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A delegation of Sikhs from France will land in New Delhi Thursday for the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD), the annual gathering of the Indian diaspora, to highlight the continuing problem of the ban of Sikh turbans in France.
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A campaign by Sikhs in America has resulted in the US Army accepting another Sikh recruit for active duty with his religious identity intact. It will be for the first time in 23 years that Sikhs will serve in the US Army with their turbans and unshorn hair.
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Furious over a sect’s attempts to replicate the design and structure of the Sikh community’s holiest shrine, the Golden Temple, Sikhism’s highest temporal seat Akal Takht Friday ordered it to raze the structure.
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The Sikh leadership in Punjab is furious over attempts by a sect to replicate the design and structure of their holiest shrine – the Golden Temple or Harmandar Sahib at Amritsar.
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United Sikhs, an Sikh advocacy group, has challenged the French government’s ban on the wearing of turbans before the UN Human Rights Commission (UNHRC), arguing that this was suppressing their freedom of religion and depriving the community of its basic human rights.
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Around 200 Sikhs from across Europe have met a British member of the European Parliament to discuss problems faced by their community in Europe. The group met Neena Gill here last week and aired their grievances about growing racial discrimination and harassment linked with their appearance and identity in different European countries.
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Growing Western intolerance and a series of racial attacks have prompted young Sikh youths to shed their hair and turbans. The trend is a reflection of growing intolerance in the West towards overtly religious clothing – especially veils and turbans – five years after 9/11. Meanwhile, in an effort to bridge the culture-security gap, a Sikh legal group and the US Homeland Security Department have devised a poster meant to help screeners through their interactions with the community.
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When Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives here Sunday, he is likely to see a lot of smiles on the faces of local Hindus and Sikhs who are excited at the rebuilding of seven gurdwaras destroyed in Afghanistan’s civil war. After considerable delay, the authorities have cleared the gurdwaras of both encroachers and rubble.
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Sikhs settled in France Friday vowed to fight a new law that prevents their children from wearing turbans in school. A delegation of the Sikhs from that country, here on an India-wide tour to drum up support for the cause, said the Sikhs have gone to the French high court to protect their right to wear religious headgear covering their long hair and would approach the European Court if they did not get justice.
Website of the United Sikhs (news on the turban issue, etc.):
http://www.unitedsikhs.org/
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The Sikhs love to say “Raj karega Khalsa!” – which translates into “Sikhs shall rule!” On Saturday, the dreams of millions of Sikhs around the world came true when Manmohan Singh was sworn in India’s prime minister, becoming the first from the community to rule any country.
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