Tweet Surrey, BC (CHAKRA) – Sikhs gathered on the weekend after Remembrance Day at Dasmesh Darbar Sikh Temple  in Surrey to honour the fallen soldiers in the Canadian Armed Forces. This event was the first of its kind in a Sikh temple in British Columbia.  Publisher of The Post Group of newspapers, Harbinder Singh Sewak, [...]

Tweet By Antony Thomas Thousands of Temples have been destroyed or converted into Mosques in Pakistan since partition Lahore, Pakistan (CHAKRA) – After numerous reports of Gurdwara land being snatched and sold by radical groups in Pakistan, a piece of land owned by a temple is now being seized unfairly by a fundamental organization—Jeay Sindh.  [...]

Tweet By Jagmit Singh Harley Grove, Gurdwara Sikh Sangat Racist driven Arson London, UK (CHAKRA) – It has been a year after the arson attack in east London, on a Sikh temple.  A trustee has said that the Sikh community is very disappointed with the level of police inquiry. The Gurdwara Sikh Sangat, a Grade [...]

Tweet By Jagmit Singh Beheading is a form of execution used by many Radical Islamic groups Peshawar, Pakistan (CHAKRA) – Two Sikhs heads were sent to a gurdwara after Taliban members reportedly beheaded them in a lawless tribal area of Pakistan which borders Afghanistan.  On January 19, businessmen Jaspal Singh and Mahan Singh from Tira [...]

Tweet By Karishma Patel Guelph, Ontario (CHAKRA) – A southside domed Sikh temple has caused a hostile receptiveness by residents of a rapidly growing upscale residential neighbourhood.  A public planning meeting is where the temple plans were discussed among city staff. “It’s a huge change for all of us. I’m against that building — period,” [...]