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http://www.indianexpress.com/news/a-teacher-says-no-to-burqa-in-a-west-bengal-muslim-university-isnt-allowed-to-teach/653282/0 For the past three months, 24-year-old Sirin Middya has not been able to hold her classes at West Bengal’s first Muslim university. While the guidelines at Aliah...

Show me one Sikh role model from the West and one from the East that would be an inspriation to the youth.......... Thanks winkingmunda

source: http://kamallarosekaur.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/harmander-singhs-state-of-union-address/ Kamalla Rose Kaur: I asked Harmander Singh recently, "What is your take Sikh’s present lack of positive media coverage and successful public relations in the West? " Harmander Singh responded: As...

(Oct. 14) -- A streaking meteor that recently appeared 100 times brighter than a full moon was caught on video camera, scientists announced last week. As the fireball plunged into Earth's atmosphere on the evening of Sept. 25, it was detected by cameras at the University of Western Ontario in...

Religion and the Specter of the West: Sikhism, India, Post-colonialism, and the Politics of Translation (Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture) By Arvind Mandair Buy from Us Product Description Arguing that intellectual movements, such as deconstruction...

An idea i got from the Blog of Gaganpreet Singh Ji "NirvairKhalsa" who introduced me to the BABIHA BLOG article on TRUE meaning of AMRIT VELA... can we Imagine this NEWS... Hardwaar..June 30th 1490. A Man presumed to be mentally unsound was arrested by the Pandit Association. He had entered...

Young people want to be like each other. Not all, some want to be special, so they find other young people to be different with.:D I was different too, but I didn't dress in any special way. I didn't risk getting killed after 9/11, just harassed. How is it like being a young Sikh in the west? Is...

Some students in Victoria could be allowed to carry small knives to school for religious reasons. Sikh students would be allowed to carry small ornamental daggers under a plan that has outraged teachers and principals, News Ltd newspapers reported. More...

Sangat Jeo' We would like to draw your attention to seva we are carrying out through the North West Sikh Support Network, based in Manchester and working in the North West of the UK. We are here to give support, help and guidance to those who are in the wrong company, those threatened or abused...

Sangat Jeo' We would like to draw your attention to seva we are carrying out through the North West Sikh Support Network, based in Manchester and working in the North West of the UK. We are here to give support, help and guidance to those who are in the wrong company, those threatened or...

The Sikh turban is again in the news in the US, much to the annoyance of the Sikhs all over the world. The US has allowed 'arbitrary' search of turbans, subjecting the Sikh headgear and religious symbol to manual 'pat downs' even after the wearer has passed through the metal detector. More...

The Sikh turban is again in the news in the US, much to the annoyance of the Sikhs all over the world. The US has allowed 'arbitrary' search of turbans, subjecting the Sikh headgear and religious symbol to manual 'pat downs' even after the wearer has passed through the metal detector. More...

http://in.rediff.com/news/2006/jul/26gatka.htm West takes to Sikh martial art Arvinder Kaur in New Delhi July 26, 2006 12:31 IST The traditional Sikh martial art of 'gakta' is finding many takers in USA, UK, France and Germany where it is being taught as a science of combat for...

I ask this because when I read the SGGS, I find myself relating the concepts to my understanding of philosophy, most of it "western" in origin (mainly since I'm quite a geek). As a note, I don't want to imply "science" is purely Western phenomenon, but my own education in Science is, alas...

West of Orissa, east of Punjab The Oriyas arrived in the Holy City more than 50 years ago and have gradually assimilated their own unique culture with the traditions of Punjab. They have nurtured a new generation which is at home in both the north and the east, says Varinder Walia A view...

With his tattoo of the Star of David hidden from view, Mohammed al-Mahadi prays to Allah in his new West Bank home near the radical Jewish settlement where he spent much of the last decade...

A gay man in Pakistan writes about attitudes to homosexuality in his country. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Christianity/SIG=11uinep6g/*http%3A//news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/south_asia/4583911.stm