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Parents, students protest closure of Vancouver Khalsa School

Vancouver, Canada: Nearly 100 students, parents and supporters of the Khalsa School in South Vancouver protested outside the Vancouver School Board office this morning. The board decided in November not to renew the private school’s lease, which expires in July. “When ...

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1984 Sikh “Genocide” Case Presented To US Department of State

New York, United States: In order to secure support for the 1984 “Genocide” Petition, the rights group “Sikh for Justice” (SFJ) met the representatives from the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor; Office of India Affairs; Office of Religious Freedom ...

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Khalsa School parents appeal for help from Vancouver board

Vancouver,Canada: Asked to leave property it leases, Sikh school needs another location. Parents of students attending a private Sikh school in Vancouver are appealing for help as a deadline for their school to vacate the property it leases from the ...

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Six months later, Sikh members still teaching cultural diversity

Oak Creek,Wisconsin: – Tuesday marked six months since gunman, Wade Michael Page, walked into the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek shooting and killing six, and seriously wounding four others. Inside the temple, pictures of the victims still hang. A bullet hole is there too, as ...

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