#sihks

[thechakraview]

...on April 8, 2014, the Punjabis at Texas’s El Paso Processing Center went on a hunger strike. It was about a week later when Singh, feeling shaky on his feet, walked into the meeting room where the visitor was waiting. He was startled to see a short, rotund man in a turban with his beard tied underneath his chin: a fellow Sikh from the Indian consulate in Houston. He was there to offer to send the detainees home. Should they decide otherwise, the diplomat said, they were wrong to think their hunger strike would sway the American authorities. Singh’s surprise turned to anger. In India, he had been active in a fringe political party that advocates the creation of Khalistan, an autonomous Sikh state. The police in Punjab have a history of persecuting separatists, and Singh sought refuge elsewhere, he says, after they tortured him one too many times. Now he was in America seeking asylum from the Indian state, and here, facilitated by the U.S. government, was an emissary of that very state. (The Indian Embassy did not respond to requests for comment.) “None of you are doctors,” the diplomat said. “None of you are engineers. Why would America want you?”

America'€™s Quiet Crackdown On Indian Immigrants

[maarthe-blog]

Amritsar. 

[gottaloveethics-blog]

Melting Pot

Quebec is a melting pot. Are population is filled with immigrations from different countries who bring in their own cultural, religion and way of life.  The government of Quebec states that each individual can’t be discriminated by the reasons set forth in The Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms. One of the specifications is religion. The tolerance of religion is Quebec is at a minimum.  Every human should be treated equally no matter what religion they practice. Quebec was originally a catholic society but the world is changing and is filled with different people why should we stay the same narrow minded people while the rest of the world grows?

Four Sihks wanted to enter the National Assembly the talk about allowing woman to wear niqad in Quebec, but where turned down because of their kirpans. Religious knife the Skihs carry. Just like the group legal counsel said "An accommodation should be able to be made. An accommodation exists at the Parliament of Canada. An accommodation exists at the Supreme Court of Canada and legislatures across Canada. I don't think it should be a problem here in Quebec." (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/invited-to-quebec-legislature-sikhs-then-barred-for-carrying-kirpans/article562406/)

  The current governor of Quebec, Pauline Marois, declares that she wants to ban all religious sins in public services. This goes against The Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms. People should be able to show and speak freely about their religion and culture.  Every year streets are blocked off for the ceremony where the two Greek churches walk and meet in the middle. The Greek orthodox have received this right why shouldn’t every other religion as well? The acceptance of immigrants is the acceptance of new cultures and fascinating religions that should be accepted or at least tolerated by the province of Quebec and its people.

 I believe that the right of practicing different cultures and religion should be accepted in Quebec. No matter if you’re catholic, Jewish or Sikhs you are human and should be treated equally. There will always be those few close minded people, but let’s not let that be more than ten percent of the population.

[marxwaswrong]

‎"Inspired by reports of Turkish and Bangladeshi groups chasing would-be looters out of their neighbourhoods in east London, many shop keepers took to the streets to deter looters. Hundreds of Sikhs turned out in the Southall area last night in a collective show of force after rumours circulated that jewellery shops were going to be targeted."