New Delhi : A Sikh man of Indian origin and a Pakistan-American man who were speaking in Punjabi on a bus in the US were arrested at gunpoint and detained for 30 hours after fellow travellers claimed they were discussing a “bomb threat” in Arabic.Daljeet Singh, an asylum-seeker from India, struck up a conversation with Mohammed […]
NEW DELHI: Even after fifteen years of the 9/11 tragedy, Sikhs in the US feel they are more likely to face profiling, bigotry and backlash than the average American because of the two distinct symbols of their identity-the beard and the turban. To spread better awareness about their religion, a new Sikh art exhibit will […]
New Delhi : The Daily Show, an American late-night talk and news satire television programme with Trevor Noah, recently aired a segment called ‘Confused Islamophobes Target American Sikhs’, featuring a humorous interview with New York-based Indian-American designer and actor Waris Ahluwalia while raising a sensitive issue of the lack of awareness in the American population as […]
Berlin : Two secondary-school students accused of carrying out a bomb attack on a gurdwara in the German city of Essen almost two weeks ago have admitted to being involved in the incident, claims a minister’s report, adding that the two radical Islamists are sympathisers of Islamic State (IS) and al-Qaeda terrorist outfits.The two are charged […]
Chandigarh : A major Sikh issue being the top trending on Twitter is perhaps something very rare but #SGPC4Sikhs today turned to be the top hit. It is the support for the amendment to the Sikh Gurdwara Act, 1925 adopted in the Lok Sabha two days back debarring Sehajdharis from voting in the general house […]