Sikh Articles
Same-sex marriage
January 27, 2005
Due to the highly emotional nature of the same-sex debate, many people have been misled or have misunderstood the issue, write two prominent Sikh Canadians in Ontario. Ramandeep Kaur Grewal, a Toronto lawyer and executive member of the Sikh Centennial Foundation, and T. Sher Singh, a Guelph lawye...
PM steps into same-sex marriage debate in India
January 19, 2005
The same-sex marriage debate has followed Prime Minister Paul Martin all the way to India, after the spiritual leader of the Sikhs urged his followers to reject the legalization of gay marriage.
Gay union debate follows PM
January 18, 2005
The gay marriage debate has followed Paul Martin halfway around the world, with a decree by the Sikh religion's highest clerical authority that Sikhs should resist the legalization of same-sex marriage.
Sikh leader in India denounces same-sex marriage
January 18, 2005
Canadian MPs of Sikh descent travelling with Prime Minister Paul Martin in India were on the hot seat after an edict from a Sikh religious leader against same-sex marriage. In a newspaper article in the Tribune yesterday, Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti, denounced same-sex marriage and urged the Sik...
Author Rushdie Angry After Sikh Play Scrapped
December 28, 2004
British author Salman Rushdie, who went into hiding for years after Iran's leader ordered him killed, assailed Britain on Sunday for allowing angry Sikh groups to force the cancellation of a Sikh play last week.
Tempest of rage shakes Sikh temple
December 26, 2004
Britain's Sikh communities are outraged by the media coverage on the protest in Birmingham that forced to cancel play, Dishounor. They say the media portrayed Sikh very negatively and the biased coverage amplified the already widespread prejudice against Sikh. While Sikh women's groups testify th...
Theatre ends play in Sikh protest
December 22, 2004
The sold-out run of Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti's play, drama Behzti, or Dishonour, which depicts murder and rape scenes taking place in a Sikh temple, has been cancelled after violent protests by Sikhs in Birmingham, England. The play will not be shown again. Welcoming the decision, a representative fr...
Sikhs storm theatre to demand closure of play that 'violates their sacred place'
December 20, 2004
Hundreds of angry Sikh demonstrators across from Britain gathered to protest a controversial play, which depicts sexual abuse and murder in a Sikh temple, and clashed with police last Saturday (Dec. 18), The Independent reported. They attacked security guards, destroyed a foyer door and windows, ...
Sikh Holy Book Spurs Worldwide Celebrations
September 02, 2004
Canadian temples participating in special events
