Author: Frank Kocher

Source: North County Times

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2008/11/28/faith/z081e1eca551cf6848825750c005d9522.txt

The culmination of a 13-year effort by the local Sikh community will occur next Friday, Dec. 5, when their new temple in Escondido holds its first worship service.

"This is a big moment for us. Some of our children were in kindergarten when we started and are now in college...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Daily Mail

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1090031/Sikh-man-loses-right-wear-turban-driving-licence-photo-EU-court-ruling.html

A Sikh man who wanted the right to wear a turban while being photographed for his French drivers' licence has lost his case in the European Court of Human Rights.

Shingara Mann Singh,...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Times of India

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/USA/Sikh_religious_musicians_forced_to_disembark_US_plane/articleshow/3761017.cms

Three eminent Sikh religious musicians were thrown out of a US Airways flight after the pilot refused to fly with them on board in California, a leading US-based Sikh group alleged on Wednesday.

The three...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: SALDEF

Wire Service: AP

Author: Tom Lochner

Source: Contra Costa Times

http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_11027912

Neighbors of El Sobrante's Sikh temple have vowed to appeal a Contra Costa County Planning Commission ruling endorsing an expansion of the temple to more than four times its present size.

Gurdwara Sahib, the Sikh Center of San Francisco Bay Area, plans to build a community center, performing arts center, museum and parking garage on its 6.5 acre property off...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Sikh Coalition

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

A Sikh woman who suffered racial, religious and sexual harassment on the job has obtained justice by standing up to her employer. In a settlement agreement, National Wholesale Liquidators (NWL), Mrs. Sukhbir Kaur's former employer, agreed to make changes to their employment policies and pay money damages to nine victims of harassment,...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: SALDEF

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/leicestershire/7732025.stm

Thousands of people have marched through the streets of Leicester to mark a major religious festival.

The parade in the Highfields area celebrated the birth of Guru Nanak Dev Ji - founder of the Sikh religion.

The procession has taken place in the city for 20 years, with about 15,000 people attending last...

Author: Glenda Luymes

Source: The Province

http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=a0bb7d74-fb19-453a-b884-441995a771e0

Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts put aside past conflict and visited the Dasmesh Darbar temple Thursday evening for a celebration honouring the birthday of a notable Sikh guru.

The temple was at the centre of a political controversy earlier this year, when its leaders decided not...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Times of India

Wire Service: IANS

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Sikhs_mark_Guru_Nanaks_birth_anniversary_with_fervour/rssarticleshow/3709948.cms

As dawn broke Thursday, hundreds of Sikhs across India thronged Gurudwaras for morning prayers to mark the 539th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of the...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Sikh Spirit

http://www.bsingh.dsl.pipex.com/khalsa/medianew.htm

In an attempt to show case articles related to Sikh Heritage scattered in UK at various places, the Sikhs there are establishing National Sikh Heritage Centre and Holocaust Museum along Gurudwara Singh Sabha, Derby, UK.

The museum has already got 300 items, most of these weapons, and 3 canons of 18th century on lease by British Government, Chairman...

Author: Martin Banks

Source: The Parliament

http://www.theparliament.com/latestnews/news-article/newsarticle/eu-parliament-accused-of-banning-dagger-wearing-sikhs/

Parliament bosses have been blasted for their “outrageous ban” on refusing Sikhs access to the assembly’s building.

UK ALDE deputy Liz Lynne invited a delegation of Sikhs to parliament on Monday...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/kent/7719169.stm

An £11m project to build a Sikh temple in north Kent will be finished on time, despite the global economic downturn, community leaders have said.

The Gravesend gurdwara has been under construction for the past seven years, and is due to open in time for the Sikh New Year Vaisakhi festival in 2009.

It has been paid for...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Examiner

http://www.examiner.com/a-1682938~Sikh_man_barred_from_wearing_turban_in_court.html

A San Joaquin County Superior Court judge says a Sikh man facing trial over the murder of his daughter's former boyfriend will have to appear before jurors without his turban.

Judge Charlotte Orcutt says that the long fabric pious men use to wrap their hair could hide a weapon or be...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Times of India

Wire Service: IANS

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Indians_Abroad/First_Sikh_member_in_NZ_parliament/articleshow/3691733.cms

Former New Delhi businessman Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi will be the first Sikh member of the New Zealand parliament which has a record number of six Asian members following Saturday's election....