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Muslim And Sikh MTA Workers Allowed To Wear Religious Headwear

2012-05-31T08:09:08Z

NEW YORK -- New Yorks Sikh and Muslim transit workers will be allowed to wear religious head coverings without a government agency logo after years of...

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Sikh And Muslim MTA Workers Free To Wear Turbans Without Agency Logo

2012-05-30T18:39:00Z

(RNS) Sikh and Muslim transit workers in New York City are celebrating the settlement of a federal lawsuit that will allow them to wear turbans on the...

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Simran Jeet Singh: An Introduction To Sikh Scripture

2012-05-18T08:57:36Z

In addition to viewing it as Divine revelation, Sikhs also understand the Guru Granth Sahib as their complete, eternal, and infallible life-guide.

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Simran Jeet Singh: Looking Different And Differently Looking

2012-05-08T17:08:28Z

Like too many others, I've been discriminated against because of my unique appearance. While I wouldn't wish it on anyone else, being the target of discrimination has helped open my eyes to various types of inequalities in our world.

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PHOTOS: Turban Tying Competition

2012-05-02T16:58:03Z

SAN JOSE -- Turbans are not usually seen as a part of traditional American attire, but they are articles of faith and an integral part of the dress of...

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Airport Racial Profiling App To Allow Real-Time Reporting

2012-04-26T11:38:00Z

WASHINGTON -- Civil rights groups plan to unveil a mobile app Monday that they say will allow users to report instances of alleged racial profiling by...

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Joshua Stanton: Social Justice As A Unifying Issue For Dharmic Communities

2012-04-22T12:46:03Z

The Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist and Jain leaders present at the White House did not simply want to find common cause in the present but determine systematic ways of articulating their religious values through action in the future.

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One Muslim Does Menial Work For Sikhs To Atone For Beheading By Islamists

2012-04-13T12:14:11Z

HASAN ABDAL, Pakistan -- Thousands of Indian pilgrims barely registered the man in the orange bandanna and Ray-Ban sunglasses taking their shoes and s...

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Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn: WATCH: Sikhism's Holy Kitchens: Observing Vaisakhi at Jallianwala Bagh

2012-04-13T07:20:47Z

As we celebrate this holiday, we should all be mindful that many of our freedoms, both civic and religious, have come at a heavy price

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Deepa Iyer: Racial and Religious Profiling: What Will Be the Toll on Our Children?

2012-03-23T19:31:09Z

Our collective psyche has been shaped by the experiences of living in post-9/11 America, and future generations will be forced to wrangle with questions of identity, history, shame and our place in America.

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Valarie Kaur: 10 Sikh Women You Should Know

2012-03-22T08:08:57Z

We talk a great talk about women's equality, but we are steeped in patriarchal culture that makes us complicit in the erasure of women. Even the few famous women in history are defined in relation to their men.

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

2012-03-12T12:00:05Z

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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'No More Towelheads' Shirts Upset Sikh Community (PHOTO)

2012-02-17T18:05:22Z

Members of the Sikh community are upset after finding shirts with the phrases "No More Ragheads" and "No More Towelheads" being sold on the merchandis...

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Hindus, Sikhs, Muslims Blast Rick Santorum On 'Equality' Comment

2012-01-28T09:00:01Z

By Omar Sacirbey
Religion News Service

(RNS) Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus are accusing Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum of bigotry and...

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WATCH: Jay Leno SUED Over Religious Joke

2012-01-25T11:13:33Z

Jay Leno has been sued by a Bakersfield, CA man offended by a joke about a sacred Sikh temple that Leno told in his "Tonight Show" monologue last Thur...

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Ravinder Singh Taneja: The Incomparable Guru Gobind Singh

2012-01-05T11:32:56Z

Sikhs view Guru Gobind Singh, whose 346th birthday we celebrate today, in different ways. The more devout among them might even object to referring to him as a mere man. They see Gobind Singh as divine.

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Sonny Singh: Liberation Through Assimilation: Burqa Ban Comes To Canada

2011-12-22T07:01:52Z

This isn't about whether we think wearing burqas or niqabs is a good idea or not. The issue is whether a government should be able to impose its notion of national identity on its citizens

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Philip Goldberg: At American Academy of Religion Conference, Dharmic Religions Have A Bigger Place

2011-12-19T14:50:27Z

Dharma Academy of North America scholars attempt to view the Indic religions on their own traditional terms, not just through the methods and categories of Western scholarship. It is now the largest additional symposium at AAR.

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Bibek Bhandari: The Last Sikh Warrior

2011-12-13T07:10:34Z

More than 5,000 years after its inception, a form of Sikh martial art known as Shastar Vidiya could soon be relegated to the pages of a history book. But there is a sole surviving master.

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Ankita Rao: 'I Am Singh' Addresses Hate Crimes After 9/11

2011-12-06T12:54:32Z

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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Man Stabbed Waiting For Flight, Boards Plane Anyway

2011-12-05T16:31:22Z

An unidentified Sikh man in his mid-50s was stabbed while waiting for his flight on Sunday evening at Fresno's Yosemite International Airport.

The...

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Pankaj Jain, Ph.D.: Jain Dharma Goes Beyond Religion

2011-11-28T12:22:13Z

A focus on the book and God makes a religion conclusive, exclusionary and separative. In these three ways, the Indic notion of dharma is very different from the notion of religion.

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Satpal Singh: Beyond Thanksgiving: A Yearning To Breath Free

2011-11-24T09:32:57Z

On this Thanksgiving Day, why would I feel thankful for the martyrdom of a spiritual lighthouse -- a Guru? His sacrifice underlines one of the most fundamental principles of human existence: ensuring the right of everyone to breathe free.

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Mike Ghouse: Sikhs and Muslims Can Come Together For Guru Nanak's Birthday

2011-11-10T20:18:01Z

It's the 542nd birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev, founder of Sikhism. Let's pray this Gurpurab nurture goodwill and remove ill-will between Muslims and Sikhs.

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Sonny Singh: We Are One: Guru Nanak’s Legacy And LGBT Rights

2011-11-10T10:47:32Z

Just as Guru Nanak said hundreds of years ago, "There is no Hindu, there is no Muslim," perhaps today we can also say, "There is no straight, there is no gay." Ultimately, we are all One.

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