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Gurbani (696-703)
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Gurbani (795-831)
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Gurbani (984-988)
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Gurbani (889-1008)
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Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
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Gurbani (1118-1123)
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Gurbani (1125-1152)
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Partaal (1200-1231)
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Chhant (1236-1237)
Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
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Gurbani (1254-1293)
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Gurbani (1294-96)
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Sikh Image ‘tarnished,’ Group Says
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 131975" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><span style="color: #002060"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Sikh image ‘tarnished,’ group says</span></strong></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">August 19, 2010</span></p><p><span style="color: #002060">Amy Dempsey - THE TORONTO STAR </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">Tired of being portrayed as terrorists, radicals or extremists, a group of Canadian Sikhs have set out to improve their public image.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">"The community image is tarnished," said Manohar Singh Bal, spokesperson for a newly formed Toronto-based working group on the status of Sikhs.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">"We as a community need to look at all this and say, how can we make a new beginning?"</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">At a news conference Wednesday, members of the group announced their plan to produce a report they say will highlight the contributions and experiences of Canadian Sikhs.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">Bal said Canadian Sikhs have felt more discrimination in the past six months than over the last decade.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">The group traces that surge to public upset surrounding the release of the Air India inquiry’s findings in June and other recent news events they feel have linked the Sikh community as a whole to extremism.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">"I noticed particularly around incidences that brought awareness about the Sikh community in a negative light that there would be comments made to me," said Jagmeet Singh Dhaliwal, a criminal defence lawyer and community activist who spoke at the news conference.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">"[Sikhs] have a very visible identity with the turban and the beard. So it makes the community more vulnerable," Dhaliwal said.</span></p><p><span style="color: #002060">"Comments such as ‘radical’ or ‘extremist’ — unqualified statements of that nature — can be very inflammatory when you have a very visible minority."</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">Dhaliwal, 31, said he hopes the report’s findings will help promote better understanding of the Sikh community.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">"Canadian Sikhs are a vibrant part of Canada and to understand any community you have to look at the struggles they’re facing," he said.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">The working group will ask for input fromSikh people across Canada, religious and cultural organizations, government representatives and academics.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">The report will examine the Air India inquiry’s impact, the way Sikh’s are portrayed in the media, how human rights abuses in India have impacted those who live in Canada and the Canadian government’s response to Sikh concerns.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">The working group aims to release the report in 2013.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">Satwinder Gosal, a Mississauga lawyer well connected to the Sikh community, says the media in particular is to blame.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">"There’s a general feeling that there’s been a hatchet job done on the way the [Sikh] community is being represented," he said.</span></p><p><span style="color: #002060">"We’ve gone many steps backwards."</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060"><strong>source:</strong> </span><a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/849697--sikh-image-tarnished-group-says" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #002060">http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/849697--sikh-image-tarnished-group-says</span></u></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 131975, member: 884"] [COLOR=#002060][B][SIZE=5]Sikh image ‘tarnished,’ group says[/SIZE][/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]August 19, 2010[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]Amy Dempsey - THE TORONTO STAR [/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]Tired of being portrayed as terrorists, radicals or extremists, a group of Canadian Sikhs have set out to improve their public image.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]"The community image is tarnished," said Manohar Singh Bal, spokesperson for a newly formed Toronto-based working group on the status of Sikhs.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]"We as a community need to look at all this and say, how can we make a new beginning?"[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]At a news conference Wednesday, members of the group announced their plan to produce a report they say will highlight the contributions and experiences of Canadian Sikhs.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]Bal said Canadian Sikhs have felt more discrimination in the past six months than over the last decade.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]The group traces that surge to public upset surrounding the release of the Air India inquiry’s findings in June and other recent news events they feel have linked the Sikh community as a whole to extremism.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]"I noticed particularly around incidences that brought awareness about the Sikh community in a negative light that there would be comments made to me," said Jagmeet Singh Dhaliwal, a criminal defence lawyer and community activist who spoke at the news conference.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]"[Sikhs] have a very visible identity with the turban and the beard. So it makes the community more vulnerable," Dhaliwal said.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]"Comments such as ‘radical’ or ‘extremist’ — unqualified statements of that nature — can be very inflammatory when you have a very visible minority."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]Dhaliwal, 31, said he hopes the report’s findings will help promote better understanding of the Sikh community.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]"Canadian Sikhs are a vibrant part of Canada and to understand any community you have to look at the struggles they’re facing," he said.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]The working group will ask for input fromSikh people across Canada, religious and cultural organizations, government representatives and academics.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]The report will examine the Air India inquiry’s impact, the way Sikh’s are portrayed in the media, how human rights abuses in India have impacted those who live in Canada and the Canadian government’s response to Sikh concerns.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]The working group aims to release the report in 2013.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]Satwinder Gosal, a Mississauga lawyer well connected to the Sikh community, says the media in particular is to blame.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]"There’s a general feeling that there’s been a hatchet job done on the way the [Sikh] community is being represented," he said.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]"We’ve gone many steps backwards."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060][B]source:[/B] [/COLOR][URL="http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/849697--sikh-image-tarnished-group-says"][U][COLOR=#002060]http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/849697--sikh-image-tarnished-group-says[/COLOR][/U][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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