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“Sikhs can’t be above rule ”
Harish Khare MARSEILLE: President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday made it clear that Sikhs could not hope to be above the rules in France. He was replying to a question on the controversy over Sikh students being prohibited from wearing turban to educational institutions. Mr. Sarkozy was unambiguous and firm: “The Sikhs were most welcome; but we have rules, rules of secularism” which were applicable to all “on the territory of France.” In this insistence on uniform application of rules, “there was no discrimination.” The French President also made it clear that the Sikh issue could not be compared with the anti-Christian violence in ...
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Sikh girl appears before court, denies abduction charge
DAGGAR: The Sikh girl, who later embraced Islam the other day and tied nuptial knot with the man of her choice, was recovered from Saleem Khan Killay in adjoining district Swabi and was Monday produced before a local court, where she recorded her statement under section-164 of the Criminal Procedure Code. Seema Kor, 18, who was renamed as Seema Gul after entering the fold of Islam, told the court that she left her house at her own and converted to Islam to marry Bakhtiar as she loved him and could not live without him. Giving the reason for leaving her house, she said Bakhtiar would reject her proposal by saying she was not a Muslim. “I left my home on Friday morning and called Bakhtiar about my decision of becoming Muslim and marrying him. I had arranged the cab by myself and asked Bakhtiar to accompany me,” she told the court. She emphatically told the court that she would never return to her uncle’s house, as she was an adopted child and living with her uncle. “I will prefer committing ...
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BLOOD DONATION BY SIKH NATION!
The Sikh Group That Has Become “The Life Blood Of Canada” Honored In Ottawa Members of this transparent Sikh Nation, including its passionate and dedicated spokesperson Sunil Kumar, met with the members o f the Punjabi Press Club on Monday to bring their message of brotherly love, selfless sacrifice and the need to have Sikhs take centre stage through the donation of blood which is the lifeline of humanity! OTTAWA - On 15 September in a well attended and impressive ceremony in Ottawa, The Life Saving Campaign of Blood Donation by Sikh Nation run by the Sikhs of North America were honored. The messages from Michaelle Jean Governor General of Canada and the Prime Minister of Canada were read. The Ceremony was attended by board members of Canadian Blood Services and distinguished members of various backgrounds. Famous Appeal Court retired Judge Horace Krever and Andre Picard from Globe and Mail were the keynote speakers whose efforts in making the Canadian Blood system safer were lauded. When the ...
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Hat or turban? Coin controversy mars martyr function
CHANDIGARH, Sept. 27: Controversy marred the function of Bhagat Singh�s 101st birth anniversary when chief minister Mr Parkash Singh Badal objected to the image of the martyr used on the coins released. Mr Badal told Union tourism minister Ms Ambika Soni, who was present at the function, that his photograph in a hat, which has been embossed on the new coins, was not right. �I would like to point out that the official portrait of Shaheed Bhagat Singh is that in a turban,� Mr Badal said. An embarrassed Ms Soni told Mr Badal that the coins have been issued by the Union finance ministry and she would take up the matter with the ministry. �Even Congress leaders from Punjab have pointed out the hat issue to me. I will take up the matter with the finance ministry,� Ms Soni said. Mr Badal said even the statue of Bhagat Singh inside the Parliament House complex in Delhi was one in which the martyr was shown in a turban. The function was held at this ancestral village of Bhagat Singh, 100 km from ...
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New Sikh Gurdwara in Selma Inaugurated
Sikhs of Selma and surrounding areas finished construction of the new Sikh Temple, known as a Sikh Center of Pacific Coast, in Selma at Highland Avenue just a few blocks away from the old much smaller complex. The new complex consists of two large buildings, the main hall and a langar hall. The main hall is a 14,000 square feet two-story building and the langar hall is 7,500 square feet. Celebrations commenced on Thursday and finished on Sunday, with over five thousand devotees, community members and political figures attending the ceremonies. Paul Sihota of the Sikh Center of Pacific Coast said, �We are very excited today. We had outgrown the old Gurdwara building several years ago and needed a building to accommodate the ever increasing population of Sikhs in the Selma and the nearby areas. The building wasn�t the work of one person. It was a combined effort of the Gurdwara committee members, the local Sikh sangat, and many more Sikhs from other parts of ...
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Sikh boy facing charges after allegedly threatening students with kirpan
A 13-year-old Sikh boy allegedly got in to a dispute with two fellow students at Cavalier-de-Lasalle high school two weeks ago and pulled his kirpan - a ceremonial dagger - and threatened them with it. The teen was suspended and will appear in youth court to face charges stemming from the incident. The debate over whether Sikh children should be allowed to bring the blunted dagger to school is not new in Quebec. In 2001, a case involving a Sikh boy from Lasalle went all the way to the Supreme Court as a Charter of Rights issue. In that case, the court sided with the boy and his ...
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Demand to Ban 'Singh is Kinng'
'Singh is Kinng' row: public should decide, says SGPC Chandigarh, Aug 3 (PTI) Two days after Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) sought a ban on Akshay Kumar starrer "Singh is Kinng" for allegedly "ridiculing" the Sikh community, the SGPC today downplayed the row saying the matter should be left for the public to decide. "I think too much is being made even before the film has been released. Let public watch the film and react and then we will see," Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) President Avtar Singh Makkar said. He said the SGPC, the apex religious body of the Sikhs, had already formed a five-member committee to see if the film, due for release on Friday, would hurt the religious sentiments of the community. "The members have reviewed the film and come to the conclusion that the matter should be left to the public to decide. Raking up unnecessary controversy should be avoided. The filmmaker (Vipul Shah) had assured us that there will be no negative portrayal of Sikhs ...
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