India eNews: Top Headlines (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
It was just a few months ago - eight to be precise - on a Gurpurab day (the birth anniversary of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev) Nov 24 last year that a simple-looking, soft spoken boy from a middle-class Ludhiana family became an icon for thousands of Punjabis and for the Sikh community.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
The Kara is one of the five K's of Sikhism, the others being the Kesh (uncut hair), the Kanga (wooden comb), the Kaccha (white underwear) and the Kirpan (a ceremonial dagger).
Singapore Daily Photo (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
It is a carnival type of gathering yesterday in the heartland. Residents and religious leaders comprise those from Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism, Baha’I Faith, Jainism, Zoroastrianism and Taoism participated. Stage programme emphasized on racial harmony and representatives from booths would explain and educate the residents of various religions. Performers… Guess of honour…the PM...
Transmogrified (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
Hinduism stands apart from the three organized, monotheistic religions - Judaism , Christianity and Islam and other major religions - Buddhism , Sikhism , Jainism etc, as a weird sort of religion. All these other religions have a central defining entity. Judaism, Christianity and Islam have their prophets and their sacred books. Sikhism and Jainism have a line of sacred religious teachers but one or...
Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
London , June 17 (ANI): A 14-year-old Sikh girl in the UK is fighting against her schools uniform policy that debarred her from the school for wearing kara, a symbol of Sikhism. The girl refused to remove the religious bracelet as, she said, she felt compelled to protect the rights of all Sikh children who [...]
International News (I.N. Daily) (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
Posted By Alia Hogben May 17, 2008 http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1033061 In Canada, even though there is a general lack of knowledge about religions other than Christianity -such as Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism or Sikhism - the mistrust and fears about Islam exceed any hostility felt against any of these religions. Judaism and Christianity have their own historical issues, but Islam,...
Frejas Blog (Free subscription) | 04/16/2008
At the northwestern tip of India is located The Golden Temple, or Harimandir Sahib, the most significant historical center on earth to the 20 million Sikhs worldwide. Here people from all walks of life are invited to join in listening to the hymns and teachings of the Guru Granth Sahib and to join in unity [...]
The Independent (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
Sotheby's has withdrawn a rare 18th-century steel armour plate from public sale after protesters claimed it was a religious relic which may have been owned by one of Sikhism's holiest figures, Guru Gobind Singh.
BwT (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
Whites Adopted Sikhism http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGWDAk3Z4GI
IndyBlogs (Free subscription) | 03/22/2008
By Jerome Taylor The answer is a Royal Family. It may be nearly 4,000 miles away from the baking plains of the Punjab and slightly less awe inspiring than the glinting domes of the Golden Temple at Amritsar, Sikhism's holiest...
NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 03/18/2008
Sikh activist Jagir Singh Bains and other community leaders have donated literature to 13 libraries to increase the borough's understanding of Sikhism.
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 03/02/2008
Field visits - such as the trip to the gurdwara - are intended as "icebreakers" to help social work students gain exposure to ethnic minorities and to their cultural traditions.
Times of India (Free subscription) | 02/08/2008
A peaceful way of spreading the "message of Sikhism."
NDTV (Free subscription) | 01/25/2008
Despite of installing four pollution-monitoring machines in the 17th century Golden Temple, the holiest shrine of Sikhism, the monument is slowly losi
Why Dont You Blog? (Free subscription) | 01/04/2008
In light of recent campaigns by Christian or Islamic school children to be allowed to breach their chosen school's uniform code so that they can wear their own weird religious symbols (isn't it verging on idolatry for the monotheists'), it seems Sikhism has felt left out. Not any more. Today, the BBC reports: A legal challenge has been filed in the High Court on behalf of a 14-year-old girl excluded...
