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Religious identity takes precedence over other identities
08 Dec 2025 14:33 GMT
… is that a sizable Sikh population has emigrated to … Hindu Canadians”, ‘Christian Indians’, ‘Sikh Indians’, ‘Hindu Americans’ and so … above, a section of Sikh community has warned that … blindly support the dominant religious populace. Respecting plurality of …
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Akal Takht orders religious punishment for Valtoha, ex-jathedar, GNDU V-C
08 Dec 2025 11:34 GMT
Akal Takht pronounced religious punishments (tankhah) for … the Sikh clergy. The Akal Takht on Monday ordered religious punishment … . As part of his religious punishment, however, he was … subject to compliance. His religious punishment includes two days of …
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Akal Takht pronounces religious sentences against former Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh, GNDU V-C Karamjit Singh; Virsa Valtoha allowed to rejoin SAD
08 Dec 2025 10:29 GMT
The Sikh clergy Monday pronounced religious sentences (tankhah) against … the temporal seat of Sikhism.
Former Jathedar Giani Gurbachan … also directed to perform religious voluntary service as penance. … long standoff with the religious temporal seat.
Story …
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Calendar debate resurfaces ahead of Guru Gobind Singh’s birth anniversary, Sikh community calls for definitive resolution from Akal Takht
08 Dec 2025 09:36 GMT
… highest temporal authority of Sikhism, seeking clarity or corrections … after 1999’“Traditionally, Sikh religious dates were determined using … dates, Sangrands, and major Sikh historical events.”
Giving examples … not cause confusion.
“In Sikhism, there is no …
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FIR in missing Saroops of Guru Granth Sahib; SGPC accuses AAP government in Punjab for interference in the Sikh institutions
07 Dec 2025 19:03 GMT
… government for interfering in Sikh institutions, citing registration of … Participating in a dharna by Sikh organisations, Dhami said that … that they will run Sikh institutions as per their … and traditions of its religious institutions, which the government …
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Guru Tegh Bahadur saved dharma, sacrificed his life to protect faith of religious communities: Fadnavis
07 Dec 2025 14:22 GMT
… ninth Sikh guru’s supreme sacrifice in protecting religious freedom … and cultural rights of religious communities. He said this … survival of India’s diverse religious traditions and values.
Mentioning … Shah Banjara—a 17th-century Sikh trader, contractor, and …
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“The world should consider the protection of religious heritage sites as its responsibility”: Dr Tahir Andrabi
07 Dec 2025 11:27 GMT
… collective responsibility for preserving religious heritage and sacred sites. … ) She further asserted that Sikh soldiers in India would never … Khan is unaware that Sikh soldiers and officers have … reality, if anything, Sikh soldiers may one day enter …
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In alleged religious conversion case, why Scheduled Caste identity came up in Allahabad HC
07 Dec 2025 09:22 GMT
… meetings and attempting religious conversion in his … constitutional rule, that religious conversion and Scheduled Caste … religion different from the Hindu, the Sikh or the Buddhist religion … and that presenting conflicting religious identities “would amount …
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Universe: Concept of martyrdom in Sikhism
07 Dec 2025 01:09 GMT
… the Bhagvadagita.
Central to Sikh philosophy is the concept … Na Koay.”
Martyrdom in Sikhism is intricately linked to … righteousness, justice, humanity and religious freedom.
Martyrs have confronted … Sikhs were martyred. Several Sikh patriots faced the gallows …
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University of Khalsa Announces Founding Board & Executive Leadership Team to Lead Global Sikh-Centered Higher Education
06 Dec 2025 21:52 GMT
… to advance education rooted in Sikh values and global academic standards … ) and long-standing service in religious, educational, and community affairs.
“ … ; Sikh Studies
- Technology & Innovation
- Public Administration & Human Rights
Strategic …