Category: Americas
Thomas Mulcair stands with Canada’s Sikh community
:dateline:Last year, Jack Layton, the leader of Canada's Official Opposition passed away suddenly after a bout with cancer. Jack Layton was a staunch friend of Canada's Sikh community, speaking out fearlessly against...
Call to Support Sikh Youth Committee of Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara, Surrey Delta
:dateline:There are two weeks remaining in the membership enrollment period at Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. Elections will be held this fall but only members of the Gurdwara...
Prompt Action by Indian Authorities Could Have Saved Three Californians
:dateline:The entire Punjabi community of California was shocked at the news of a murder-suicide by a man of Punjabi origin in the small town of Selma, located south of Fresno. This past...
Sikhs for Justice: Congress Attempting to Delay 1984 Genocide Trial
:dateline:US based advocacy group Sikhs for Justice, has blamed the Congress party for attempting to manipulate and delay the Genocide Trial before a US court by filing motions on ‘baseless’ grounds.
According to...
Silence is Deafening on Montreal Soccer Turban Ban
:dateline:Where are the voices of our elected officials defending the right of Sikh children to play soccer with their turbans in Montreal?
In 1867, Sir John A. Macdonald wrote a letter calling for...
Sikh TSA agent wins suit over religious wristband
:dateline:A Sikh security officer at New York’s largest airport won a $30,000 settlement against the Department of Homeland Security, which had forbidden him from displaying his kara — a wristband that Sikhs...
Bhai Ripudaman Singh Malik Attempts to Reclaim Legal Fees
:dateline:Claiming a “miscarriage of justice,” a lawyer for Ripudaman Singh Malik was in court Monday making a last-ditch attempt to recover the legal fees paid to defend Malik in the Air India...
Montreal Soccer Ban on Turban Untenable
:dateline:The World Sikh Organization of Canada has written to the Lac St. Louis Regional Soccer Association asking it reverse its decision to enforce a ban on the turban and other religious headgear.
It...
