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Sikhs embraced by Hawke's Bay community By Anna Ferrick http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=11198526 Baljit Singh, secretary of the Hastings Sikh Temple, says in the 25 years he has been in Hawke's Bay he has not experienced any racism...

In Hebrew, the word is “tzedakah.” It refers to acts of charity and philanthropy, an important part of Jewish spiritual life. The members of the Temple Beth Elohim’s tzedakah is a gift to the community, a way for the followers of another faith to practice their beliefs. In a gift...

C.A. Upholds Ruling Allowing Libel Action by Bay Area Sikh Panel Calls Anti-SLAPP Motion Abusive, Questions Wisdom of Absolute Right to Appeal Denial By KENNETH OFGANG, Staff Writer A court interpreter who helped found a Sikh temple in the Bay Area made out a prima facie case...

Bangalore: Sikh kids when start school usually complain about being teased because of the turban and refuse going to school again. The Sikh Coalition which is a national Non-Profit organization pointed out in its report for the Bay Area about Sikh children being teased and taunted and called as...

The Sikh Coalition Avaaz November 19, 2010 This is a Sikh Coalition Press Release. http://www.sikhcoalition.org/documents/Bay_Area_Civil_Rights_Agenda.pdf Bay Area Civil Rights Report Highlights Local Sikh Issues Fremont, CA (November 2010) - "As a mother, I will repent for the rest...

Transportation Security Administration screeners can now search the turbans of Sikh men even if they don't set off metal detectors, NBC11 reported. The rule was put in place August 4. 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...

IN a bid to fight hazardous affects of chemical pesticides, Punjab has taken up an ambitious project to produce and sell neem-based pesticide to farmers. The Punjab State Council for Science and Technology (PSCST) has begun the pilot project, in which more than 70 tonnes of neem fruit will be...

Court Decision Allows NorCal Sikh Temple (CBS 5 Bay Area) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=11kh5t35v/*http%3A//cbs5.com/local/local_story_214220703.html Array Thu, 03 Aug 2006 02:31:49 GMT Sukhcharn Singh of the Guru Nanak Sikh Society can finally think about his big...

Local News Guests treated to traditional Sikh wedding (Thunder Bay Post) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=11pcojpr5/*http%3A//www.tbsource.com/Localnews/index.asp?cid=82572 Array Mon, 01 May 2006 20:15:27 GMT A 'blissful union' took place over the weekend. The Italian...

Reward Offered In Sikh Shooting (NBC 11 Bay Area) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=11h166q97/*http%3A//www.nbc11.com/news/5867627/detail.html Array Thu, 05 Jan 2006 20:54:36 GMT A $5,000 reward is now being offered in the fatal shooting of a Sikh cab driver in Richmond...

NEW YORK A Sikh (seek) man who was beaten, stomped and left unconscious outside a New York City restaurant last year is suing the men who allegedly attacked him, along with the restaurant that had been serving them alcohol...

Here s the undisputed facts: On Wednesday, June 29, Nicholas Minucci, 19, and a couple of his friends spotted three Black men walking through their Howard Beach neighborhood in the middle of the night. These white men got out of their car shouting racial epithets...

NAPLES, Florida (AP) -- The Ave Maria University has established a scholarship in the name of Terri Schiavo. Officials say the Terri Schindler-Schiavo Scholarship is for students planning careers in the priesthood...

IT'S FIVE IN the morning. A white sun rises through a hazy, pearl-toned sky over the eastern bank of the Ganges River. Cresting the arc of the water to the north is a chaotic piling of temples, crumbling cement stairways, and half-finished buildings...

Hundreds of people gathered for a special dedication of the Iranian Christian Church in the South Bay. It is the largest one in the Bay Area. Nearly 600 Iranian Muslims who converted to Christianity attend the church...

A new US law could send immigrant torture victims back to their tormentors. For eight years, Ranjit Singh lived in almost constant fear of being deported back to India. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=122rr2ca8/*http%3A//www.eastbayexpress.com/Issues/current/news/feature.html

NEW DELHI At least one person is dead and several injured after bombs exploded inside two movie theaters in New Delhi, India. Authorities say the theaters were showing a Hindi-language film that has been condemned by Sikh religious leaders...

LOS ANGELES Leaders from nearly a dozen religious faiths have paid tribute to Pope John Paul at a service in Los Angeles. Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Sikh, Greek Orthodox and evangelical Christian leaders all took part in the service at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels...