United Sikhs joins national faith leaders to mark 9/11 with ny ‘unity walk’ New York Sept 2 nd , 2006 : In the spirit of unity – Muslim, Hindu, Jewish, Christian, Buddhist, Shinto and Sikh, leaders will guide participants on a 3-mile…
New York, USA: UNITED SIKHS and thirty-six other NGOs (non-governmental organizations) attended a meeting at the United Nations on Tuesday to highlight the plight of the victims of violence during the current conflict in the Middle East. The organizations submitted official…
Next Legal Clinic: June 11th: Time 2:00pm – 4:00pm: “Changes in Immigration Law” at 118-11, 97 Avenue in Richmond Hill, New York. New York , NY : The first free legal clinic for NY Sikhs, to educate them about their legal…
Sikhs Lobby MEPs Against Turban Ban After Refusing to Remove Kirpan to Enter EU Parliament Sikh Kirpan-Wearers Not Allowed to Enter European Parliament on Sikh Lobby Day Brussels , Belgium – Sikhs remained in high spirits as they continued to lobby their Members of…
Community Ask for Police Assurance that Knife Detecting Measures Will Not Infringe on Kirpan Wearers Rights London, United Kingdom: The British Police have been asked for a public assurance that Kirpan-wearing Sikhs will not be discriminated against as knife detectors…
Paris, France – UNITED SIKHS has successfully intervened to ensure that 8 year-old French schoolboy, Harjeet Singh, is able to wear his Rimaal (handkerchief on his top-knot) to his elementary school, after his father was told by the principal that he…
Darein, Illinois, USA – UNITED SIKHS successfully intervened to ensure that a fitness instructor, Harmeet Singh, was able to wear his Turban at work after he was told by his employer last month that he would have to remove his Turban,…
Paris – The French Supreme Court will consider today if UNITED SIKHS and Shingara Mann Singh should be allowed to challenge a government circular against the ban on wearing a Turban for a driver’s licence photo. Counsel for UNITED SIKHS…
Paris – An Agence France Press (AFP) report in the English Press on Monday misquoted a UNITED SIKHS statement in French by saying that the Turban is not ‘religious by nature’. “I had issued a statement in French on behalf of…
400 schoolbags filled with goodies for Bagh schoolchildren London, UK– When 12-year old Amir Khan opens his new schoolbag in his tented make-shift school in Quake-hit Bagh next week, he will be smiling at the cuddly toy that 12 year-old Aman…