Sir Mota, who received a knighthood in the 2010 New Year Honours list, said he had worn his Kirpan without problems for up to 40 years Photo: CHRISTINE BOYD Sir Mota Singh QC spoke out after a number of Sikhs were refused entry to schools and other venues because they were wearing the Kirpan or other religious artefacts.

Pawneet and Smita Sethi and their daughter, Keeret. Oregonians get ribbed for the way we dress: shorts in the winter, parkas at the opera, blue jeans almost anywhere.

Getting there : Richmond is south of Vancouver. The region's newest rapid-transit line, the Canada Line, runs from downtown Vancouver.

India has never been short of religions: although 80 per cent Hindu, it also incorporates Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Judaism and Zoroastrianism as well as hundreds of lesser known faiths.

The Dera Sachkhand Ballan released a code of conduct for its followers on Monday after formally severing its ties with Sikhism.

Former 'Jathedar' of the Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of Sikh religion, Darshan Singh, was Friday excommunicated from the Sikh community.

Manurewa Cosmopolitan Club says it will let its members decide whether turban-wearing guests should be allowed to enter its premises - but not for another four months.

Religious leaders, experts and activists are hopeful about a new council that could bring all the Malaysian stakeholders together.

The Dal Khalsa today alleged that the article 'Harminder Sahib, Golden Temple & The Holy City of Amritsar' posted on RSS's official website , www.sanghparivar.org, has exposed their anti-Sikh designs.

Members of Metro Vancouver's South Asian community raised $1.5 million for Haitian relief efforts.

Take in the sights and sounds of a holy city, redolent of devout people, aloo parathas and exquisite phulkari Photo: AFP W e have a two-day break during our visit to Delhi, and the husband suggests: "Why don't we visit Amritsar?" It turns out to be a great experience.

The Sikh community in Abbotsford is responding in force to help victims of the earthquake in Haiti.

The Supreme Court today declined to pass any order on a plea that the Sikh Community, which gets the birth certificate under the Hindu law, faces an uphill task to explain immigration authorities across the globe that the community is different from Hindus.

LONDON: A controversial BBC film about the Indian Army storming Golden Temple in 1984, which depicts late Sikh leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale "in a similar way to Osama Bin Laden", has provoked a furious response from many members of the community in Britain, a media report said.

The composer is in the Australian city to perform at the 34th Sydney Festival on January 16 to promote cultural harmony and understanding with the Indian community.

Aik thori see gurdwaray ki tareef kya kar dee, aur yeh salay apni faith promotion karnay a gaye.

Vandals threw stones at a Sikh temple, adding to religious tensions over a string of attacks on churches in Muslim-dominated Malaysia.

For many years, Sikhs were a prominent part of Kabul's commercial scene, occupying prominent positions as traders, entrepreneurs, and, later, currency exchange specialists.

Gentlemen, Rajputs, both Hindus and Muslims, engaged in hunting and therefore became carnivores - if for no other reason than to avoid prosectuion for littering.

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