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    Heritage Sikh Fortress Turban (British Museum Video)

    YouTube - The Sikh fortress turban
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    In Honour Of The Turban

    In Honour of the Turban The word ‘Turban’ is derived from the ancient Persian word dulband through the Turkish tarbush. It is a common head-dress for men in Middle Eastern and South-Asian countries. As a form of head-dress it is of Semitic origin and was an essential part of the Israeli...
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    Turban - A Symbol Of Pre-eminence And Honor

    Turban- Symbol of Pre-eminence and Honor Principal Surjeet Singh Gurbani says that man dominates the rest of the creation as a lord: "All other forms of life are at thy service. The entire earth is thy domain." (SGGS p 337). This dominance of humans over all other forms of creation has...
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    Sikh Turban Day (April 13, 2011)

    Sikh Turban Day will be here soon, in fact April 13 2011. Sikh Turban Day falls the day before Vaisakhi each year. Here is a thread where we can post inspiring articles, videos and comments about dastar. Our first article by I. J. Singh is about the ceremony of dastar bhandi and much more...
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    Dutch Sikh Raises Awareness Of Sikh Holy Turban With PM (Holland)

    An advocate for Sikhs in Holland Sardar Bhupinder Singh recently wrote to the Prime Minister of Holland Mr. Mark Rutte to highlight the concerns for Sikhs at airports Bhupinder Singh said in his letter that Sikhs and other religions are well protected by law in the Netherlands, in the hope...
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    India Punjab Govt Orders To Register Criminal Case Against SP, SI For Outraging Turban

    04 April 2011 Punjab govt orders to register criminal case against SP,SI for outraging turban Punjab Newsline Network Monday, 04 April 2011 CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal Monday ordered the registration of a criminal case against the two police...
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    United Sikhs UNITED SIKHS Files Criminal Complaint Against Punjab Police For Removal Of Sikh's Turban:

    Petition For Protecting Religious Freedom in Panjab, India After the Forcible Removal of a Sikh’s Turban by Officers of the Punjab Police Force 31st March 2011 To: Dr. Manmohan Singh, Honourable Prime Minister of India Sardar Parkash Singh Badal, Chief Minister of Panjab...
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    Canada BC Sherrif Services To Accommodate Sikh Turban

    VICTORIA – The British Columbia Sheriff Services has developed guidelines regarding the wearing of turbans to accommodate the religious beliefs of Sikhs taken into sheriff custody. The new guidelines were developed in consultation with the World Sikh Organization of Canada, which welcomed the...
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    India Indian Government Fails To Resolve Turban Issue With France

    PATIALA: Sikhs have from years been facing the humiliation in various countries due to their Turbans. France is one among such nations where tying turban is still not accepted, said Basant Singh Panjhattha, France Sikh Council President. Basant Singh expressed these views during his visit to...
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    Sikhism Singh Saba Of New Jersey Turban Tying Contest

    YouTube - Sikh Sabha of New Jersey Turban Tying Competition
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    USA Metro Detroit's Growing Sikh Community Struggles To Gain Acceptance

    By NIRAJ WARIKOO Detroit Free Press Staff Writer Sitting in the barber's chair, TejKiran Singh was torn. As a Sikh man, he had never cut his hair and kept it wrapped in a turban. But, tired of the laughs and insults from others, he decided to cut it in 1999. For months afterward, he was...
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    He Can Teach You How To Tie A Turban

    Dial a turban? :orangesingh:
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    USA TSA: Body Scanners Cannot See Through Turbans

    TSA: Body Scanners Cannot See Through Turbans More screenings for Sikhs By Anju Kaur, SikhNN staff writer, Washington Bureau Posted: Thursday, January 13, 2011 | 07:11 pm The Transportation and Security Administration will use secondary screening measures for turbans, such as a...
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    Turban Tales

    Turban Tales (blog of Roopinder Singh) IT was a nice party and we were all enjoying ourselves to celebrate the success of a friend. My friend introduced me to some young foreigners as “Osama’s brother”. The two couples were from South Africa, globe-trotters and well exposed to...
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    Inspirational Pag Di Saanjh: A Tribute To The Sikh Turban With English Subtitles

    Pashaura Singh Dhillon Presents Pag Di Saanjh: A Tribute to the Sikh Turban with English Subtitles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maMUoUNECVc
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    General Indian Envoy Insulted, Asked To Remove Turban

    Texas: After Indian Ambassador to the US Meera Shankar was subjected to a pat-down at an airport in the USA, another Indian envoy has been humiliated in America. India's permanent representative at the United Nations, Hardeep Puri, was frisked and asked to remove his turban. Puri, a Sikh, was...
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    Sikh Coalition Sikh Student Ordered To Remove Turban For Graduation Ceremony, Sikh Organization Intervenes Successf

    Los Angeles, California: A high school has allowed a Sikh student to participate in graduation ceremonies wearing his turban after initially telling him he would only be allowed to wear a cap. The high school reversed course after the intervention of the Sikh Coalition and local Sikh activists...
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    UK Sikh Sues Jobcentre After Colleague Jokes About Landing Remote Controlled Helicopter On His Turban

    A Sikh, who sued the Jobcentre where he worked after a colleague suggested a remote control helicopter be landed on his turban, has won his case for religious harassment. Mojhinder Bal laughed when colleague Amid Uddin began flying the toy round the Jobcentre Plus office, ‘landing’ the device...
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    USA Sikhs: Turban Screenings At Airports Unjust

    WASHINGTON — Three national Sikh advocacy and civil rights organizations say that federal transportation officials plan to always search turbans at airport screening stations, even if wearers voluntarily pass through state-of-the-art body imaging scanners. The groups are calling on their...
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    SALDEF US Airport TURBAN SEARCHES ! Sikh Organizations Coordinating Joint Action

    Sikh Organizations Coordinating Joint Action (Washington, DC) October 22, 2010 – Earlier this month, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials told representatives of the Sikh Coalition, UNITED SIKHS, Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF), that Sikhs should now...
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