USA: University Of Florida Sikh Student Association Holds Sikh Awareness & Turban Day Event
GAINESVILLE: The University of Florida Sikh Student Association hosted their annual event at Turlington Plaza on Friday to help raise awareness about the Sikh faith and the Turban (Dastar). The key purpose of the event is to educate students and residents about the significance of the Dastar in the Sikh faith. Attendees had the opportunity […]
USA: Salem Man Charged With Hate Crime Following Attack On Sikh Man And Attempt To Steal His Dastar (Turban)
OREGON: A Salem man is being charged with a hate crime after police say he attacked a Sikh employee at a mini-mart. Twenty-four year old Andrew Ramsey has been remanded in custody at Marion County Jail facing charges of assault and intimidation. The offences form the equivalent of a bias or hate crime in the […]
USA: Air Force Man Sentenced In Hate-Fueled Attack Of Sikh Man
WASHINGTON: Three years after an unprompted hate crime, a Texas man learned he’ll spend more than a year in prison for attacking a member of the Sikh religion in Dupont Circle. Dylan Millhausen of Houston, Texas spoke at length to D.C. Superior Court Judge Ronna Lee Beck (pictured below) ahead of his sentencing, saying in […]
India: Sikh Man Uses Dastar To Save Woman And Child From Drowning In Ludhiana Canal
LUDHIANA: A Sikh man has saved the lives of a woman and her daughter when the car they were travelling in fell into the Sidhwan Canal in Ludhiana on Saturday morning. Geetu Malhotra, a resident of Victoria Enclave in South City, and her seven-year-old daughter, Sumaria, were heading to a parent-teacher meeting at Sat Paul […]
Singapore: Tour Guide Given Mandatory Treatment Order For Violent Attack On Sikh Man
SINGAPORE: A tour guide with a history of schizophrenia subjected a Sikh man to an unprovoked attack where the victim was pushed, had his turban pulled off and hair pulled. Gan Kian Seng, 46, was sentenced to a mandatory treatment order (MTO) for one year and six months on Thursday after pleading guilty in September to […]
Pakistan: Sikhs Resent Curbs On Carrying Kirpan In Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
PESHAWAR: In a meeting with the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa law minister (pictured below), representatives of the Sikh community have explained the problems they are facing in carrying their articles of faith in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of the country. Law Minister Sultan Muhammad Khan told the delegation led by MPA Ranjeet Singh that he will try to resolve the matter. […]
