Friday, January 27, 2012

Jay Leno takes heat over "Tonight Show" Sikh sketch

(CBS/AP) Sparks continue to fly over a recent Jay Leno skit. British lawmakers say Prime Minister David Cameron should complain to the United States over a Leno routine that joked about the holiest site in the Sikh religion.
On the Jan. 19 episode of "The Tonight Show," Leno showed a photo of an impressive gold building and joked that it was Republican Mitt Romney's summer home. The site was actually the Golden Temple, a revered Sikh site.
In a motion published at Parliament on Thursday, two legislators said Leno had shown a complete misunderstanding of the Sikh faith. British opposition Labour Party lawmakers Virendra Shrama and John McDonnell proposed a motion demanding Cameron call on the U.S. to show more respect toward Sikhs. The move does not compel Cameron to take any action.
Leno is also causing a stir stateside. TMZ reports the 61-year-old host is now being sued by a man in California named Dr. Randeep Dhillon, who argues the comedian is spreading hatred and ridicule of his religion.

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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Jay Leno sued over Sikh joke

Jay Leno
 

Jay Leno

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         Jay Leno's really taking it on the chin over his joke about Mitt Romney last week.


Leno has taken heat from a religious group after cracking that presidential contender Romney keeps the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India, as his summer home. And how he's being sued by a religious organizer who claims that Leno libeled the entire Sikh religion with his joke.


In court papers filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday and obtained by TheWrap, Dr. Randeep Dhillon, who does business as Bol Punjabi All Regions Community Organization, claims that Leno "hurt the sentiments of all Sikh people in addition to those of the plaintiff" with his joke. Dhillon further claims that Leno's joke "clearly exposes plaintiff, other sikhs and their religion to hatred, contempt, ridicule and obloquy because it falsely portrays the holiest place in the Sikh religion as a vacation resort owned by a non-Sikh."


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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

US Reaction on Jay Leno Episode




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GOLDEN TEMPLE JOKE IRKS SIKHS : Headlines Today

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Krishna slams Jay Leno over Golden Temple remark




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SGPC opposes Jay Leno's Golden Temple remark




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Speak out India: Row over Jay Leno's Golden Temple remark




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Jay Leno's remark on Golden Temple, India (19/01/2012)




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Monday, January 23, 2012

Nagar Keertan in Krishna nagar

Dr. Harshvardhan, Dr V K Monga, Sd. Tarjeet singh Nagi ji with us on our Langer Stall during the Nagar Keertan in Krishna nagar on the Parkash Utsav of Guru Gobind singh ji.