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Thursday, November 11, 2010
£15 million Sikh Temple to open next week
One of the biggest Sikh Temples outside of India is to officially open next week, after a multi-million pound project taking almost a decade to complete.
Members of the current Siri Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara in Clarence Place, Gravesend, will vacate the site on Thursday as a massive procession is expected to herald the completion of the new temple, off Khalsa Avenue.
Temple secretary Narinderjit Singh, 58, said the date had been chosen as it coincides with the birthday of the founder of Sikhism, Siri Guru Nanak Dev Ji.
This week, as he oversaw the finishing touches to the interior of the building, he said: “This will be one of the, if not the, biggest Sikh temple outside of India. It is a fantastic time in Gravesham’s history and something for the whole community to treasure.
“We are immensely proud of what we have achieved with the help of the entire community. There are more than 12,000 Sikhs in Gravesend, a large part of the population. It has been a long time from start to finish but you must agree it is magnificent.”
with thanks : gravesendreporter : link in headline above for detailed news.
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Amidst dance and music, Sikhs crown new "Mr. Singh"
First runner-up Jasjit Singh from Mumbai (left) and second runner-up Dilmeet Singh from Delhi flank winner Gurneet Singh from Delhi.
with thanks : sikhnet : link in headline for detailed news & more pics.
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Army gets first Sikh enlisted soldier since 1980s
FORT JACKSON, S.C. -- The first Sikh to become an enlisted U.S. Army soldier in nearly three decades said Wednesday he's eager to move on to training as a combat medic and defend his new homeland on the battlefield.
"When the bullets begin flying, it doesn't concern anyone what religion you are. I bleed the same color," said Spec. Simran Lamba, 26, after his graduation ceremony from basic combat training.
Sikhism, a 500-year-old religion founded in India, requires its male followers to wear a turban and beard and keep their hair uncut. Army policies since 1984 had effectively prevented Sikhs from enlisting by barring those items. But Lamba was granted a rare exception because he has skills the Army wants - the Indian languages Hindi and Punjabi.
Before him, two Sikhs joined the Army as medical officers earlier this year. But Lamba is the first enlisted man since the policy barring religious articles of clothing.
Lamba said his black turban, full beard, unshorn hair and religious beliefs posed no problems during his 10 weeks of training.
"I am proud to be a Sikh, I'm proud to be a U.S. citizen, and proud to be a U.S. Army soldier," he said.
During training, he wore a camouflage turban under his Kevlar helmet. He used petroleum jelly to get a tight grip between his beard and gas mask, and was able to keep his hair clean under all conditions, meeting all the military's concerns about training and appearance.
And besides, the Sikhs were founded as a warrior group who were meant to fight against injustice and inequality, Lamba said, so adopting Army values were an easy fit for him.
"The Sikhs are warriors in Indian culture. Once our soldiers heard that, they were all for him," said Lamba's battalion commander, Lt. Col. Bryan Hernandez.
"It's going to be a good thing for our Army and our nation" to have Lamba in the service, Hernandez said. Lamba said he was treated like any other soldier.
The Army installation went to great lengths to educate his fellow soldiers, his commanders and anyone who would come in contact with him in order to make the transition go smoothly, said Maj. Gen. James Milano, Fort Jackson's commander.
"He met all requirements, he went through the training just like everyone else," said Milano.
Two hours before the graduation, Lamba also took his oath of citizenship along with a dozen other soldiers.
The native of New Delhi, India, was granted the honor of carrying a red-white-and-blue unit color flag as the 450 new soldiers paraded in a salute before 3,000 friends and family gathered in the stands.
Donning a uniform allowed him to fulfill a childhood dream of entering the military, Lamba said.
He came to the United States to get a master's degree in industrial engineering at New York University, and thought about enlisting and getting his citizenship. He did some research, and found that the Army's special forces units were allowed to wear beards, so it occurred to him that he might be able to enter the service. Also, he'd read about a Sikh dentist and a Sikh physician who'd entered the Army recently, and he sought their guidance.
"I thought, why not fight for this country? It doesn't matter that I wasn't born here," Lamba said.
After enlisting, it took a 10-month Army review before the service granted him a waiver.
