On July 23, 2013, the San Jose Interfaith Youth Council visited the Sikh community in Espanola, New Mexico. The teenagers on the Youth Council represented many different faiths. SikhNet.com hosted their visit and shared stories about the first Sikh Master, Guru Nanak, and his Interfaith beginnings.
Sikh prayers were recited at an interfaith service celebrating the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech at the Shiloh Baptist Church on August 28, 2013 in the morning.
Interfaith Memorial Service at the Sikh Gurdwara (Temple-Acton Road in Indianapolis with beautiful messages of kindred assurance, unity, peace, and harmony from so many faith and civic leaders, and law-enforcement officers was an illuminating, moving and memorable experience.
Religious pluralism and tolerance are regular features of Bay Area communities, but one place of worship has offered its facilities to a Sikh community.
I had never before seen anyone protest an interfaith gathering.
That anybody would think that Boston, of all places, would be intimidated by a couple of puny bombs is laughable. Sure, we grieve for the dead. We reach out to the injured, but we move forward.
At the first Parliament of World Religions in Chicago in 1893, Indian spiritual leader Swami Vivekananda thrilled the diverse crowd of observers with a call for global unity and the recognition of the oneness of religion. More than 100 years later, that spirit is still at the center of present-day interfaith gatherings.
Voices from an array of faiths and communities united in a feast of word and song Sunday night at the interfaith service that has become a Thanksgiving tradition for some families in Utah.
Representing 25 different faiths, the movement has become a great vehicle for Sikh awareness among members of different faiths through their selfless seva of Langar.
Still, have we done enough? Muslims have a big responsibility to be the leading religious community to build strong relationships with Sikhs. It is a moral responsibility to join together as a unified community standing up against the root causes of this trend of violence...
A Sikh priest has scripted history by offering invocation at the Republican National Convention, where he was invited by the party as part of its “healing touch” effort towards the community shocked by the Wisconsin gurdwara massacre.
Christians, Muslims, and Jews from across Greater ­Boston plan to be at a service at Trinity Church Thursday evening, August 23, to show support for the Sikh community in the aftermath of the shooting rampage at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin.
"I just think a lot of times, in evangelical circles, we don't know how to reach out to people of other faiths and still save face with our own people." Pruitt showed how on Monday at a music-infused, multifaith celebration intended as a show of support for the Sikh community,...
There was not one murmur of anger, hate or even a sense of victimization. Instead, I felt their communal commitment to remain peaceful even in the face of violence. The community would not let that force win by pulling them into bitterness or vengefulness. There was no sense of inner struggle, whatsoever.
The lawn of the Summit Christian Church was the venue for the Interfaith Prayer Vigil for the victims of the Oak Creek, Wisconsin, Sikh Temple Shooting. The Sun was shining bright and Mother Nature was kind as if trying to soothe the somber mood of all who gathered to mourn, the nature was kind.
Speakers emphasized that their religions had more in common than differences, with each using a written scripture that leads to different interpretations of the religion’s philosophy. They agreed that a rise of fundamentalism and bigotry posed challenges.
During this Inter-faith festival, representatives of many faiths and youngsters of a Gatka Akhara expressed their views on Unity and how to promote Inter-faith dialogues between different communities.
The Pakistan government has shown the door to the attorney general who was doing seva at places of worship in India, including the Golden Temple in Amritsar, to promote inter-faith harmony.
A wedding ceremony had to be abandoned after a group of 40 hardline Sikhs locked themselves inside a temple to protest the inter-faith marriage.
In my freshman year, after a lecture on evolution in Biology class, my friends and I fell into a heated debate that led us straight into religion. As the conversation intensified, I held my half-eaten sandwich and looked up at them dumb-founded, heart thumping in my ears, and said, "So you think I'm going to hell?" They nodded and shifted uncomfortably.
Communities and individuals across NYC have been working together not only to have impact on issues of global health and hunger, but to show the positive power that people of faith can have when they unite around action rather than debating divisive issues.
The question is, why insist on a religious wedding when a couple cannot agree on one religio-cultural path in married life. In such unions, religion takes low priority or has no place at all. Why not accept that reality from the outset?
The U.S. Consulate General Karachi hosted an inter-faith conference that brought a Muslim Mufti, a Catholic Bishop, and the Sikh Representative founder of the Pakistan Sikh Council, Sardar Ramesh Singh, Michael Javid former MPA Sindh with over 100 male and female students of different faiths.
The White House has hosted an interactive meeting with Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh and Jain leaders to listen to their concerns and issues, indicating their increasing role in America's socio-political milieu.
Guru Nanak's hymn celebrating nature was sung at the inauguration of the global network of pilgrim cities in Assisi, Italy, in front of over 200 delegates and guests. The hymn called Aarti is recited by Sikhs at night as a concluding prayer of the day.
In a perfect world, it is often said, people of all faiths would embrace each other and celebrate their common humanity.
What drew them to the Christ? The conviction that something of huge importance was happening – the glorious gift of he who would teach all humanity the truth about man’s relationship to God, our divine Parent. That God is Love: that His entire creation is loved, cherished, never forsaken, tenderly cared for. Jesus’ understanding of this underlying principle enabled him to live a life of love, comforting and healing those who sought the truth he taught.
Perhaps therefore, it is surprising to some that I have joined the HappyChristmas4All campaign. So why? For me, it comes down to good neighborliness. It gives me no satisfaction to see others denigrate another person’s religious festival or stop my neighbours from practising their beliefs.
For many people in Canada, "Merry Christmas" has been replaced with "happy holidays" but in the office of Dr. Natavarlal Shah, the Christmas spirit is thriving.
"Please advise and help … relating to young Sikh kids marrying kids from other cultures, religions and races, and how it is affecting their parents. I am also affected by it and I don’t know a way out."

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