LEHRA(Sangrur): Fifty village families of District Sangrur, who had lost their crops when the swollen River Ghaggar swept over their fields last month, received cash relief from United Sikhs this week, whilst they await compensation promised by the government. United Sikhs gave Rs 5,000 to each of 50 rural families in 16 villages that had »
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US President Praises United Sikhs Relief Efforts in Haiti
Washington DC, USA: “God’s grace is….expressed through multiple faith-based efforts. By evangelicals at World Relief. By the American Jewish World Service. By Hindu temples, and mainline Protestants, Catholic Relief Services, African American churches, the UNITED SIKHS.” President Barack Obama praised yesterday the relief efforts in Haiti of faith and non faith based NGOs, at the »
Former UNITED SIKHS Legal Director joins United States Department of Justice
New York, NY: Harpreet Singh, Esq., former Legal Director of UNITED SIKHS recently joined the U.S. Department of Justice, Community Relations Service as the Regional Director of Region III. The Staff and Volunteers at UNITED SIKHS wish him all the best in his new position where he will work to prevent and reduce community conflicts »
At airport, turbans shouldn’t raise an eyebrow ?
Looking at this comment and others attached to the editorial gives us an insight that there is a need for an innovative interfaith dialogue. Be it through a project or faciliated by Civil Rights groups. The rationale being to faciliate dialogue and understanding between – Judaism, Christianity, and Islam – and Sikhism and practioners of these faiths within the context of Identity. »
Sikh students can carry ‘kirpan’ in 61 US schools
Washington DC, USA: Sikh students enrolled in 61 schools run by the National Heritage Academies in the US have been allowed to carry ‘kirpan’, a symbol of their faith, subject to certain restrictions. The National Heritage Academies (NHA), which runs its schools in the states of Michigan, Ohio, Colorado, Indiana, North Carolina and New York, »
