[ad_1] A Sikh teacher has challenged Quebec’s Bill 21 after the law required her to remove her turban and kirpan to work as a teacher. The legislation prohibits certain public sector employees in Canada from wearing visible religious symbols at work. The case is now before the Supreme Court of Canada and centres on whether […]
[ad_1] AI-generated image used for representation An Amritdhari Sikh girl was allegedly assaulted at a Christian school in Pakistan’s Faisalabad district, IANS reported, citing Khalsa Vox.The report claims that the girl’s turban was forcibly removed and she was beaten after she refused to take part in Christian prayers. The incident reportedly took place at St. […]
[ad_1] An Indian-origin Sikh restaurant owner in west London has alleged that the Metropolitan Police “repeatedly refused” to help his family despite serious threats, hours after he was detained and later released following a tense confrontation outside his restaurant.Harman Singh Kapoor, owner of Rangrez, claimed in a social media post that his “outburst” was driven […]
[ad_1] A 22-year-old Sikh nurse experienced emotional trauma and was left with a broken nose after an alleged racially motivated assault outside a gym in Corio, Geelong, in Australia.Harmanpreet Singh said the attack unfolded late on Tuesday night after he finished a workout at a local gym. According to Singh, the harassment began while he […]
[ad_1] A Canadian Sikh influencer stirred a row after posting a video of himself dancing and promoting his new magazine following a deadly school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia.Gurdeep Pandher shared the video on social media showing himself performing bhangra. He said the performance was intended to “carry hope across borders.”Pandher is described as […]
[ad_1] A Sikh student was assaulted on the campus of San Jose State University after being mistaken for Hindu, prompting condemnation from Hindu advocacy groups and renewed calls for stronger campus security. The incident, which occurred on 7 February, is being investigated by campus and local authorities as a possible hate crime.According to university officials, […]
[ad_1] When California cancelled thousands of commercial trucking licences a few months ago, Sikh owner Bikramjeet Singh Gill watched his Stockton truck yard fall silent. Trucks that once rolled out each morning now sit idle, unused and unpaid.Gill runs Gillson Trucking Inc. and said around 35 of his immigrant drivers were told lastyear that the […]
[ad_1] Arash Singh, a 25-year-old Sikh truck driver, has spent thousands of miles on US highways hauling goods from Washington to California, navigating ice storms, heavy traffic, and occasional harassment because of his turban.“As an immigrant driver,” he told New York Times, “there is plenty you always must think about.”Singh sought asylum in US in […]
[ad_1] Sim J. Singh Attariwala, a well-known civil rights advocate and Director of the Anti-Hate Program at Asian Americans Advancing Justice, has been appointed as a Commissioner on the District of Columbia Human Rights Commission. He was appointed by District of Columbia mayor Muriel Bowser and confirmed by the DC Council. He became one of […]
[ad_1] A 25-year-old Indian-origin man has been arrested and charged with serial acts of indecency and also for identity theft. According to Peel Region police, the man whose origin name is Vaibhav visited various medical clinics across Mississauga and exposed himself to the female staff members. He used a fake name, ‘Akashdeep Singh‘, in all […]
