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Alberta brings in policy to allow Sikhs to wear kirpan religious knives in court

Edmonton,Canada: Alberta has come up with a policy to allow Sikhs to wear a ceremonial religious dagger called a kirpan in courthouses. Under the Justice Department policy, a person must tell security officers they have a kirpan and wear it ...

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Sikh NGO up against Australian magazine

Amritsar,Punjab: Sikh NGO, United Sikhs (US) has announced to take action against the publication of a photo of Nihang Sikh in an Australian Magazine. National Director, US , Harjit Singh informed TOI on Tuesday that on January 26th, a newsagent ...

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Sikhs Today ~ a new book by IJ Singh

Reviewed by: Ravinder Singh (Sikh Research Institute) Sikhs Today: Ideas and Opinions is Dr. I.J. Singh’s fifth collection of essays, marking another milestone in Dr Singh’s personal quest into the “mystery and reality of Sikhism.” Although a Sikh by default – ...

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Gurdwara declines to hold prayer service for General Dyal who led Brutal Attack on Akal Takht

Panchkula, Haryana: The Singh Sabha Gurdwara in Sector 7 of this Haryana town, adjoining Chandigarh, declined to entertain a request by the family of Lt. Gen. R.S. Dyal to hold a prayer service on his first death anniversary this month. The ...

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