Source: Discrimination and National Security Initiative

http://korematsu.blogspot.com/

(New York, NY) July 16, 2007 – The Sikh Coalition met with Chancellor Joel Klein today to discuss ways to make schools safe for Sikh children. As head of New York City’s Department of Education, the largest school system in the United States, Klein expressed his concern about bias incidents in schools and pledged to work with the Sikh Coalition on an ongoing basis.

Today’s meeting...

Source: The Times of India

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Indians_Overseas/Sikhs_in_California_want_textbook_changed/articleshow/2200861.cms

NEW YORK: Sikh leaders in California are unhappy that a seventh grade history book has been published without a photo of Guru Nanak, the founder of their religion.

The California State Board of Education declined to act on Thursday on new complaints from the...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Hindustan Times

Source: The Statesman / Press Trust of india

http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?clid=2&id=189501&usrsess=1

Over 25 people, including six policemen, were injured when Sikh activists demanding removal of the ‘Ek Onkar’ symbol from the facade of a Dera Sacha Sauda branch here clashed with police today. The Sikh activists, several armed with swords, reached the branch at Hussainiwala road to prevent Dera followers from holding a **...

Author: Neha Singh Gohil

Source: SikhChic.com

Author: Julia Kennard

Source: Whitehorse Leader

http://www.whitehorseleader.com.au/article/2007/07/11/18202_whv_news.html

A BURWOOD Sikh was punched so hard his turban was knocked off just days after his community called for religious daggers to be allowed in schools.

Diljot Sidhu, a member of the Blackburn Sikh temple, said he was assaulted while waiting for a train at Blackburn station on Saturday morning.
...

Author: Dakshana Bascaramurty

Source: CanWest News Service

http://www.canada.com/cityguides/toronto/story.html?id=4417b334-eb24-4f75-a90f-1be8bdfee938&k=38026

A major amusement park in suburban Toronto has paid compensation to a Sikh man after he complained he was discriminated against for refusing to take off his turban and wear a helmet to drive a go-kart.

Paramount Canada’s Wonderland...

Author: Rajbir Singh Datta

Source: CivilRights.org

http://www.civilrights.org/remote-page.jsp?itemID=31022735

Washington D.C. – July 5, 2007: The Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF), the nation's oldest Sikh civil rights and advocacy organization, urges the entire Sikh American community to be vigilant against possible bias motivated incidents during the July 4th holiday week.

During the course of the past...

Author: Gurjit Singh

Source: World Sikh News

Author: Blair Anthony Robertson

Source: The Sacramento Bee

http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/257285.html

It wasn't long after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that Sikhs living in the United States realized something was terribly amiss. They had a big bull's-eye across their chests, or at least it felt that way.

Sikh men were wearing turbans -- so of course, they must be anti-American terrorists. That case of mistaken identity has been well documented...

Author: Ravinder Singh Robin

Source: NewKerala

Author: JS Bedi

Source: IndiaPost.com

http://indiapost.com/article/communitypost/588/

Anaheim Hills, CA: The So Cal Sikh sangat officially launched the 2007 Directory of Gurdwaras in USA. Gurbaksh Singh Bhasin, Ken Singh and Jagjit Singh Bains officially released the directory on behalf of the community. This was done at a breakfast reception at the home of Priti and Dr Anil Shah. The launching took place in the presence of leading luminaries including...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Times of India

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Indians_Overseas/Sydney_cops_react_to_Sikhs_humiliation/articleshow/2167183.cms

SYDNEY: Police in Sydney have finally circulated CCTV images of the two suspects who had ripped off a Sikh man's turban in a bus four months ago, after a Sikh group took up the incident with the local MP.

Inderjeet...

Author: Don Mayhew

Source: The Fresno Bee

http://www.fresnobee.com/263/story/74997.html

KERMAN -- Sandeep Sidhu of Kerman was all smiles Sunday afternoon at the new Sikh temple where her family will worship.

The mother of three, a nurse at Kaiser Permanente in Fresno, stood in the shade next to the stroller where her year-old daughter, Amreet, sat quietly. Sidhu's 8-year-old daughter, Simarta, peered up from a mat nearby, as her 5-year-old...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Times of India

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Rest_of_World/Canadian_journalist_hits_out_at_Sikh_extremism/articleshow/2164926.cms

TORONTO: The continuing failure of Canadian politicians to take Sikh extremism seriously has contributed to a resurgence in the militant movement, says an award-winning Canadian journalist.

The...