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  1. Amitojsinghh

    Hard Talk Waxing Vs Trimming

    I am now 18 years old live in delhi and am a curious person who likes to contradict even the most basic principles that we as a sikhs have been taught. So I have this lingering question since I started to see relatives around me judging people to cut their hair. The question that I have is that...
  2. Tejwant Singh

    World Beard Misunderstood Here In The US Too

    Turkey’s mysterious case of the bearded men By Anthony Faiola August 19 at 1:09 PM ANTAKYA — It is a journalist's greatest challenge in the field: How to tell rumor from fact. Consider the Case of the Four Long Beards. A colleague and I were in the shade of a market stall in...
  3. aristotle

    Sikh Woman Ditches The Razor To Embrace Her Beard

    A 23-year-old woman with a condition causing excessive hair development has revealed that growing a beard makes her feel more feminine. Harnaam Kaur, of Slough, Berkshire, suffers from polycystic ovary syndrome - and a beard first started to appear on her face aged just 11. The hair quickly...
  4. spnadmin

    Sikh Coalition Major Retailers Remove Turban And Beard Costume

    Major Retailers Remove Turban and Beard Costume September 30, 2013 (Washington, DC) – Less than a week after Dr. Prabhjot Singh was slurred as "Osama" and viciously assaulted in a hate crime [...
  5. Admin

    5 Lesser Known Benefits Of Having A Beard

    5 lesser-known benefits of having a beard By K. Aleisha Fetters Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/06/20/5-lesser-known-benefits-having-beard/#ixzz2XGBZQSwZ From sprouting a little scruff to going straight-up Zach Galifianakis, there's good reason to take a break from your...
  6. M

    Can Someone Answer My Question? (Trimming Beard)

    Sat Sri Akaal, Hello, I am a new Sikh and am wondering why I see a lot of older Sikh men who obviously trim their beards? Also, is it normal for a Sikh that has not taken Amrit to wear one or more of the 5K's? If I have in some way offended someone I apologize. Thanks for your help :):):)
  7. spnadmin

    UK Surrey Man Appears On 'Regis And Kelly' With Longest Beard

    SURREY - Surrey Sikh priest Sarwan Singh appeared on the Regis and Kelly show in New York on Tuesday to show millions of television viewers his beard. At eight feet two and a half inches long, his is believed to be the longest beard in the world. Singh serves as high priest of Guru Nanak...
  8. spnadmin

    General Vivian Wheeler: Longest Beard On A Living Woman

    http://youtu.be/pn94aT8wsDk Sorry but embedding is not working with this video. You have to click the link to watch.
  9. spnadmin

    USA Jewish Groups Back Sikh's Right To A Beard

    The ADL, American Jewish Committee and more than 25 other civil rights groups — many of them Islamic — co-signed a letter to State Attorney General Kamala Harris this week defending the rights of a Sikh American to become a state correctional officer without shaving his beard. Tilochan Oberoi...
  10. spnadmin

    Judaism New York Rabbi Sues Army Over Beard Ruling

    January 4, 2011, 10:59am New York Rabbi Sues Army Over Beard Ruling By Michael Kaminer Has the U.S. Army set a double standard by refusing to allow an Orthodox rabbi to serve as a chaplain because he won’t shave his beard? Menachem Stern’s lawyers think so. Attorneys Nathan and Alyza D...
  11. Vikram singh

    Judaism Brooklyn Rabbi Takes On The Army, Sues Uncle Sam Over Beard Restriction

    A Crown Heights rabbi is suing the U.S. Army for denying him a job as a chaplain because he won't cut his beard. Rabbi Menachem Stern, 29, believes the military's ban on beards shouldn't apply to him because the laws of his Jewish faith prohibit him from shaving. The Army disagrees and...
  12. spnadmin

    USA Nevada Day: Beard Contest Draws Crowd Of Competitors

    3 Singhs are finalists cheerleader It was a close match Saturday for the “Most Bearded Community” during the Nevada Day festivities, but Virginia City edged out Carson City 38 to 35. Prior to the start of the contest, competitors gathered at the legislative amphitheater to compare facial...
  13. spnadmin

    Judaism Rabbi's Beard Doesn't Make Cut

    Rabbi Menachem Stern's stringy brown beard is hardly an unusual sight in his Brooklyn neighborhood. But in trying to become a chaplain in the U.S. Army, Mr. Stern has gotten tangled in a military bureaucracy that has made exceptions for other beards, but not his. The 28-year-old rabbi was...
  14. B

    Importance Of Beard From Non-sikh Views

    Having a beard is not exclusive to Sikhs for religious purposes and it appears that even the West through other religions has forgotten the importance of hair - Source: Beard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia :happysingh: Quotations regarding beards "There are two kinds of people in this...
  15. spnadmin

    Legal Punjab Lawmaker Wants No Beard Clause Dropped From Boxing

    Punjab Lawmaker Wants No Beard Clause Dropped From Boxing BERNAMA - Punjab Lawmaker Wants No Beard Clause Dropped From Boxing NEW DELHI, April 24 (Bernama) -- A prominent Punjab woman lawmaker has sought the Indian government's help to rescind an international clause that bars...
  16. spnadmin

    Controversial Health Authority Apologizes After Elderly Sikh's Beard Cut

    Health authority apologizes after elderly Sikh's beard cut Health authority apologizes after elderly Sikh's beard cut VANCOUVER — An elderly Sikh man had his beard cut off weeks before he died while he was in a long-term health-care facility in New Westminster.And now the World Sikh...
  17. Mai Harinder Kaur

    Bhai Sarwan Singh Ji Breaks His Own Guinness World Record Of Longest Beard

    SURREY(CANADA): A Surrey man with the longest beard in the world has broken his own record. When Bhai Sarwan Singh made the Guinness Book of World Records in 2008, his beard measured more than seven-and-a-half feet in length, the longest of any known living man.It's now two inches longer...
  18. AdsKhalsa

    Sikh News The Longest Beard

    Surrey resident Sarwan Singh achieved a feat, which every Sikh is going to be proud of. He set a new Guinness Book of World Record by having the longest beard. Singh's beard was measured at 2.36 meters or 7.7 3/4 ft, at a jam packed, Akal Academy in Surrey BC, on November 11, 2008. Over 200...
  19. H

    General Is Bee's Wax And Amla Oil A Good Idea For A Beard?

    I have been growing my beard for some time now, and I'm quite happy with it, but it's at a stage where it can be a nuiscance at times. I really don't want to tie down my beard or use any stiff harsh gels in my beard. I want to keep with the free loose flowing beard image, but I want to look...
  20. K

    Beard, So Can't Box, Pushpinder Won't

    On the front page on Hindustan Times of the day there is an article captioned as per the subject. Ruled out. Patiala pugilist , a devout Sikh , not ready to shorn hair. Going by the IABA rules, representing India will always remain a dream for Junior National Champion Pushpinder Singh...
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