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Arizona House member’s atheist nod at prayer time sparks do-over from Christian lawmaker Ross D. Franklin By Associated Press, Published: May 22,2013 PHOENIX — An atheist lawmaker’s decision to give the daily prayer at the Arizona House of Representatives triggered a do-over from a...

Malala Yousufzai Shooting: Attack On Pakistani Teen Activist Sparks Outrage ISLAMABAD -- Schools shut their doors in protest and Pakistanis across the country held vigils Wednesday to pray for a 14-year-old girl who was shot by a Taliban gunman after daring to advocate education for girls and...

Shelly R. Fredman Writing Teacher, Barnard and The Skirball For much of my life I gazed upon the world through the windshield of a suburban car. Zooming past Midwestern strip malls, parking lots and Taco Bells, I was no mystic. A one-inch pane of glass sealed me from the outside world, and in...

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...

An incident where a Canadian Sikh was allegedly denied entry into an upscale restaurant has grown into an international campaign after details were posted on a popular social networking portal. More...

Sydney, June 11 (IANS) A multicultural commission's view that Sikh schoolchildren have the right to carry the kirpan - the dagger that is among the five items of faith that Sikhs are supposed to wear - has sparked off an intense debate in the Australian state of Victoria. More...

Sydney, June 11 : A multicultural commission's view that Sikh schoolchildren have the right to carry the kirpan - the dagger that is among the five items of faith that Sikhs are supposed to wear - has sparked off an intense debate in the Australian state of Victoria. More...

A World Sikh Organisation poster glorifying the mastermind of the Air India bombing has Indo-Canadians and New Delhi up in arms. More...

Funeral pyre sparks legal wrangle (BBC News) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=120knb7hn/*http%3A//news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/tyne/5174260.stm Array Wed, 12 Jul 2006 18:43:57 GMT The open air cremation of a Sikh man in the North East provokes a legal row among...

Reuters - Iraq's parliament erupted in acrimony at only its second sitting on Tuesday and journalists were thrown out after legislators berated leaders for failing to agree on a new government, two months after elections...