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Two young Sikh professionals are joining EcoSikh, a community environment group to launch a global ecological movement with several diverse initiatives on behalf of the global Sikh community.
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Divisions among Canadian Sikhs over the ongoing controversy about the Dasam Granth reached a flash point with hardliners using kirpans to attack supporters of former Akal Takht head priest Darshan Singh Ragi who suspects the authenticity of the scripture.
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Even as the French turban issue involving Sikhs refuses to settle down, another religious symbol of the community is in the eye of a storm – this time back home in India. The ‘kirpan’, a three-foot-long sword kept by baptised Sikhs at all times as part of their religious attire, has raked up a controversy.
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While thousands of Sikhs were emigrating to the West from Punjab in the 1960’s seeking better prospects, one of them went over to spread the universal message of Sikhism. Harbhajan Singh, popular as Yogi Bhajan, passed away at his Espanola, New Mexico, home Thursday, October 7. He was 75.
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