Lamba got some mentoring in advance of taking his big step, said Capt. Kamal Kalsi, a fellow Sikh and emergency room physician now based at Fort Bragg, N.C., who entered the Army in June.
with thanks : lakewyliepilot.com : link in headline above for complete story.SikhsIndia
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
WASHINGTON NEWS: US Sikhs Decry Turban Screening At Airports
WASHINGTON: Sikh advocacy groups in the US have-demanded stop to the screening of turbans at airports, arguing the additional search of their religious headwear is not required as the travellers pass through full-body scanners.
Sikh organisations have said federal transportation officials plan to always search turbans at airport screening stations even if wearers pass through the state-of-the-art body imaging scanners.
The groups are calling on their constituents to lobby the Congress and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to over turn what hey said was an “unjust policy”, the New York Times reported.
Officials from the Sikh Coalition United Sikhs and the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund said on Friday they met with representatives of the Department of Homeland Security and the TSA several weeks ago.
”All of us jointly feel there are definitely some elements of racial profiling here,” said Jasjit Singh, associate director of the Legal Defense Fund, a civil rights group.
Hansdeep Singh, a senior staff lawyer for the New York based United Sikhs, said the meeting in Washington was arranged to hear about how new “advanced imaging technology” scanners would affect Sikhs. They had hoped the devices would eliminate the need for extra screening that they say they were subjected to at airports.
But the community representatives said they were told that the turbans would be treated “as a per se anomaly”, Singh said. They said TSA officials declined to tell them whether the scanner was incapable of seeing through a turban, which typically had layers of fabric.
The advocacy groups met with officer for civil rights and civil liberties Margo Schlanger at the Department of Homeland Security and special counsellor to the TSA administrator Kimberly Walton the New York Times said. .
More than 300 body scanners have been installed at 65 airports in the US, according to the TSA website. An additional 450 scanners are set to be installed by next year.
TSA spokeswoman Sterling Payne said: “Removal of all headwear is recommended, but the rules accommodate those with religious, medical or other reasons, for which ‘the passenger wishes not to remove the item.”
“If the officer cannot reasonably determine that the clothing or head covering is free of a threat item, individuals will be referred for additional screening,” she said.
SOURCE-HT : taken from : punjabnews.org
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I will visit Golden Temple next time: Obama
He may have missed visiting the Golden Temple this time, but US President Barack Obama has assured that he will do so on his next trip to India.
Obama told this to Shiromani Akali Dal MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal during the dinner hosted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at his residence in New Delhi Sunday evening.
According to Badal, Obama said he would visit the Golden Temple in Punjab the next time he comes to India.
with thanks : thaindian : link in headline for detailed news.
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Obama told this to Shiromani Akali Dal MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal during the dinner hosted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at his residence in New Delhi Sunday evening.
According to Badal, Obama said he would visit the Golden Temple in Punjab the next time he comes to India.
with thanks : thaindian : link in headline for detailed news.
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But Prez strikes right notes on turbans, Golden Temple
US President Barack Obama has promised to have a close look at the issue of disrespect shown to Sikh religious symbols like the turban during security check up and will find some way to ensure that religious sentiments of the community as well as security concerns of the US officials were taken care of.
The President said this to SAD member of Parliament Harsimrat Kaur Badal at the dinner hosted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday.
with thanks : IndianExpress : link in headline for detailed news.
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Monday, November 8, 2010
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Raise headgear issue with Obama, Sukhbir Badal urges PM
Chandigarh, Nov 7 (IANS) Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal Sunday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take up with visiting President Barack Obama the frisking of headgear of all turban-wearing individuals, including Sikhs, during airport checks in the US.
The US federal transportation agency recently issued directions for the mandatory searching of the headgear during airport security checks.
'Sukhbir Singh Badal has urged the prime minister to take up this matter with the US president Barack Obama. The prime minister is himself a Sikh and understands the sensitivity of this whole issue,' the state government spokesperson said.
'Wearing a turban is an integral part of the Sikh religion. Such guidelines making the frisking of turbans necessary, will interfere with Sikh principles and hurt the psyche of Sikhs. Such orders should be immediately withdrawn,' the spokesman added.
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