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In late January, a mentally ill man was shot and killed by two police officers in Lodi, California, south of Sacramento. Tragedy often follows a confrontation between the police and a mentally ill person, but the facts of this case are in dispute. The victim was a Sikh Army veteran, and his...

Just out of curiosity, has the topic of the dasam granth been brought before the Akal Takht for an official decision recently? As I understand it there are parts that have been declared to be the writings of Guru Gobind Singh and other parts that aren't. I've read various articles over the...

ਇਟਲੀ ਦੇ ਸਰੂਪਾਂ ਦੇ ਮਾਮਲੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਦਾਦੂਵਾਲ ਦੋਸ਼ੀ ਕਰਾਰ, ਪ੍ਰੋ. ਸਰਬਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਧੂੰਦਾ ਦੇ ਪ੍ਰਚਾਰ ਕਰਨ 'ਤੇ ਰੋਕ ‘ਮਾਮਲਾ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਗੁਰੂ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਦੀਆ ਬੀੜਾਂ ਦਾ’ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਸਰ 3 ਜਨਵਰੀ (ਜਸਬੀਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਪੱਟੀ) ਸ਼੍ਰੋਮਣੀ ਗੁਰੂਦੁਆਰਾ ਪ੍ਰਬੰਧਕ ਕਮੇਟੀ ਦੇ ਜਨਰਲ ਸਕੱਤਰ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਸੁਖਦੇਵ ਸਿੰਘ ਭੌਰ ਤੇ ਸਕੱਤਰ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਦਿਲਮੇਘ ਸਿੰਘ ਦੀ ਸ਼ਕਾਇਤ ਤੇ ਸੁਣਵਾਈ...

by IJ SINGH An established and respected scholar on religion, with an excellent track record of writings on Sikh teachings and practices, Professor Nikky Guninder Kaur Singh of Colby College in Maine, U.S.A., has recently attracted criticism - fireworks! - on the Internet. Presumably, it is...

CONTROVERSY OVER BIRS Akal Takht chief summons warring parties on July 22 Tribune News Service Amritsar, July 17 Taking serious note of the issue of printing of some ‘birs’ of Guru Granth Sahib by an NRI, the Akal Takht has summoned all the parties involved in the matter during a meeting...

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Can it be true that Raag Ramkali has become the eye of a cyclone of controversy? This shabad was written by Baba Sundar, the grandson of Guru Amar Das ji, around the time of the pending death of the 3rd Guru. More information about the controversy later. Let' s first take a look at the...

The photo is of a button from the uniform of an officer in the famed 9th Jatt Regiment. This thread was inspired by the growing number of questions about the Jatt people in relationships threads where a non-Jatt or even a non-Sikh was in a relationship with a Jatt. Usually the stated...

Uneducated Comments by Sajjid Khan on a Commendable Gatka Performance at India's Got Talent Spark Controversy: The exit of a seven-year-old participant from the “India’s Got Talent” reality show after judge Sajid Khan commented that the martial arts dance form he performed was too violent has...

Here we stand some five days from the beginning of one of the gala sports events in sports, soccer's World Cup 2010. It is an event that brings together 32 of the finest national soccer teams the world has to offer in a battle to see who will take the coveted title of World Cup champion. As...

The Nikky Haley segment begins at 4:30. But the earlier section is also hilarious. Video: Thank You, South Carolina - The Race to Replace Disgrace | The Daily Show | Comedy Central A taste of how US primary election politics really work -- and of course other lead-ups to the ultimate general...

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After France, niqab controversy now hots up in Canada After France, niqab controversy now hots up in Canada Montreal: After France, the niqab controversy has now hotted up in Canada, with an Egyptian Muslim woman refusing to remove her veil in her French language class in a local college...

US Sikh bodies appeal Akal Takhat for caution on Dasam Granth controversy PunjabNewsline.com - US Sikh bodies appeal Akal Takhat for caution on Dasam Granth controversy WASHINGTON: Guru Gobind Singh Foundation (GGSF) and Sikh Council on Religion and Education (SCORE) based in...

Nanakshahi is Immortal Simple Primer of the Almanac Pal Singh Purewal Nearly two decades of painstaking research resulted in the conception and creation of the Nanakshahi Calendar, which presented a flawless almanac to the beleaguered Sikh community in search of its sui generis status. Since...

THE FACTS Professor Darshan Singh, a former Jathedar of The Akal Takht, has for several decades dazzled Sikhs around the world with his inspiring kirtan and erudite discourses on gurbani. He has also been quite courageous, forthright and outspoken about the anti-Sikh and anti-Sikhi...

Re: Sabd Guru on Sword (ਖੜਗੁ/ਖੰਡਾ) Dear Tony Ji, The Sikh scholars have a fear of their job or being excummunicated from the faith by SGPC-so they get scared in coldly disssecting the questions being raised. Two years ago I visited a friend in Halifax, England where he requested me to...

So what is the controversy surrounding this fellow?

SACRAMENTO — The state Board of Education declined to act Thursday on new complaints from the Sikh community about a seventh-grade textbook the Sikhs say is offensive. More...

New York, July 3: A Sikh religious flag displayed at a soon-to-be-opened gurdwara in California is at the centre of a controversy, with some residents saying the American flag should also be put up there. More...