Author: Ross Farrow

Source: Lodi News Sentinel

http://www.saldef.org/anm/anmviewer.asp?a=1701&print=yes

The new Sikh Temple in south Lodi has a 60-foot-high canary-yellow banner with the faith's emblem, but some Lodi residents wonder why there isn't an American flag to go with it.

"It's almost a slap in the face as an American and as veterans," said Lodi resident Robin Sarisky. "You're an American first; then everything else falls...

Author: Michael Horsnell

Source: The Times

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article1837693.ece

An elderly Sikh taxi driver was knocked down and killed by his own cab after a passenger hijacked the vehicle. Detectives believe that the attack may have been racially motivated.

Police appealed for calm yesterday after the incident in which Gian Chand Bajar, 71, chairman of the Guru Nanak temple in Gravesend, Kent,...

Source: Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund Press Release

http://www.saldef.org/content.aspx?a=1700&z=5&title=SALDEF,%20FBI%20and%20Sikh%20Foundation%20of%20Virginia%20Co-sponsor%20Recruiting%20Event%20in%20Virginia

Washington D.C. – May 25, 2007 – This past Sunday, May 20, 2007, the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF), the...

Source: Sikh Coalition Press Release

http://www.sikhcoalition.org/advisories/SikhBoyHairHateAttack.htm

(New York, New York) May 25, 2007 - A Sikh high school student's hair was forcibly cut in a hate attack yeterday afternoon at a high school in Elmhurst, Queens the Sikh Coalition learned from police investigators today. The Queens County District Attorney's office has charged one student with hate crimes as a result.

Yesterday's incident occured in...

Author: James Burger

Source: The Bakersfield Californian

http://www.bakersfield.com/102/story/147942.html

Parade ordinances and religious freedoms tangled Tuesday in the Kern County Board of Supervisors chambers.

Members of Bakersfield's Sikh community asked supervisors to find common ground with city fathers on where parades can be held in the metro area.

City ordinances allow parades to be held in only five specific locations,...

Source: Sikh News Network

http://www.sikhnet.com/sikhnet/news.nsf/NewsArchive/F6FA8591E865277B872572E2005ED019

It is an orange Thursday, in this day of fall. It is peak hour and most of the people in Santiago are concerned about going home, getting some food and spending some time with their loved ones. But not all, there is always a group of people that for different reasons are left out, without jobs, family, house and the most important of...

Source: Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund Press Release

http://www.saldef.org/content.aspx?&a=1697&z=1&title=SALDEF%20Working%20with%20TSA%20to%20Address%20Improper%20Screening%20of%20Sikh%20Americans%20at%20Nation’s%20Airports

Washington D.C. – May 21, 2007 – Over the past several months, SALDEF has lodged several complaints with...

Author: Lisa Kocian

Source: The Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/05/20/banking_on_yoga/

Just before 5 a.m. on a recent Saturday, a few threads of dawn light were starting to show through the French doors that line one wall of the Baba Siri Chand Yoga Center in Millis. In the dimly lighted room, a half-dozen men and women wearing white turbans sat on the floor, reading prayers aloud in Gurmukhi, an ancient...

Author: Raju William

Source: The Tribune

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070516/main6.htm

Dehra Dun, May 15--Feeling helpless in stemming the growing trend among the Sikh youth to marry into non-Sikh families, the Sikh clergy and community leaders here have put a virtual ban on inter-faith marriages.

Deliberating on the issue in a meeting of representatives of around 35 local gurdwara committees and other Sikh organisations at Gurmat...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: SALDEF

http://www.saldef.org/content.aspx?a=1696&z=5&title=Sikh%20American%20Student%20in%20Alabama%20allowed%20to%20Return%20to%20School%20with%20both%20Turban%20and%20Hair%20Intact

Washington D.C. – May 15, 2007: Last week, the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF), the...

Author: Matt Lynch

Source: The Milford Daily News

http://www.milforddailynews.com/homepage/x1505853545

Millis - For Inderpreet Singh, it's the perfect combination - food and fellowship.

Singh and hundreds of other Sikhs from around Massachusetts and New England participated in a ritual parade, known as a Nagar Kirtan, from Milford to Millis yesterday afternoon.

The parade began at The Gurdwara Sahib of New England on East Main...

Author: Monica Wolfson

Source: The Windsor Star

http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=46117720-1c2f-43ca-aec1-b0916cb5a426

At least a thousand Sikhs paraded through the streets of Windsor Sunday to celebrate the birth of the religion.

Dressed in yellow, orange and blue--colours that represent happiness --Sikhs from Windsor, Toronto and London gathered at Riverfront Festival Plaza to...

Author: FOO YEE PING

Source: The Star

http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?file=/columnists/2007/5/5/stateside/17617094&sec=State%20Side

THERE was a spring in their steps as they marched around midtown Manhattan to mark Vasakhi, the Sikh New Year. It wasn’t a boisterous affair but echoes of “I’m Sikh and I’m proud of it” was almost unmistakable.

Men in...

Author: Lisa Fernandez

Source: San Jose Mercury News

http://origin.mercurynews.com/news/ci_5762861?nclick_check=1

Gurbaksh Sohal is an all-American athlete. He's a linebacker for the Los Gatos High School football team. He wrestles. He's on the track team.

But on the weekends this spring, when some of his other friends are either at church or kicking back at home, Gurbaksh takes time out to honor his Punjabi ancestors - by playing...