Europe

London, UK: A British Sikh is suing a bank where he worked for race and religious discrimination after colleagues allegedly interfered with his turban and asked whether it “flashed red in an emergency”. Harminder Dhanota, an information technology manager, is ...

Birmingham, UK: Pizza and chips at a gurdwara langar (free kitchen)? In tune with the times, langars at gurdwaras in the UK have moved on from black or yellow dal (cereals) or wheat-flour chapaatis (breads). Guru Nanak Gurdwara at Smethwick ...

Glasgow, Scotland: Attired in a signature blue bana, hair tied into a bun and a few young kids learning the art of dastaar from him, 27-year-old Christopher — who now has changed his name to Darshan Singh — can easily be ...

Paris:  France’s Sikh community is ramping up a campaign for the turban to be allowed in state-funded schools amid moves to reinforce a 2004 law banning pupils from wearing religious symbols. The contentious issue pits the cherished French principle of ...