Author: Staff Writer

Source: Yahoo News

Wire Service: AFP

http://asia.news.yahoo.com/afp/20110119/tap-malaysia-military-sikh-religion-righ-0193655.html

Malaysian authorities are investigating the case of a Sikh military trainee who said his long hair had been lopped off as he slept, triggering outrage among the minority community.

The alleged incident has...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: CBC News

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2011/01/18/sikhs-denied-entry-nat-ass-quebec.html

A group of four Sikhs scheduled to make a presentation at Quebec's national assembly Tuesday morning were denied entry to the legislature because they refused to remove their kirpans.

Author: Mike North

Source: The Merced Sun-Star

http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2011/01/14/1729308/livingston-sikhs-celebrate-lohri.html

A big fire burned outside the Gurdwara Sahib Temple on Peach Avenue on Thursday evening as part of its Lohri celebration.

 The festivities, which commonly include bonfires, once were reserved for weddings and births. Although that is still the case for many families,...

Author: Narinder Nanu

Source: The Calgary Herald

http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/Gallery+Sikhs+celebrate+345th+birthday+last+Gurus/4092308/story.html

These are days of devotion, pageantry, observance and joy for Sikhs who are in the midst of the 345th Prakash Utsav birthday celebration for Guru Gobind Singh, the last of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism. Thousands of people have packed the...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/derby/hi/people_and_places/religion_and_ethics/newsid_9357000/9357684.stm

This is the £1m vision for a dedicated memorial in Derby to millions of Sikhs killed in six holocausts and two World Wars.

Author: Douglas Todd

Source: The Vancouver Sun

http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Sikhs+have+come+long/4089484/story.html

The decision by the Sikhs of Abbotsford to declare 2011 a year of continuing centennial events serves to remind all British Columbians of the hardships and successes of this burgeoning community.

Author: Peg McNichol

Source: The Plymouth Patch

http://plymouth-mi.patch.com/articles/sikh-101-forum-leaves-some-hopeful-others-doubtful-2

Anne Marie Graham-Hudak would have been happy to see 50 or 60 people show up to learn more about the Sikh faith Thursday evening. She was delighted when nearly 75 attended the event at St. Thomas a’Becket on Lilley Road.

Author: Sarbar Singh

Source: The Star

Author: Diksha Sahni

Source: The Wall Street Journal

http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2011/01/06/connecting-with-god-%E2%80%93-the-luxurious-way/

Connecting with God just took a fancy spin: A new train just joined a luxury fleet with the aim of taking pilgrims on a tour of the “panj takhts” or “five thrones”—the most sacred sites in the Sikh religion.

Spa, lounge,...

Author: Niraj Warikoo

Source: The Kansas City Star/Detroit Free Press

http://www.kansascity.com/2011/01/05/2563565/sikhs-look-to-ease-tensions-over.html

Tensions over a Sikh boy who took a religious sword to an elementary school have prompted a public meeting Thursday night to introduce the Sikh religion to metro Detroiters.

Author: Ron Cassie

Source: The Dundalk Patch

http://dundalk.patch.com/articles/where-rooting-for-the-ravens-means-wearing-a-purple-turban

Fall and winter Sundays are hectic at Dundalk's North Point Liquor & Bar. Fans come early to buy carry out beer and other supplies when the Baltimore Ravens are playing on television, loading up for home parties.

Others duck into the bar to watch the game on the...

Author: Jennifer Torres

Source: The Record

http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101227/A_NEWS/12270308

Rinnie Kaur, 14, covered her head, took off her shoes and sat down to listen to the scriptures of her faith in the last hours of a three-day celebration at the Deshmesh Darbar Sikh temple.

Author: Tara Bahrampour

Source: The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/22/AR2010122202919.html

As Erum Ikramullah prepared to head to Reagan National Airport on Thursday for a flight, she mulled over two distasteful choices: the body scanner or the pat-down?

Ever since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, a trip to the airport has been fraught for...

Author: Wendy Stueck

Source: The Globe and Mail

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/highway-to-heavens-many-paths-to-salvation/article1834930/

If there are many paths to salvation, British Columbia's No. 5 Road can be seen as an open-air guide book.

The highway – which runs in a straight line through the city of Richmond, south of Vancouver – is often...

Author: Brad Kadrich

Source: The Observer

http://www.hometownlife.com/article/20101216/NEWS03/12160556

A Bentley Elementary School fourth-grader and his family have agreed to remove a religious item normally required to be worn by their Sikh religion until Plymouth-Canton Community Schools officials can figure out the best way — legally and otherwise — to handle it.