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    SALDEF Turban Myths Engages Sikhs At Stanford University (Must Read From SALDEF)

    I encourage you to click on the link and read the full report. It is rich with statistics and social coverage of mistaken beliefs about turbans and Sikhs. The authors completed a heroic task of team based research which is presented in an interesting format. spnadmin We're proud to present to...
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    USA Utah Sikhs Bring Warmth To Homeless With Blanket Donation

    Utah Sikhs bring warmth to homeless with blanket donation By Carole Mikita Summary The Road Home has 200 new blankets for the homeless thanks to an interfaith gesture from members of the Sikh Temple. “We always want to participate in our community, whatever little help we can do...
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    Heritage Indore: Sikhs Hail HC Decision, Celebrate Their Win

    Indore: Sikhs hail HC decision, celebrate their win Asheesh Kumar Shukla http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-indore-sikhs-hail-hc-decision-celebrate-their-win-1933358 Decision will work as catalyst for development work in Betma. Residents in the vicinity of Gurudwara of Betma...
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    Legal US Rights Body Asks Hagel To Explain 'Army Bias' Against Sikhs

    US rights body asks Hagel to explain 'Army bias' against Sikhs A US commission has asked defence secretary Chuck Hagel to explain the exclusion of Sikhs, known for their valour and pride, from the American armed forces. In a letter, the US Commission on Civil Rights requested Hagel to...
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    Forgotten Sikhs In Modern India. Their Connection To The Sikh Gurus

    SIKHS LIVING IN STATES OTHER THAN PUNJAB Dr HarcharanSingh Josh http://sikhinstitute.org/sikhs_living_outside/2-hsjosh.html The Sikhs are one of the five religious communities of India which have been notified as Minority Communities under Section 2(c) of the National Commission for...
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    United Sikhs United Sikhs’ Disaster Relief Aid Distributed To 1000 Villagers Affected By Typhoon In Philippines

    United Sikhs’ Disaster Relief Aid distributed to 1000 villagers affected by Typhoon in Philippines By Parmjit Singh http://www.sikhsiyasat.net/2013/11/30/united-sikhs-disaster-relief-aid-distributed-to-1000-villagers-affected-by-typhoon-in-philippines/ Panay Islands, Philippines...
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    UK Check Illegal Human Trafficking And Unscrupulous Travel Agents, Pleads UK Based Sikhs

    Check illegal human trafficking and unscrupulous travel agents, pleads UK based sikhs http://www.hindustantimes.com/Punjab/Jalandhar/Check-illegal-human-trafficking-and-unscrupulous-travel-agents-pleads-UK-based-sikhs/SP-Article1-1157309.aspx Volunteers of Sikh Sewak Society International...
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    Plea Against Voting Rights Of Sehajdhari Sikhs

    Plea against voting rights of Sehajdhari Sikhs dismissed http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/plea-against-voting-rights-of-sehajdhari-sikhs-dismissed/article5402543.ece The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a petition to debar the Sehajdhari Sikhs from voting in Shiromani...
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    USA Are Turban-Wearing Sikhs TSA Targets? Sikh Coalition Uploads App

    Are Sikhs turban-wearing TSA targets? App tracks claims of profiling Sikh Coalition has updated an app that allows travelers to report complaints about TSA harassment or racial profiling. By Robin Abcarian November 26, 2013, 9:33 a.m. Amardeep Singh is a typical American guy -- born...
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    Grief In Sikhism

    Forgive me if I posted this in the wrong place, please feel free to move it. I have a question which I would like some general insight into (it is a bit hard to articulate as im not sure exactly what im trying to ask), I've been thinking of this idea of grief or other emotions in relationship...
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    United Sikhs From United Sikhs. Phillippines Needs Your Help

    Philippines Needs Your Help! UNITED SIKHS contact@unitedsikhs.org via mail.salsalabs.net Philippines Needs Your Help! "We walked alongside thousands of people for about 20 km during a grueling 8 hour trek to seek safety and life from the devastation in Tacloban surrounded with dead...
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    USA Obama Greets Sikhs On Guru Nanak Birthday

    Washington, Nov 16 (IANS) President Barack Obama has greeted "Sikh friends" around the world on the birth anniversary of Sikhism's founder Guru Nanak saying Sikh values of pluralism were also "central to who we are as Americans." "This sacred time is an occasion to reflect on Guru Nanak's...
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    Basic Questions About Converting To Sikhism

    hello my name is michael I am French and proud to be ;) I live in the countryside I come from a Catholic family and atheist there is of it a few months I discovered Sikhism and how you say I accept the precept that belief and finally found a life paths I wish I still accurate in the study of...
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    Heritage Sikh Heritage Museum Of Canada Hosts "In Remembrance - The Sikhs"

    Sikh Heritage Museum Of Canada Hosts Exhibition “In Remembrance – The Sikhs”. http://thelinkpaper.ca/?p=33509 TORONTO – In commemoration of Remembrance Day on Sunday November 10, the Sikh Heritage Museum of Canada will be hosting an exhibition celebrating and honouring the contributions...
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    Pacific Borneo: Sikhs Small In Number, Strong In Presence

    Dr Jerip: Sikhs small in number, strong in presence KUCHING: There are less than 1,000 Sikhs in Sarawak, but the community has progressed well and contributed significantly to development in the state. Assistant Minister of Public Health Datuk Dr Jerip Susil noted that the Sikhs...
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    World War 1 Strafing And Stream Stood Between Sikhs And Victory

    Strafing and stream stood between Sikhs and victory Commemorative paving stones are to be laid in the home towns of servicemen from Cornwall and Devon who were awarded the Victoria Cross in the First World War. In the ninth of his series, Simon Parker relates the exploits of John Smyth from...
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    World Shrinking Numbers And Growing Persecution Threaten Sikhs And Hindus In Afghanistan

    Shrinking Numbers and Growing Persecution Threaten Sikhs and Hindus in Afghanistan By BETWA SHARMA http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/06/shrinking-numbers-and-growing-persecution-threaten-sikhs-and-hindus-in-afghanistan/?_r=0 J.K. Sharma, a large Sikh man in a black turban, works...
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    Forgiveness Or Redemption Of Sin In Sikhism

    WJKKWJKF How does one become absolved of sins in Sikhism? I am looking for scriptural passages from the Granth Sahib or the opinions of trusted commentators. Dhanyavad/Shukran/Thank you
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    Existence Of Sikhism

    hindus claimed gurunanak to be hindu.muslims claimed him to be muslim. just a question in mind why do sikhs use om? if sikhism is an enitity in itself.it has nothing to with islam or hinduism.
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    Malaysia Malaysian Sikhs To Snub "Allah Only For Muslims" Court Ruling

    Malaysian Sikhs to Snub "Allah only for Muslims" Court Ruling Sikhs will continue to use the word Allah in their religious practices as the word appeared numerous times in their holy scriptures, said the Malaysian Gurdwara Council president Jagir Singh. "There is no way the word can be...
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