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Religion and US Politics: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

August 4, 2011 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Jasmeet Sidhu writes a piece on The Huffington Post contrasting between Canada and the United States the roles of faith groups with government: It seems to me, that though this country has its fair share of heated debates around religion (the ground zero mosque controversy comes to find [sic]), there are also seems to be a yearning and a willingness by policy makers, community groups and other stakeholders to publicly engage and bring into the fold Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh […]

Categories: Interfaith, Politics • Tags: Barack Obama, Government, Huffington Post, Islamophobia, Jasmeet Sidhu, Mitt Romney, Rick Perry

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A Sikh’s reaction to the killing of Osama bin Laden

May 4, 2011 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

I was sitting in a Bay Area, California, restaurant when I first learned of the killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan by US Navy SEALs.  At my table, we were stunned into silence by news that came completely out of left field.  Almost ten years after the 9/11 attacks, Americans finally brought to justice the man behind the attacks. Video footage and images of bin Laden took over all of the televisions in the restaurant that moments before were […]

Categories: Hate Crimes, News Bits • Tags: Balbir Singh Sodhi, Barack Obama, California, Osama bin Laden, Stockton, United States Navy SEALs

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Top 5 Sikh American Stories of 2010

January 4, 2011 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Happy New Year! The end of 2010 has spawned all kinds of retrospectives on that year, mostly in the form of “Top 10” lists of various categories.  An interesting exercise is to consider what were the top five stories related to Sikh Americans during 2010. Why the top five and not the top ten?  The number five has a special significance to Sikhs: Sikhism originated in Punjab (now in India and Pakistan), which is the land of “five rivers” (“Punj” means “five”, “ab” means “river” or “water”). […]

Categories: Reflections • Tags: Airport security, AIT machines, Barack Obama, Bay Area Civil Rights Report 2010, Darbar Sahib, Golden Temple, Guru Singh, Harmandir Sahib, Kamaldeep Singh Kalsi, Outsourced, Sikh Coalition, Simran Lamba, Tejdeep Singh Rattan, Top 5 Sikh American Stories, TSA, US Army

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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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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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“Sikhs are among the most American of Americans”

November 16, 2010 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

“The Sikh belief in universal equality is a powerful counterpoint to religious exclusivity and foreshadowed the movements for civil rights and women’s rights by several centuries. For Sikhs, the turban distinguishes its wearer as an ambassador of his or her faith and serves as a constant reminder to abide by the core values of the Sikh religion, including the importance of standing up for anyone who is oppressed.” — excerpt from an essay by Rajdeep Singh (of the Sikh Coalition) […]

Categories: Civil Rights, News Bits, Politics • Tags: Barack Obama, Golden Temple, Rajdeep Singh, Sikh Coalition, Washington Post

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