Sikhism

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3 states still ban religious clothing for teachers

AP News 81 days ago

Old laws banning religious clothing for teachers remain in 3 states; Oregon's gets scrutiny A law backed by the Ku Klux Klan nearly a century ago to keep Catholics out of public schools is still on the books in Oregon, one of ...

Travel Trip Bangkoks Indiatown

AP Features 90 days ago

In this photo taken on Sept. 5, 2004, Sikh martial arts instructor Parminder Singh stands outside the Sikh temple of Siri Guru Sabha in Bangkok, Thailand. An estimated 140,000 of Bangkok's 10 plus million people have roots in modern India making their ...

Sikh soldiers guard Queen Elizabeth II

AP News 114 days ago

Queen Elizabeth II swaps bearskin hats for turbans, as Sikh soldiers take up guard duty Queen Elizabeth II has switched bearskin hats for turbans outside Buckingham Palace, where Sikh soldiers have begun guarding the monarch and her treasures, Britain's defense ministry said ...

Sikhs, Hindus dread Taliban tax in Pakistan

AFP Global Edition 119 days ago

Sitting on a broken chair outside a Sikh temple in a crowded part of Peshawar, Aman Deep Singh is frantic about his future after losing his business in Pakistan's tribal district of Khyber. When the Taliban gave Sikhs and Hindus an ultimatum ...

British Sikhs revive deadly art banned by the Raj

Reuters Life! Online Report 123 days ago

LANGLEY, England (Reuters Life!) - A short drive away from Windsor Castle, a group of ferocious-looking, blue-turbanned men are trying to preserve a martial art that frightened the life out of the British when they ruled India. Grunting at each other like ...

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