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Teen Girl Explains What Sikhism Is Really Like (VIDEO)

Posted 11.20.2012 | Teen
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On the latest episode of Amy Poehler's web series, "Smart Girls At The Party," a teen girl, Naveen, who practices Sikhism, explains her faith and cult...

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Sikh Woman's Bold Physical Statement Draws Stares, But She's Not Worried

The Hufffington Post | Meredith Bennett-Smith | Posted 09.26.2012 | Religion
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A picture snapped surreptitiously and posted to Reddit's r/funny thread has drawn attention to a little known tenet of the Sikh faith. "Yes, I’m...

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Gina Ryder

Photographing Sikhs With Fiona Aboud

HuffingtonPost.com | Gina Ryder | Posted 08.13.2012 | Arts
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For the past five years photographer Fiona Aboud has been traveling around the U.S. taking pictures of Sikh Americans. Part of her series, Sikhs: An A...

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Sikh Killings, Mosque Burnings and Iran Sanctioning: America's Bullying Epidemic

Michael Shank | Posted 10.10.2012 | Politics
Read More: National Peace Academy, Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict, Sikh Temple Shooting, Muslim Americans, Iran Sanctions, Iraq, Missouri, Wade Michael Page, Michael Shank, Shock and Awe, US Department of Education, Mosque Burning, Wisconsin, Congressional Anti-Bullying Caucus, James Holmes, LGBT Rights, Rep Mike Honda, George Mason University, School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Sikh Americans, Bullying, Cuba, Anti-Bullying, Politics News
Michael Shank

We know from the countless stories of many marginalized American communities -- from LGBT communities to Latino immigrants -- that bullying is practiced, promulgated and promoted in America. Why are we so good at it?

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Dharmic Next Generation Seva Leaders: 'We Are All Sikhs Today'

Anju Bhargava | Posted 10.10.2012 | Religion
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Anju Bhargava

What a difference a few hours make. Just this past weekend, on August 3rd and 4th, Hindu American Seva Charities (HASC) co-hosted a conference with t...

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How Neo-Nazi Music and Racism in U.S. Military Influenced Wade Michael Page

Democracy Now! | Posted 10.09.2012 | Crime
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Democracy Now!

In a special one-hour Democracy Now! broadcast, we examine two key influences on Wisconsin Sikh temple shooter, Wade Michael Page: The neo-Nazi music scene and pervasive white supremacism in U.S. military ranks.

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Sikh Temple Shooter's Time In White-Supremacist Underworld

Democracy Now! | Posted 10.07.2012 | Religion
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Democracy Now!

More details have come to light about the man who shot dead six worshippers and critically wounded three others at the Oak Creek Sikh temple in Wisconsin before he was killed by police.

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Sikh Americans: Feeling Alienated And Targeted In America

Jasminder Kaur | Posted 10.06.2012 | Religion
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Jasminder Kaur

Sikhs in America cannot afford to have more examples of such wanton violence. Such senseless acts have to stop, NOW!

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Amanda Terkel

Congressman: FBI Needs To Count Hate Crimes Against Sikhs

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 08.07.2012 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.) has for months been advocating that the FBI collect data on hate crimes against Sikh Americans. Sunday's tr...

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Sikh Prayers For Healing, Hope And Strength

Posted 08.06.2012 | Religion
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Prayer is a central part of Sikh devotional life with beautiful hymns (Hukamnama), meditations (Naam Simran), devotional readings (Paath) and five dai...

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The Sikhs Next Door

Simi Singh Juneja | Posted 08.05.2012 | Home
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Simi Singh Juneja

My parents had an arranged marriage. I can tell you the story about how they saw each other for the first time, in my sleep. I have heard it at every dinner party before the age of ten, and every road trip we have ever taken as a family. The details are always argued about.

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We Are All Muslims: A Sikh Response To Islamophobia In The NYPD And Beyond

Sonny Singh | Posted 05.12.2012 | Religion
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Sonny Singh

What is it going to take for Sikhs and Muslims to join together in solidarity against the common enemies of racist harassment and violence, racial and religious profiling, and Islamophobic bigotry?

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'I Am Singh' Addresses Hate Crimes After 9/11

Ankita Rao | Posted 02.05.2012 | Religion
Read More: Hate Crimes, Bollywood, I Am Singh, 9/11 Victims, Sikhism, Sikh Americans, A Dream in Doubt, Divide We Fall: Americans in the Aftermath, Hindi Film, Sikhism in America, Sikh Film, Decade After 9/11 - Renewal and Reimagining, Sikhism in Film, I Am Singh Film, Religion News
Ankita Rao

Despite an obvious flair for the dramatic, Indian actor-director Puneet Issar chose a New York City mosque rather than the red carpet to premier his Hindi film, "I Am Singh."

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Nationalism: A Kind Of Identity Crisis

Simran Jeet Singh | Posted 01.03.2012 | Religion
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Simran Jeet Singh

To be totally honest, I don't totally buy into the whole nationalism thing. While it allows us to connect with others who belong to the same group, it also causes us to distinguish ourselves from people of other groups.

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Attorney General Denies 'Entrapment' Of Oregon Muslim Suspect

Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
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Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) Attorney General Eric Holder defended the FBI's recent undercover investigation of an Oregon M...

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