of worship," reads a statement from Police Dept. "The case will be forwarded to the Orange County District Attorney's Office for review for possible additional violations."

There has been concern by some that Sikhs could be targeted as Muslims because of their turbans. "We're keeping our ear to the ground," McManus said.

Across the U.S., Sikhs and Muslims are banding together to defend their respective religions. Someone bent on harming Muslims wouldn’t understand – or care – about the distinction between the two faiths, they say, and both also deserve to live in peace.

Here is an amazing story of a white Australian, Donald Harry Goldsmith, who took Amrit and became Sikh, and now called Devinder Singh.

The Sikh Council UK has announced the launch of the Safer Sikhs Partnership, a collaboration of professionals working to implement safeguarding practices within the Sikh community.

...they were the most powerful computers available at the time... But it wasn't the computing power that fascinated me. It was connecting to other people all around the world.

[VIDEO] "We made this song because sikhs are mistreated in India." Three teenage girls, not professional singers, just 13 year old girls trying to make a difference.

Singh posted to his Facebook on Monday, December 7, to thank supporters and advise them on how else they can help fight racism

A Sikh woman said she was asked to show her breast pump to fellow passengers on a Delta Air Lines flight to prove she wasn’t a terrorist.

More than five-hundred thousand Americans welcomed Sikhs at the US Thanksgiving Day parade in Houston TX on Thursday, November 26.