One of the most controversial of speakers and so-called experts on the history of South Asia and the Mughal empire in particular, Audrey Truschke, will be paying a visit to the University of Toronto’s prestigious Munk School of Global Affairs. Audrey Truschke is often criticized by Indians as being bigoted and biased towards the non-Abrahamic […]
Sikh Teachings Consistent with British Values
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 […]
Dirty Toilet Cleaner Jobs Reserved ONLY for Pakistan’s Underprivileged Hindus, Sikhs & Christians
The Islamic Republic of Pakistan is well known for it’s strict laws towards non-Muslims such as it’s popular blasphemy law, which carries a death penalty to anyone who criticizes Islam. Many activists complain that the blasphemy law is just another mechanism for the majority Muslim population to oppress and stoke fear in Pakistan’s religious minorities such as Hindus, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Religious Harmony Conference in Canada Represents Dharmic Religions
(Toronto, Ontario) As the world debates the religious protests across the Middle East, Canada is hosting a historic conference on religious harmony under the auspices of the Honorable Paul Hellyer, Deputy PM to Canada’s most iconic leader Pierre Trudeau and featuring Hanne Strong, Organizer of the UN’s Millennium World Peace Summit and wife of Under […]
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 […]
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