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LVIA to boot restaurant owners because they look like Arabs

PA, USA: The Sikh owners of two Subway restaurants at Lehigh Valley International Airport say they are being evicted because worried passengers confuse them with Muslims, according to a federal lawsuit. Suhirdbir Bhasin, Raminder Bhasin and Ishmeet Bhasin say that ...

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Legal action looms after Calgary concert halted over kirpan

Calgary, Canada: The show went on Monday afternoon for fans of Punjabi singing star Gurdas Maan, whose concert was stopped amid controversy the night before. But the dark clouds above Prairie Winds Park, where the outdoor makeup show was held, ...

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Student Found Guilty in NYC School Sikh Attack

New York, USA: A family court judge in Queens, New York ruled against a young student July 22, who had been charged with attacking a Sikh high school boy on campus. Jagmohan Singh Premi, 18, was attacked by an unnamed ...

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Student's kirpan survives latest court challenge

In more than 100 years, it has never been used as a weapon in school Canada: Judge Gilles Ouellet of the youth division of the Court of Quebec found a 13-year-old Sikh boy guilty of having threatened two classmates by ...

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