US: For the second year, Fresno State students will celebrate the first Sikh American Awareness and Appreciation Month in November, where a club will focus on educating the community about its religion and promoting equality for Sikhs. Last September, the ...
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Akal Takht jathedar bars using title ‘Patshahi’ by any Sikh individual
Amritsar, Punjab: After imposing ban on installation (Parkash) of Sri Guru Granth Sahib in houses of Sikhs with bars, the jathedar (leader of community) of Sikhs supreme temporal seat — Akal Takht — has barred using the title of ‘ Patshahi’ ...
Read More »‘Man Accused of Assaulting Elderly Sikh Is Unfit for Trial’
Fresno, California, USA: A homeless man accused of brutally assaulting an 82-year-old Sikh with an iron rod outside a Gurdwara in California is “legally incompetent” to stand trial, a US court has ruled. Gilbert Garcia, 29, was accused of attacking Piara ...
Read More »Sikh student who won kirpan case now considers leaving Quebec
Canada: Gurbaj Multani walked into his Montreal school when he was 11 years old and found 300 adults shouting at him. There was a time in his teens when virtually the whole province was united against him. But through it ...
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