Justin Trudeau

What to know about the Sikh independence movement following US accusation that activist was targeted

By Sheikh Saaliq — December 1, 2023
NEW DELHI (AP) — India's Sikh independence movement eventually became a bloody armed insurgency that shook India in the 1970s and 1980s.R

Punjab’s ‘Aeroplane’ temple: Where India-Canada tensions meet Sikh anxiety

By Yashraj Sharma — October 16, 2023
JALANDHAR, India (RNS) — Thousands of families in Punjab — who have migrated for the Big Canadian Dream for decades — have found themselves left in the lurch by the transnational crisis.

India has to be held accountable in Sikh’s death in Canada

By Tarunjit Singh Butalia — September 26, 2023
(RNS) — A rash of killings of Sikhs has the look of extrajudicial murders.

Canada gets muted allied support after alleging India may have been involved in killing of Canadian

By Rob Gillies — September 21, 2023
TORONTO (AP) — None of Canada’s most important allies — not the U.S., Britain, Australia or New Zealand, all knitted tightly together in the “Five Eyes” intelligence-sharing alliance — echoed Trudeau’s allegations.

Why India fears the Khalistan movement and how Canada became embroiled in diplomatic spat over killing of Sikh separatist

By Mark Juergensmeyer — September 21, 2023
(The Conversation) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke of ‘credible allegations’ of Indian involvement in a Sikh leader’s death.

India expels Canadian diplomat, escalating tensions after Trudeau accuses India in Sikh’s killing

By Krutika Pathi and Rob Gillies — September 19, 2023
NEW DELHI (AP) — The expelling came a day after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said there were credible allegations that India was connected to the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh independence advocate.

Canada expels an Indian diplomat as it investigates a Sikh’s killing. India denies an alleged link

By Krutika Pathi and Rob Gillies — September 18, 2023
TORONTO (AP) — Trudeau told Parliament that he brought up the slaying with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the G-20 last week. He said he told Modi that any Indian government involvement would be unacceptable and that he asked for cooperation in the investigation.

When the ‘left’ lectures Muslims on the ‘right’ on LGBTQ curriculums

By Suleiman Hani — July 18, 2023
(RNS) — Are American Muslims conservative or liberal? Democrat or Republican?

Pope Francis condemns colonialism, old and new, in speech to Canadian authorities

By Claire Giangravé — July 27, 2022
QUEBEC CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis expressed his ‘deep shame and sorrow’ during a meeting with government officials, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Canadian Catholic bishops apologize for residential schools

By Associated Press — September 27, 2021
The Catholic bishops in Canada are promising to provide documents that may help “memorialize” students buried in unmarked graves, work on getting the Pope to visit Canada, and raise money to help fund initiatives recommended by local Indigenous partners.

Why is Islamophobia wrong at home and acceptable against Palestinians?

By Omar Suleiman — June 24, 2021
(RNS) — So many who condemn bigotry against Muslims have a blind spot when it comes to Palestinians.

Trudeau denounces truck attack that targeted Muslim family

By Rob Gillies — June 8, 2021
TORONTO (AP) — The victims — two parents, two children and a grandmother — were on an evening walk when the truck struck them at an intersection in London, Ontario.

Trudeau wants Vatican apology for church-run school abuses

By Rob Gillies — June 5, 2021
(AP) — Trudeau called on the church to “step up” and take responsibility after years of silence.

How do we make sense of Justin Trudeau in brownface?

By Simran Jeet Singh — September 19, 2019
(RNS) — Even when we excuse the perpetuation of stereotypes by claiming ignorance or good intentions, it’s undeniable that they impact others in harmful ways.

In rural Canada, churches that once shunned one another open their hearts to Syrian refugees

By Bobby Ross Jr. — March 23, 2017
DAUPHIN, Manitoba (RNS) A year and a half ago, three churches put aside theological differences and came together to sponsor the resettlement of three Syrian refugee families to this rural Canadian community.
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