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Prey for the BNP | Priyamvada Gopal

Slough :: United Kingdom | 9 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Prey for the BNP The Sikhs who join in the hatred of Muslims are deluded if they expect to avoid racial exclusion Rajinder Singh, a British Sikh with an extreme dislike of Muslims, is, according to the BNP, "the kind of immigrant you want if you're going...

Tags: BNP, Rajinder Singh, Sikhs, Sikh-Muslim, Britain, United Kingdom, Slough, Pakistan Movement, Partition of India, Sikh, Nick Griffin, British National Party, Homophobia, Divided regions, Forced migration, Social Issues, Religion Belief

Young fundamentalists vow change after Vancouver Sikh temple vote

Surrey :: ND :: USA | 16 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

B.C. — A group of young fundamentalists is set to take over North America's second-largest Sikh temple. More than 15,000 people voted on Sunday in the controversial leadership race amid heavy police presence at the Guru Nanak Sikh temple in the Vancouver...

Tags: Vancouver Sikh, Sikhs, Guru Nanak Sikh, youth slate, sikhs temple, Surrey, Religion in India, Sikh, Sikhism, Punjab, Social Issues

Prosecute Those Responsible for 1984 Massacre of Sikhs

Posted by: chnarendra  | 

New Delhi :: India | 29 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 4

- The failure of successive Indian governments to bring to justice those responsible for mass revenge attacks on Sikhs after the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi 25 years ago is a severe blot on India's legal system and democracy, Human...

Tags: HRW, Sikhs

FROM THE ARCHIVES

New Delhi :: India | 29 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Last updated on Tuesday, Nov. 03, 2009 4:15AM EST 2 5 years ago: The Globe and Mail reported an explosion of anti-Sikh fury throughout India had killed 750 people, 500 in New Delhi alone, on the eve of the state funeral for Indira Gandhi, assassinated...

Tags: sikhs

Indian embassy helps Pakistan Rly fetch Sikhs

Posted by: petergill  | 

Nārowāl :: Pakistan | about 1 month ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

BY PETER GILL LAHORE: The authorities had to involve the Indian embassy officials on Saturday to persuade their government to allow Pakistani trains to bring some 1,800 or so Sikhs eagerly waiting at Attari to leave for Wagah to reach Nankana Sahib where...

Tags: Sikhs

Fanfare on Indira, Bhopal forgotten

New Delhi :: India | about 1 month ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

The UPA and the Congress’s silence on the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy is being questioned at a time both have big plans for the 25th anniversary of Indira Gandhi’s death the same year...The Indira-related events include observing a two-minute silence at the...

Tags: Indira Gandhi, Sikhs

Sikh soldiers guard Queen Elizabeth II

London :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Other army regiments often help carry out guard duties at Britain's Buckingham Palace when the Household Division is on operations. The ministry said the two soldiers are the first of the 90 Sikhs in Britain's army to be handed the task. "It's purely...

Tags: Sikhs, Sikh British, buckingham palace

No turbans for Sikhs teachers

Posted by: prabirghose  | 

Washington :: DC :: USA | 4 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

A law that stops Sikhs engaged in the teaching profession from wearing turbans at work has created plenty of ill feeling in the community. The draft law of the Oregon legislature which is awaiting the final approval of the state Governor strives to ban...

Tags: religious freedom, sikhs, turbans, muslim women, burqas, burkhas

Dashed Hopes & Dreams - Untold Immigrant Stories Part II

Posted by: Avinash1  | 

Toronto :: Canada | 5 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

In my previous segment, I had written about Vipin - the taxi driver who was formerly a Colonel in the Indian Army, and had introduced Harmeet Singh Chawla, a farmer from Punjab who now earns a living as a raspberry farmer near Toronto. Harmeet...

Tags: Immigrants, India, Sikhs, Nannies, Toronto, Canada, Singh, Vancouver, South Asian

Sikhs vow to abide by tax payment decision

Bara :: India | 6 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

The local Sikh community on Wednesday said they would abide by their decision to pay tax in exchange for security. “Though we have been living in the area for decades, the security situation has deteriorated these days and the Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) has...

Tags: Sikhs

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