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• Modernity – an end to male-run faiths and honour crimes

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 624
  by Joan Smith When demonstrators gathered in London yesterday to protest against sharia, the Archbishop of Canterbury was otherwise engaged with the Pope. Its almost two years since Rowan Williams caused an outcry when he suggested that recognising aspects of sharia would help social cohesion, and, every day, ...
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• Rajinder Singh: First non-White Member Joins BNP

  
  loonwatch.com — Authority: 125
  Rajinder Singh first non-White BNP Member The BNP, the openly anti-Muslim political party that is steeped deep in racism and hatred has under threat of being banned lifted its “White only policy” and allowed a non-white member into their ranks. The man, known as Rajinder Singh say he only joined the BNP because ...
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• Not Just Turkey Day: This Week’s Spiritual Celebrations Around the World

  
  Brave New Traveler — Authority: 528
  Even with the threat of swine flu, the pilgrimage to Mecca on Wednesday and the pilgrimage to the mall on Friday shall continue. Photo: Hammer51012 Sure, a lot of you know that on Thursday, most Americans will be celebrating the somewhat historically-sketchy holiday of Thanksgiving. Although I don’t ...
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• ADB to fund Rs.315-cr tourism project in Punjab

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  Chandigarh, Nov 23 (IANS) The Asian Development Bank has sanctioned a Rs.315-crore ($68 million) project for tourism infrastructure development in Punjab.Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Monday gave the green signal to the project at a meeting with ADB officials here.The ADB team led by senior official Ludwig ...
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• Sikh groups write to Obama, seek justice for 1984 victims

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  Chandigarh, Nov 22 (IANS) Two Sikh organisations have written to US President Barack Obama, seeking his intervention in getting justice for thousands of victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots by taking up the issue with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh when they meet this week.In an open letter to Obama, US-based human ...
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• Sikh man to be first non-white member of the BNP: why the surprise?

  
  walls come tumbling down — Authority: 117
  The Guardian today reported how a Sikh man who has campaigned for the British National Party (BNP) in support of its anti-Islam stance has been nominated to be the party’s first non-white member.As the newspaper reported:Rajinder Singh, who is in his late 70s, has twice lent support to Nick Griffin during the ...
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• Supporting Sikh Arts

  
  The Langar Hall — Authority: 126
  Last weekend I attended the Sikh Lens Sikh Art and Film Festival in Hollywood. I have attended film festivals all over North America and strongly believe in their need and presence in our community. Many times, however, the events get overshadowed by the glitz and glamour – the red carpet, the photographers, the ...
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• Sikh Islam-hater to become first non-white member of Britain’s racist BNP

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  London, Nov. 20 (ANI): Indian-origin Rajinder Singh, who blames Muslims for killing his father during the Partition of India in 1947, is set to become the first non-white member of the racist British National Party (BNP).“I come from partitioned Punjab that saw a lot of bloodshed in 1947. Anyone escaping that ...
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• Harper lauds Punjabis as partners in progress of Canada

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  Amritsar, Nov 18 (IANS) Visiting Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper Wednesday said that the Punjabi community settled in his country had contributed to its development and acknowledged them as “partners in progress”.Harper told Punjab’s Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal during his brief visit to this ...
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• Indian-origin woman found on London street with severed hand, honour killing suspected (Lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  London, Nov 18 (IANS) Police were reported to have arrested the estranged India-born husband of a young British Punjabi woman who died Monday after being found on the streets of a London suburb with a severed hand.In a shocking case that could be the result of an ‘honour killing’, Geeta Aulakh, a receptionist at ...
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• Canadian PM to pay obeisance at Golden Temple

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  Amritsar, Nov 18 (IANS) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper Wednesday arrived in Amritsar at the Golden Temple, the holiest Sikh shrine, to pay obeisance.Harper was accorded a warm welcome by Sikh religious leaders at the Golden Temple complex when he arrived here with a big entourage.Dressed in a black suit, ...
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• Muslims, as All Americans, Should Continue to Serve

  
  God and Country — Authority: 133
  Groups and individuals (and there are several) who have recently proposed banning Muslims from serving in the US military as a result of the Fort Hood massacre are demonstrating naivete and an incorrect understanding of both the military and the US Constitution.No American citizen should be prohibited from any ...
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• Haryana Sikh leaders held guilty of misconduct by Sikh clergy

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  Amritsar, Nov 17 (IANS) A senior Sikh religious leader from Haryana was Tuesday held guilty by top Sikh clergy at their meeting at the Akal Takht - the highest temporal seat of the Sikh religion located inside the Golden Temple complex here - and directed to do penance.Jagdish Singh Jhinda, president of the ad hoc ...
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• Canadian PM to visit Golden Temple Wednesday

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  Amritsar, Nov 17 (IANS) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will arrive in this Punjab city Wednesday and visit the Golden Temple, the holiest of Sikh shrines.Harper will arrive here by a special flight at Amritsar’s Rajasansi airport and drive straight to the shrine around noon. He will be received at the ...
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• Adventures In Multiculturalism: Surrey Edition

  
  Unambiguously Ambidextrous — Authority: 507
  Photograph by: Mark Van Manen, Vancouver Sun Today’s Canada, where 15,000 Sikhs can come together for a singularly unifying purpose of supreme importance: Deciding whether to sit on the ground or on chairs : More than 15,000 people voted on Sunday in the controversial leadership race amid heavy police presence ...
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• Traditionalists sweep Sikh temple election

  
  CKA Canadian News — Authority: 167
  A traditionalist youth party has won the leadership of the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey, B.C., after thousands of temple members lined up in the rain to vote on Sunday.
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• White House celebrates Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  Washington, Nov 16 (IANS) After Diwali, the Obama White House for the first time celebrated Gurparab, Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary, with about 125 Sikh men in colourful turbans and women in traditional Punjabi dress.President Barack Obama himself was not present, but senior officials led by Christina M. Tchen, ...
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• Canadian PM to visit Golden Temple Tuesday

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  Amritsar, Nov 16 (IANS) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will arrive in this Punjab city Tuesday and visit the famed Golden Temple, the holiest of Sikh shrines.Harper will arrive here by a special flight at Amritsar’s Rajasansi airport and drive straight to the shrine. He will be received at the airport by ...
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• Golden Temple, a symbol of communal harmony

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  By Ravinder Singh Amritsar, Nov 13(ANI): Reaching out to serve and uplift humanity as an expression or devotion to the creator, the Sri Harmandir Sahib or the Golden Temple in Amritsar is a living example of communal harmony in the country. Built in 1577 by the fourth Sikh Guru, Guru Ramdas, its foundation stone was ...
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• The Law is the Law

  
  IRS Tax Problem Solver Blog - IRS Help — Authority: 130
  In a stark display of the rule of law, a former IRS agent and CPA is serving 4 years in prison for what she believes to be right. Mrs. Sherry Peel Jackson firmly believes that the law never stipulates that a person has to file income tax returns so she did not do so for herself for 4 years. According to Jackson, she ...
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