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Sikhs don’t make much religion news. They don’t go on TV announcing their intention to burn Korans; they don’t loudly forecast apocalypse; and they have not had to defend their faith as one of them races to be president of the United States. But the Sikh community caught my...

BIRMINGHAM, England, September 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Thousands of Sikhs will today take part in a simultaneous demonstration in four European capitals to protest against what they say is a growing trend of intimidation and disrespect of their faith at European airports. The UK...

To: Administrator John Pistole, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Subject: Disparate Screening of Sikh Travelers at American Airports Date: July 8, 2011 This memorandum is jointly submitted by the Sikh Coalition, Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF), and...

Three civil liberties organizations say the rights of Sikhs in America are being further trampled upon as the Transportation Security Administration rolls out a new policy which will mandatorily require all turbaned Sikhs to undergo three levels of security screening at U.S. airports. The new...

WASHINGTON — Three national Sikh advocacy and civil rights organizations say that federal transportation officials plan to always search turbans at airport screening stations, even if wearers voluntarily pass through state-of-the-art body imaging scanners. The groups are calling on their...

September 6, 2010: PRESENT POSITION — Last month the NSO has received the following terse plea from Shaminder Puri, a Gursikh Scientist, Secretary General of an international science organisation[1] and working as the UNESCO and the EU’s environmental policy Expert in Poland & Eastern...

Sikh News Discussion, Saturday, 24 July 2010 From: “sikh federation” <sikhfederationuk@yahoo.co.uk> To: “egroup SND” <sikh_news_discussion@yahoogroups.com> On 9 July, Bhai Amrik Singh, the Chair of the Sikh Federation (UK), wrote to thank the Rt. Hon. Philip Hammond, the Secretary of State...

Washington, D.C.– October 26, 2007: On Saturday, October 27, 2007, new airport screening procedures will go into effect with respect to baggy clothing and all head coverings. To help Sikh travelers go through the screening process, the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF), the...

A new security rule regarding all kinds of head coverings prompts protests from Sikh groups and Muslim women, who fear that their turbans and head scarves will cause them to be singled out. Photo: Sikhs protesting in New Delhi against the U.S. security policy. More...

America's Sikh community wants another meeting with the Justice Department over a controversial new airport search policy. The Sikhs say they're being targeted for intrusive searches because they wear turbans. More...

A new Homeland Security Department policy singles out Sikh men for rigorous airport security searches at the discretion of screeners, a national civil rights organization says. More...

CHANDIGARH: In a move that is bound to raise Sikh hackles, the turban, one of Sikhism's five articles of faith, has come under a scanner in the US. The Sikh pug has been put on the list of items to be frisked at airports across the US as security agencies believe it could hide explosive devices...

In a move that is bound to raise Sikh hackles, the turban, one of Sikhism's five articles of faith, has come under a scanner in the US. More...