As time moves forward, Sikhs should consider how our actions and allegiances today will be looked upon by future generations. In America, the Sikh community finds itself in one of those moments.
Categories: Civil Rights, Hate Crimes, Politics, Reflections • Tags: black lives matter
In response to our letter, Cenk Uygur’s campaign manager sent to us his reply around his comments about Sikh religious practices.
Categories: Civil Rights, Hate Crimes, Politics • Tags: Balpreet Kaur, CA-25, California 25th Congressional District, Cenk Uygur, The Young Turks
In light of his comments about Sikh religious practices, we are writing to request CA-25 Congressional candidate Cenk Uygur make a public pledge to protect Sikhs and other religious minorities worldwide from discrimination and violence in the event that he is elected to Congress.
Categories: Civil Rights, Hate Crimes, Politics • Tags: CA-25, California 25th Congressional District, Cenk Uygur, The Young Turks
ikh activists in the United States have launched a petition demanding that Kamala Harris apologize for supporting employment discrimination against a Sikh job applicant during her tenure as California’s attorney general in 2011.
Categories: Politics, Uncategorized • Tags: 2020 elections, California, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Kamala Harris, Trilochan Singh Oberoi, Workplace Discrimination
A number of American Sikhs won local races in various jurisdictions around the country during the 2018 midterms.
Categories: Politics • Tags: 2018 elections, 2018 Midterms, Ajmar Johal, Anaheim, Bobby Singh-Allen, California, Carteret, Elk Grove, Fresno, Gagandeep Kang, Galt, Gurpal Samra, Harry Sidhu, J.R. Thiara, Jag Bains, Jasbir Judge, Lathrop, Live Oak, Livingston, Naindeep Singh Chann, Natomas, New Jersey, Paul Sandhu, Raj Chahal, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Santa Clara, Sarabjit Kaur Cheema, Sikh candidates, Sim Gill, Simran Kaur, Sonny Dhaliwal, Tracy, Union City, Utah
This month, Sikhs celebrated the appointment of Guru Hargobind as the sixth Guru of the Sikhs in 1606, following the execution of the preceding Guru, Guru Arjun, by the Mughal emperor Jehangir for refusing to convert to Islam. Born to a prophecy that he would crush tyranny, Guru Hargobind represented a metamorphosis for the Sikh people — manifesting more than just spiritual practice but worldly practice as well. The commemoration of his ascension as Guru is a timely coincidence, for […]
Categories: Civil Rights, Politics, Reflections, Sikhism • Tags: Bandi Chhorh Divas, Diwali, Guru Hargobind, ICE, Immigration, Jehangir, miri, piri, undocumented immigrants
The Sikh prayer called Ardaas (link) is an address before the All-Pervasive Immortal that is offered regularly by Sikhs in congregation. It concludes every service and is often offered ahead of an undertaking of a task by Sikhs to seek the Divine’s blessings and protection. The prayer is a defined set of verses that recounts Sikh history: the Gurus, those who sacrificed themselves, and custom verse at the end by the congregation specific to the context of the occasion. The Ardaas […]
Categories: Civil Rights, Politics, Reflections, Sikhism
“A true revolution of values will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our past and present policies. On the one hand we are called to play the Good Samaritan on life’s roadside, but that will be only an initial act. One day we must come to see that the whole Jericho Road must be transformed so that men and women will not be constantly beaten and robbed as they make their journey on life’s […]
Categories: Civil Rights, Politics • Tags: Beyond Vietnam, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr., MLK Day
Wednesday night’s special election result in Alabama was a clear revelation on several fronts, particularly when the exit polls were analyzed that demonstrated the constituency of support garnered by the two candidates, Republican Roy Moore — the ostensible and rebellious conservative Christian plagued with accusations around pedophilia and improper conduct with women and girls — and the victorious Democrat Doug Jones, considered an underdog candidate for a state that hadn’t elected a Democrat for Senator in decades. The exit polling […]
Categories: Politics • Tags: Alabama, Doug Jones, election, Gurmeet Ram Raheem Singh, Roy Moore
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