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WRFA II

December 27, 2010 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

US Senator John Kerry has introduced the Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2010 to the US Senate.  For Sikhs, this law has important implications: Under current law, employers are required to make ‘reasonable accommodations’ for the religious practices of their employees.  Employers can bypass this requirement by showing that such accommodations would impose a minimal difficulty or expense on the employer’s business.  WRFA would still allow employers to deny religious accommodations, but only by proving that such accommodations would constitute […]

Categories: Civil Rights, Politics • Tags: 111th Congress, John Kerry, Richard Santorum, Workplace Religious Freedom Act, WRFA

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No. 9 on Time Magazine’s Top 10 Religion Stories of 2010

December 25, 2010 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

As we near the end of 2010, Time Magazine published their “Top 10 Everything of 2010“. Among the topics was the Top 10 Religion Stories of 2010, which predominantly featured stories related to Christianity or Islam (or sometimes Christianity vs. Islam).  The one exception came in at number nine on the list: Obama’s skipping Darbar Sahib (aka the Golden Temple) in Amritsar: The Golden Temple in Amritsar is the center of the Sikh religion and, at one point in the […]

Categories: Politics • Tags: Amritsar, Barack Obama, Darbar Sahib, Golden Temple, Harmandir Sahib, Islamophobia, Time Magazine

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TSA, USA cont’d

December 22, 2010 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

In the Washington Post, the Sikh Coalition‘s Rajdeep Singh brings up the dubious claims of effectiveness of TSA’s AIT machines: “The TSA and [Department of Homeland Security] sort of intimated to us that if these machines were to be used as a primary form of screening and if they were so powerful that they could detect beads of perspiration, that it would obviate the need for a human screener and setting Sikhs aside for secondary screening,” he said. “But they’re […]

Categories: Civil Rights, News Bits, Politics • Tags: Air travel, Airport security, AIT machines, GAO, Government Accountability Office, L-3 Communications, Lobbying, Sikh Coalition, Transportation Security Administration

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California, put your legislation where your money is, cont’d

December 2, 2010 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Kamala Harris, who just claimed victory in the State of California’s Attorney General race, intends to look into the Trilochan Singh Oberoi case: Harris also said she would “absolutely” look into the case of Trilochan Singh Oberoi, a former Indian naval officer who is being denied a job as a security guard at Folsom State Prison because he refuses to shave off his beard. Harris, who is part Indian (her mother is a surgeon from Tamil Nadu in India) and part […]

Categories: Civil Rights, Politics • Tags: California, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Folsom Prison, Jerry Brown, Kamala Harris, Nikki Haley, Trilochan Singh Oberoi

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Gurpurab at the White House

November 22, 2010 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

A gurpurab is the term used for the celebration by Sikhs of an anniversary related to the lives of any of the Sikh Gurus.  This past weekend was the gurpurab of the birth of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism who was born in 1469 in present-day Pakistan. President Obama offered his greetings to Sikhs for this occasion, and for the second year in a row, the White Host hosted an event to commemorate the birth of Guru Nanak.  Interestingly: […]

Categories: News Bits, Politics • Tags: Amritsar, Barack Obama, Guru Nanak, White House

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“Obama, I thought you were my boy”

November 22, 2010 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Some Sikhs are still struggling on Obama’s skipping a visit to Amritsar and the Golden Temple (Sikhism’s central shrine). Sikh “personality”, Jus Reign, felt the need to YouTube himself on the topic:

Categories: Humor, Politics • Tags: Barack Obama, Golden Temple, Jus Reign

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President Obama greets Sikhs on Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary

November 20, 2010 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

The White House released a statement yesterday to commemorate the 541st anniversary of the birth of Sikhism’s founder, Guru Nanak Dev Ji: The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release November 19, 2010 Statement by the President on the Anniversary of the Birth of Guru Nanak Dev Ji On Sunday, many around the world will observe the anniversary of birth of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of Sikhism.  I send my best wishes to all those […]

Categories: News Bits, Politics • Tags: Barack Obama, Guru Nanak, White House

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The most powerful woman in the world

November 17, 2010 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

During the Obama trip to India, First Lady Michelle Obama met in New Delhi with young girls from schools around India.  A group of them were from Amritsar (if the Obamas won’t go to Amritsar…).  One of those girls had a question: Manpreet asked another tough question: whether Mrs. Obama or the President had to apologize first after they get into a fight. “She said: ‘Of course the President makes up first’,” the girl said, drawing giggles from the rest of the group. […]

Categories: News Bits, Politics • Tags: Amritsar, Barack Obama, India, Michelle Obama

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Lobbying away our rights

November 17, 2010 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

“…the lobbying contracts of the major distributors of the full-body scanners show a network of lobbyists deeply connected in Washington. For instance, L-3 Communications hired former Sen. Alfonse D’Amato (R-N.Y.) who was once on the Commission on Aviation Security under President George H.W. Bush.” At the risk of turning this blog’s focus too much at the TSA, the interesting post quoted above from opensecrets.org details the lobby groups behind the installation of AIT machines at American airports.  W.C. Varones goes further […]

Categories: Civil Rights, News Bits, Politics • Tags: Air travel, Airport security, AIT machines, Alfonse D'Amato, Lobbying, Michael Chertoff, TSA, United States

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