Author: Staff Writer

Source: Guelph Tribune

http://www.guelphtribune.ca/news/article/205658

The Guelph Sikh Society had its window broken on Thursday night in what Guelph Police are treating as a random act of vandalism.

The damage was discovered and reported to police just after 6 a. m. on Friday morning. Two bricks had been thrown through the window of the former Brewer’s Retail on Stevenson Street that the Sikh Society currently calls...

Author: Michelle Roberts

Source: Yahoo News

Wire Service: AP

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100323/ap_on_re_us/us_army_sikh_soldier

The soldiers in standard-issue fatigues and combat boots stood side-by-side repeating their creed: "I am an American soldier. I am a warrior and a member of a team. I serve the people of the United States and live the Army values ...."

Capt. Tejdeep...

Author: Rachel Grunwell

Source: New Zealand Herald

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Indian Express

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Holi-finds-mention-in-US-Congress/593081

Holi, the festival of colours, has found mention in the US Congress with an American lawmaker from New York terming it as a "visually stunning" event. 

Holi is a time when communities come together after a long winter to welcome the spring harvest, Congressman Steve Israel said in the House of...

Author: Mark Magnier

Source: Los Angeles Times

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-malaysia-church19-2010mar19,0,7453940.story

The Metro Tabernacle Church, a storefront with metal shutters, sits gutted, black smoke stains on the concrete pillars bearing witness to the intense fire that destroyed the property.

The attacks on this and more than a dozen other houses of worship in...

Author: Deepinder Singh

Source: India Journal

http://www.indiajournal.com/pages/event.php?id=10301

Sikh community of Southern California celebrated the arrival of the 542nd New Year with prayers at Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Walnut here on March 13. As per the Nanakshahi calendar, named after the founder Guru Nanak, the month of Chet is the first month in the calendar and it starts from March 14.

Nearly- 2000 community members...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8569802.stm?ad=1

A year after a suspected arson attack on a Sikh temple in east London a trustee has said the community is "very disappointed" with the police inquiry.

The fire at Gurdwara Sikh Sangat in Harley Grove, Bow, last March damaged the Grade II...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: One India

http://news.oneindia.in/2010/03/15/sikhsin-malaysia-celebrate-vaisakhi-withprayers.html

Sikhs in Malaysia celebrated Vaisakhi, an ancient harvest festival in Punjab which marks the beginning of a new harvest season for the community, with prayers at home and gurdwara all over the country.

It also marks the month of Chet, the first month in the Sikh...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: SikhNet News/IndiaServer

http://www.sikhnet.com/news/convincing-france-revoke-turban-ban

Preneet Kaur, the minister of state for external affairs, is working on persuading France to revoke the ban on Sikh's wearing turbans in drivers' licence photographs by instigating fear of creating a faulty identity database, which would prove costly to the country amid the global terror threat.

Kaur has...

Author: Taylor Bendig

Source: The Vancouver Sun

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Edmonton+groups+targeted+hate+crimes+extra+security/2677789/story.html

Eight of Edmonton's most frequently vandalized religious and ethnic centres will soon boast enhanced security, federal minister of public safety Vic Toews said on Friday.

His head covered with a yellow bandana in accordance with Sikh...

Author: Vik Kirsch

Source: Guelph Mercury

http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/article/608200

Opponents of a proposed Sikh temple in south Guelph met in private Thursday night to plan strategy, but whether they pushed their agenda forward remains in question.

Many of the two dozen people who met at the Puslinch Community Centre refused to speak publicly after the meeting, which was closed to the media. They included prominent opponent Glenn...

Author: C. Johnson and Karen Massie

Source: News10/KXTV

http://www.news10.net/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=77143&provider=top

All day long, members of a Sikh congregation have come to see the burned remains of their temple on Power Inn and Rangeview roads in south Sacramento.

Sulakhan Singh, one of the members, learned late Thursday flames erupted in the temple, setting off a fire...

Author: Emily Allen

Source: The Oxford Times

http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/headlines/5052795.Sikhs_lose_Oxford_temple/

Oxford's Sikh community must find a new place to worship after a planning inspector ruled they cannot use a Marston house as a temple.

In January last year, Oxford City Council refused an application for retrospective planning permission to change the use of 69 Cherwell Drive from a...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Indian Weekender

http://www.indianweekender.co.nz/Pages/ArticleDetails/7/878/New-Zealand/Club-apologises-for-refusing-service-to-turbaned-Sikh

A Sikh businessman in Auckland, who was refused service at a golf club bar recently because he was wearing a turban, is happy the matter has been resolved amicably.

Kharag Singh, 45, owner of the...

Author: Sherri Buri McDonald

Source: The Register-Guard

http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/24501955-41/sikh-community-golden-temple-roberts.csp

A legal dispute between two factions of the Sikh community founded by Yogi Bhajan recently reached a partial settlement, clearing the way for the sale of Golden Temple’s cereal business.

But a bigger...