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The Sikh Coalition is drawing attention to recent crimes against members of the religion. A group of men shared stories about their attacks during a news conference held by the advocacy organization. One man said a group of teenagers on Roosevelt Island called him Osama bin Laden and told him...

Weprin And Sikh Cultural Society Rally Against Hate Crimes http://www.qgazette.com/news/2013-10-02/Front_Page/Weprin_And_Sikh_Cultural_Society_Rally_Against_Hat.html Assemblymember David Weprin (D-Richmond Hill) and the Sikh Cultural Society held a rally against hate crimes. The rally was...

Akal Takht chief wants Obama to take stringent measures to check hate crimes against Sikhs http://www.indianexpress.com/news/akal-takht-chief-wants-obama-to-take-stringent-measures-to-check-hate-crimes-against-sikhs/1173438/ Navjeevan Gopal Expressing deep concern over the attack on a...

Monumental Step Forward in Tracking Hate Crimes Against Sikhs Highlights: Washington D.C- With the utmost gratitude, UNITED SIKHS thanks Congressman Joseph Crowley (D-NY) for his efforts to encourage the Department of Justice and FBI to begin tracking and quantifying hate crimes against...

Most women at Kabul prison accused of 'moral' crimes http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/most-women-at-kabul-prison-accused-of-moral-crimes-351883?fb Kabul: The 21-year-old Afghan woman said she fled her abusive husband only to be raped at gunpoint by a stranger who was supposed to help her...

Sikh body seeks UN trail against Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa for war crimes By HAINDER SINGH http://www.sikhsiyasat.net/2013/02/22/sikh-body-seeks-un-trail-against-sri-lankan-president-mahinda-rajapaksa-for-war-crimes/ Dal Khalsa today condemned the Sri Lankan government over...

http://www.sikhnn.com/headlines/2379/fbi-may-not-begin-tracking-hate-crimes-against-sikhs-until-2015 By Anju Kaur, SikhNN staff writer, Washington Burea Reporting from Washington - The FBI has begun the process of considering changing its hate crime reporting system to track attacks...

Article forwarded by member Inderjeet Kaur ji: It’s time for a new superhero to fight hate crimes, writes guest columnist Vishavjit Singh. WE can’t seem to get enough of our...

US Senators Ask Govt to Track Hate Crimes Against Sikhs Lalit K Jha - Washington - Aug 23, 2012 A bipartisan group of 19 influential Senators today appealed to the US Department of Justice and the FBI to revise hate crime monitoring process to allow for the and tracking of hate crimes...

The mass shooting of a gurdwara (Sikh temple) in Wisconsin on Sunday is merely the latest chapter in a history of violence. In the months following the attacks of 9/11, more than 300 incidences of hate crimes against Sikhs were reported, according to the Sikh Coalition (PDF). Though their...

Discrimination, hate crimes against Muslim Americans rising, officials say WASHINGTON - Nearly a decade after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a new wave of bigotry and discrimination is affecting the everyday lives of many Muslim Americans, a Justice Department official and Muslim leaders said...

Mistaken for Muslims, Sikhs hit by hate crimes Turbans worn by dead man and wounded friend may have made extremists think they were Muslims WEST SACRAMENTO, California — The daily stroll had become routine for two elderly Sikh men in a Sacramento suburb, as well as for neighbors and...

In the same spirit as the article. what is wrong with this picture? Are Hate Crimes Against Muslims on the Rise in America? by SodaHead News Posted 3 days ago A stabbing of a Muslim cab driver and the desecration of a mosque, among other incidents, have the...

NDTV.com: Hate crimes against US Sikhs rising The killings of three Sikhs in separate incidents in the US in August have left the community shocked and is proof that it continues to be a victim of hate crimes, says a leading Sikh advocacy group there. Kavneet Singh, managing director of the...

Please read the following VERY IMPORTANT!! HATE CRIMES DATABASE FOR UK SIKHS Following the tragic events of Thursday 7 July in London and the growing reports of hate crimes against Sikhs it is important for the community to have basic information on the level, type and location of...

The white teenager jailed without bail after a baseball bat attack on a black man was also prosecuted in a bias incident at a Sikh temple on Sept. 11, 2001. CBS 2 has learned Nicholas Minucci was 15 when he was involved in the 2001 attack in Queens, just hours after terrorists destroyed the...

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10007101 Race-hate crimes leap 20pc New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - 11 hours ago ... hatred crime. A 14-year-old Muslim boy threw a lighted aerosol at a 12-year-old Sikh boy, setting his hair and turban alight. He ...