Leading a debate last week, the Archbishop of Canterbury put forward a motion in the Lords exploring, “shared values underpinning our national life and their role in shaping public policy priorities.” Celebrating British values of generosity, fairness, justice and the rule of law, the Archbishop reflected on post-Brexit Britain. He said: “unless we ground ourselves […]
UK Hate Crime Action Plan Shows Clear Bias Against Non-Abrahamic Faiths with No Mention of Sikhs, Hindus & Buddhists
The publication of the UK Government’s four-year plan for tackling hate crime, ‘Action Against Hate’ has demonstrated a clear bias against those of non-Abrahamic faiths. The forty-page document published last month, gives 23 examples of hate crimes against Jews, 19 against Muslims and 3 against Christians. There is not a single reference to hate crimes […]
UK Government Fails to Take Anti-Sikh Hate Crimes Seriously
The Network of Sikh Organisations (NSO) expresses disappointment at the British government’s continuing apathy on the subject of Sikh victims of hate crime. In late 2015, the government announced anti-Muslim hate crime would be monitored as a separate category across all police forces, providing parity with the recording of anti-Semitic hate crime. In contrast Britain’s other […]
UK Auction Highlights Historic Sikh Artifacts
Early painting of Baba Deep Singh Ji to be auctioned in the UK. A wide selection of Punjab and Sikh related artifacts are set to be auctioned on May 21st May by British Auction House Mullocks. The highlight of the sale is an early watercolor of Baba Deep Singh Ji fighting Afghan forces, dating from […]
Happy Vaisakhi (Baisakhi) – Founding of Khalsa – April 14 2013
(CHAKRA) Sikhs and (Indian) Punjabis all over the world celebrate vaisakhi (also known as Baisakhi or Visakhi) annually. For many Punjabis, Baisakhi is a historic harvest festival based out of the Punjab and Haryana area which starts a new harvest season as well as marking a new solar year. Vaisakhi for Sikhs For Sikhs, Baisakhi is […]
Increasing Concern Over Worsening Plight of Afghan Hindus and Sikhs
(CHAKRA) The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) voiced serious concern today over the worsening plight of Hindus and Sikhs in Afghanistan, imploring the Afghan government to address the deteriorating religious freedom conditions in the country. The most recent media reports from Afghanistan indicate that Hindus and Sikhs are being forcibly denied the right to cremate their […]
Water Treatment Plan in Haiti Opened by ‘United Sikhs’ NGO
A Sikh NGO, United Sikhs, recently opened a new water plant in Haiti to support up to 5000 survivors in the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake. To provide clean drinking water, the plant uses a reverse osmosis process. Since the unfortunate even of the earthquake, cholera and other water related illnesses have caused an […]
Sikhs Against Sexual Targeting by Muslim Gangs
In the UK a large number of members of the English Defence League (EDL) joined protests by members of Sikhs community in the town of Luton, 50 km away from the city of London. The protestors are furious with the rising number of sexually exploited women in their community by British-Pakistani Muslims. After the […]
Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Devji Sahib – June 16, 2012
Every June 16th (according to the Nanakshahi calendar) since 1606 has been very auspicious for followers of Sikhism worldwide since they have commemorated the martyrdom of Guru Arjan Devji, the 5th Guru and the 1st Sikh Martyr. Before the arrest, torture and Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Devji, the Sikhs had nothing to do with weapons […]
Picture of the Week: Kirpan
The kirpan is a ceremonial dagger carried by followers of Sikhism. It is a religious commandment given by Guru Gobind Singhji The word Kirpan originated from the words Kirpa which means “Mercy, grace, compassion, kindness” and the Aan which means “Honor, grace, dignity”. Therefore, Kirpan (Kirpa + Aan) stands for “the dignity and honor of […]
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