Sikhs
Amid threats, California lawmaker calls bill barring caste discrimination ‘right thing to do’
By Alejandra Molina — April 25, 2023
(RNS) — Groups such as the Hindu American Foundation and the Coalition of Hindus of North America say the bill targets Hindus and Indian Americans who are commonly associated with the caste system.
From Charleston to Pittsburgh to Buffalo, their blood cries out
By Jeffrey Salkin — May 16, 2022
(RNS) — Buffalo reminds us: Jews and Blacks are allies.
YouTube star Gurdeep Pandher draws on Sikh faith as he dances for joy
By Kathryn Post — October 7, 2021
(RNS) — ‘The work I’ve been doing to make these videos, it’s not just entertainment. It’s more like a social service,’ said Pandher.
Young Sikhs still struggle with post-Sept. 11 discrimination
By Anita Snow and Noreen Nasir — September 7, 2021
MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Such attacks can be particularly hard on young Sikhs, who face bullying by classmates who try to yank off their turbans or mock them as ‘Osama’s nephew’ or ‘Saddam Hussein.’
RNS News Quiz: Ben & Jerry’s and Wally Funk
By Emily Churchill — July 23, 2021
(RNS) — Test your knowledge of the week's current events in the world of religion.
‘We need a place to serve’: As India’s COVID-19 cases spiral, faith groups step up
By Bhavya Dore — April 29, 2021
(RNS) — In the grip of a deadly second wave of COVID-19, religious charities and faith-based organizations are among the many civil society groups that have stepped up to mobilize COVID relief efforts.
Sikh Coalition urges Biden to appoint Sikh American liaison in wake of Indianapolis FedEx shooting
By Alejandra Molina — April 19, 2021
(RNS) — The Sikh Coalition said the Biden administration should appoint a Sikh American liaison in the White House Office of Public Engagement to ensure a 'wide range of the community’s voices are heard and acted upon.'
Moving from pain to action: an address to the Sikh community after Indianapolis
By Simran Jeet Singh — April 17, 2021
(RNS) — What have we done to fulfill our promise to make the world a better and safer place?
Future of Sikh worship site in Southern California remains unclear
By Alejandra Molina — January 7, 2020
ALHAMBRA, Calif. (RNS) — A Sikh temple thought it was safe from being replaced by condominiums. Then it received a notice to move out.
An American Muslim imam’s letter to the American Sikh community
By Omar Suleiman — October 22, 2019
(RNS) — Despite the real harm Islamophobia has caused Sikhs, they have consistently refused to throw the Muslim community under the bus by simply distancing themselves from Islam.
Connecting the scourge of ethnic nationalism to the 1984 Sikh massacre
By Simran Jeet Singh — June 12, 2019
(RNS) — Ethno-nationalism is a regressive way of constructing and inhabiting a nation, yet its popularity is surging in the skyrocketing Hindu nationalism in India or the rise of white nationalism in the United States.
What I learned teaching Islamic studies in Texas
By Simran Jeet Singh — January 4, 2019
(RNS) — It’s not always easy to dismiss others’ fears, even if you are not really the thing they are scared of.
Trump White House faith outreach a picture of selective access
By Adelle M. Banks — October 5, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The White House says its administration 'continues to engage hundreds of faith leaders on various issues that directly impact their communities,’ but some say they’re not in that number.
Suicide bomber targets Sikhs, Hindus in Afghanistan; 19 dead
By Associated Press — July 1, 2018
(AP) — A suicide bomber targeted a group of Sikhs and Hindus on their way to meet Afghanistan’s president in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Sunday, killing at least 19 people.
Enlisting SpongeBob and ‘Game of Thrones’ to counter anti-Sikh prejudice
By Adelle M. Banks — August 23, 2017
(RNS) — 'I'm obsessed with Star Wars,' says a turbaned man who appears in one of the videos that are part of the 'We Are Sikhs' media campaign.
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