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New Jersey Police arrests Mohamed Hassanain in hate crime against Sikh taxi driver; Sikh Coalition thanks police for swift action
TRENTON, NJ (TIP): The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department has arrested one Mohamed Hassanain in the hate crime case where he had assaulted an Indian-origin Sikh taxi driver at John […]
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Sikh-American Store Owner Attack: Hate Crime Charge Added against the Attacker
DENVER (TIP): Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office has decided to add a hate crime charge against Eric Breemen for attacking Mr. Lakhwant Singh. Moving forward, Breemen will be charged with multiple counts–now including a bias-motivated […]
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Police investigate Sikh Attacked In California as a Hate Crime
NEW YORK: A 68-year-old Sikh man was attacked Saturday, December 26, morning west of Highway 99 in what Fresno police are investigating as a hate crime – the latest such attack on a Sikh resident in […]
Business & Economics
Sikh Americans are not Muslims, but they still suffer from Islamophobia
Shah Noor, a recent transplant to California from Maryland, was driving through a nearby community one evening with his wife and stopped at a 7-Eleven to get some milk. A police car pulled up with […]
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Religious Accommodation in the Workplace and U.S. Constitution
Defying the Supreme Court and saying she was acting “under God’s authority,” Ms. Kim Davis, a county clerk in Kentucky denied marriage licenses to gay couples on Tuesday [09/01/15]. Ms. Davis has preferred to go to […]
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Indian Americans
Indian American Sikh Assaulted And Racially Slurred As ‘Bin Laden’
An elderly Sikh-American man was brutally assaulted and called “terrorist” and “bin Laden” in an apparent hate crime case in Chicago, just days before the US commemorates the anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Inderjit […]
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New army rule eliminates a hurdle to Sikh service
WASHINGTON DC (TIP): In April 2015, the U.S. Army released new rules that will make it easier for observant Sikhs to request religious accommodations for their articles of faith. The prior procedures forced turbaned and […]
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Sikhs are special; so is Vaisakhi
“Vaisakhi is a celebration made holy and special by Guru Gobind Singh. He exemplified to the max the characteristics of courage, sacrifice, selflessness, and shedding blood in the service and protection of others. Guru Gobind […]
Europe
‘Pentagon’s new religious guidelines still discriminatory
WASHINGTON (TIP): Pentagon’s new religious guidelines are still discriminatory as they impose “stifling” requirements on religion observing service members, according to 21 faith and interfaith groups. These organisations, in a letter to the Department of […]
Europe
US lawmakers urge Pentagon to end ban on Sikhs serving in army
WASHINGTON (TIP): A group of 105 US lawmakers has urged the Pentagon to lift the presumptive ban on the Sikhs serving in the military by easing restrictions on beard, turbans, and other religious accoutrements. “Given […]
United States
American Sikh to get $50k for bias at work
NEW YORK (TIP): A Sikh man in the United States will receive $50,000 as compensation in an out-of-court settlement of a religious discrimination lawsuit against a car dealership in New Jersey for denying him a […]
United States
Sikh Professor attacked in a hate crime
NEW YORK (TIP): State and federal law enforcement authorities in New York City are investigating an alleged hate crime this weekend that left a Columbia University assistant professor hospitalized. Dr. Prabhjot Singh says he was […]
Europe
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PROMINENT LEGAL LUMINARIES OF INDIAN ORIGIN IN THE US
WASHINGTON (TIP): Recently, Indian-American Srikanth Srinivasan scripted history after he was confirmed as the first South Asian judge to America’s second highest court. But Srinivasan is not the only famous person of Indian origin who […]
Europe
Bhullar’s Death Sentence-International NGO’s File “Urgent Appeal” With United Nations
NEW YORK (TIP): Seeking United Nations intervention, international human rights NGOs have approached UN’s Special Rapporteur on Torture after the denial of commutation plea by the Supreme Court of death row convict Devenderpal Singh Bhullar. […]