Sikhism
California’s caste discrimination bill is a vote for all civil rights
By Nirvair Singh — July 6, 2023
(RNS) — In the fight for equal treatment under the law, one instance of discrimination is too many.
Supreme Court ruling in favor of mail carrier celebrated across religious spectrum
By Yonat Shimron — June 29, 2023
(RNS) — Many U.S. religious minorities said the ruling was a much-needed corrective to the challenges they face in balancing their work with their sincerely held religious practices.
NYC will add Diwali as a public school holiday. But there’s a catch this year
By Associated Press — June 27, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) — The push for official recognition of Diwali comes as South Asians have gained numbers and clout in New York and nationally.
To quell racism, tell more stories that welcome the stranger
By Joshua Seftel and Simran Jeet Singh — June 22, 2023
(RNS) — Next time you're channel surfing, stop to consider whether the stories about religion you see are doorways or weapons.
Why this year’s summer solstice matters so much for a new religious movement mired in controversy
By Simranjit Khalsa — June 14, 2023
(The Conversation) — 3HO was founded in 1969, and SDI followed five years later. What are they, and what is the significance of the 2023 summer solstice for their followers?
Faith at Work conference builds momentum on religious inclusion in workplace
By Adelle M. Banks — May 26, 2023
(RNS) — ‘You can integrate faith into every aspect of your workforce, but it has to be voluntary,’ one expert said.
What Britain’s government needs to know about its faith communities
By Colin Bloom — May 25, 2023
(RNS) — The U.K. government needs to be bolder, more discerning and more open to faith engagement.
California bill barring caste discrimination overwhelmingly passes state Senate
By Alejandra Molina — May 11, 2023
(RNS) — The bill, SB 403, passed on a 34-1 vote and now heads to the Democratic-controlled state Assembly.
Caste discrimination laws remain fraught. Here’s why they shouldn’t be.
By South Asia Scholar Activist Collective — April 28, 2023
(RNS) — Caste is one of the least visible yet most pernicious sources of anti-Asian hate in the US.
What Rainn Wilson learned in his last days of being Dwight Schrute
By Simran Jeet Singh — April 27, 2023
(RNS) — You don’t have to be famous to know the basic key to satisfaction.
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.
The Sikhs next door — and across the border
By Julia Duin — April 21, 2023
(FAVS News) — A museum tells the history of Sikhs in British Columbia, the province’s second largest religious group after Christians.
Religious zealots go postal (again)
By Mark Silk — April 20, 2023
(RNS) — The current Supreme Court religion case harks back to a 19th-century fight over Sunday mail.
17 men arrested in California Sikh community shootings
By Adam Beam — April 19, 2023
YUBA CITY, California (AP) — Authorities in Northern California arrested more than a dozen men from two warring criminal syndicates whose violent rivalry they say was responsible for a mass shooting at a Sikh temple and a brutal sword attack at a parade in 2018.
Conservative Christians aren’t the only ones asking for accommodation in mailman case
By Yonat Shimron — April 18, 2023
(RNS) — Religious minorities — Jews, Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Seventh-day Adventists — have filed briefs asking the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that gutted a civil rights statute’s protections for religious accommodation.
