Watch the C-SPAN video of the opening and Ishwar Singh’s invocation here. Read previous commentary on Ishwar Singh’s historic Invocation at the Republican National Convention here.
Categories: Events, Picture of the Day • Tags: Invocation, Ishwar Singh, Republican National Convention
The Christian organization “Sojourners” has placed billboard advertisements near sites of recent hate crimes against Sikhs and Muslims: In light of the recent acts of violence and vandalism against religious minorities across the country, Sojourners is calling on Christians to stand up against the hatred. Starting today, a billboard and newspaper ad will appear in Joplin, Mo., home to a mosque that burned to the ground earlier this month after suffering two previous acts of arson. Both the ad and the billboard […]
Categories: Hate Crimes, Interfaith, Picture of the Day • Tags: advertisement, billboard, hate crimes, Joplin, Love Your Sikh Neighbors, Missouri, Oak Creek, Sojourners, Wisconsin
Yesterday, after a campaign event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US First Lady Michelle Obama met privately with the victims of the August 5 shooting at the Oak Creek, Wisconsin Gurdwara shooting: She spoke briefly with temple secretary Kulwant Dhaliwal and Oak Creek Mayor Stephen Scaffidi, telling them, almost in a whisper, “It’s my honor to be here with you. I’m sorry it’s under these circumstances, but I am anxious to meet with the families and lend whatever support I can.”
Categories: Hate Crimes, Picture of the Day, Politics • Tags: FBI, FBI Hate Crime Statistics, Gurdwara, Michelle Obama, Oak Creek, Wisconsin
Sikhs in San Jose, California, held an art therapy event for Sikh children at the Sikh Gurdwara Sahib San Jose on Sunday. Read more about the motivation behind the event to help children express their feelings about the tragedy.
Categories: Art, Hate Crimes, Picture of the Day • Tags: art therapy, Children, Gurdwara, hate crimes, Oak Creek, San Jose, Sikh Gurdwara Sahib San Jose, Wisconsin
Teju Cole, in The New Inquiry, asks of the above painting (which predates Sikhism): Why is this man wearing a turban? The gray-eyed gaze of the man in the painting is a dare. Show me who’s done it better, he seems to say. Didn’t think so, he adds. I am not well-versed in analyzing works of art. However, it does appear that the man in the painting is also making another statement:
Categories: Art, Picture of the Day • Tags: Jan van Eyck, Man in Turban, Teju Cole, The New Inquiry
The Fremont 4th of July Parade Committee is a volunteer non-profit organization that holds the 4th of July parade in Fremont, California each year. This year, one of the participating groups in the parade was Sikh Scouts Troop 600, who was featured on the Fremont 4th of July Parade’s Facebook page. Formed in 2009 in Santa Clara County, Sikh Scouts Troop 600 was the first Sikh-oriented troop in the Boy Scouts of America organization.
Categories: Events, Picture of the Day • Tags: Boy Scouts of America, California, Fourth of July, Fremont, Fremont 4th of July Parade, Independence Day, Sikh Scouts Troop 600
Sikhs in the central California city of Turlock held their first ever Nagar Kirtan (religious procession) last Sunday: Last week, backers of Sunday’s parade said they anticipated 1,000 or more people. According to Harinder Grewal, more than 2,000 people came to see the noontime parade at the Sikh temple. “It was a huge success,” Grewal said. …Grewal said the plan is to make the parade an annual event, with next year’s expanding beyond this year’s, with a bigger route and […]
Categories: Events, Picture of the Day • Tags: California, Nagar Kirtan, Turlock
The Sikh community of Salem, Oregon held their annual Nagar Kirtan (religious procession) yesterday to commemorate the martyrdom of Guru Arjun in 1606: [Susan] Hughs said she didn’t know Salem had a Sikh community, which is estimated to be a couple hundred families, but she saw the huge crowd parading through Commercial Street SE and saw Sikhs everywhere. “Who knew?” she said. The full article with additional photos is available at The Statesman Journal.
Categories: Events, Picture of the Day • Tags: Dasmesh Darbar Sikh Temple, Guru Arjan Dev, Guru Arjun, Nagar Kirtan, Oregon, Salem, South Salem
The Sikh Center of Gulf Coast Area in Houston, Texas holds an annual blood drive in June to commemorate the events of 1984 in India: “This blood drive has been going on for the last 10 to 15 years,” explained Harjit Singh Galhotra, the Secretary of the Sikh National Center, “to remember those who not only perished in the Indian Army’s attack on the Golden Temple in Amritsar in June 1984 but all the thousands who subsequently died in the […]
Categories: 1984, Picture of the Day • Tags: Amritsar, Darbar Sahib, Golden Temple, Harmandir Sahib, Houston, Sikh Center of Gulf Coast Area, Texas
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