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Tech is turning increasingly to religion in a quest to create ethical AITech companies are seeking guidance from faith leaders to infuse morality into AI development, a shift from Silicon Valley's past skepticis...
Now Sikhism to be part of school curriculum in 2 US statesUtah and Mississippi became the 15th and 16th states in the US recently to include information about Sikhism, Sikh practices, and tradition...
Young Sikh Americans still struggling with post-9/11 discriminationThe 9/11 attacks, which also saw the Pentagon struck by the commercial airliners hijacked by the group's militants, led to the U.S.-led inv...
Anmol Narang becomes first observant Sikh to graduate from US Military Academy at West PointA second-generation immigrant born and raised in Roswell, Georgia, Narang had an early appreciation for military service due to her materna...
Indian-Americans hail decision to let Sikh-American airman to keep turban, beard on active dutyIn 2017, the Army became the first military branch to allow Sikh Americans to receive career-long accommodations to wear articles of faith.
Two sentenced to 3 years in jail for assaulting Sikh-AmericanMaan Singh Khalsa, a Sikh American father and IT specialist, was brutally assaulted in Richmond Bay area, California in September last year.
Sikh group asks community to be vigilant after Kansas shootingThe Sikh Coalition said its prayers go out to the family of Srinivas Kuchibhotla, 32 who was killed when 51-year-old Olathe man Adam Purint...
US Army allows turbans, beards, hijabs for servicemenThe new set of rules, issued by Secretary of the Army Eric Fanning, allows religious accommodations to be approved at the brigade-level. Pr...
California signs law to address bullying of Sikh, Muslim students“This is a landmark bill for California that will curb bullying and discrimination in the classroom,” said Harjit Kaur, Community Developme...
Sikhs in US feel they are victims of mistaken identitySikhs are frequently conflated with Muslims and often wind up absorbing the backlash against Islam.
US launches anti-bullying campaign in Hindi, Punjabi and UrduBullying is considered as a major problem in US schools. Latest figures show that one in five students report being bullied during the scho...
Sikh group wants resolution honouring hate crime victimsThe Sikh Coalition called on Sikhs and non-Sikhs to conduct a Sikh awareness presentation in schools, places of employment, libraries and p...
Elderly Sikh-American called 'Bin Laden', brutally assaultedInderjit Singh Mukker of Chicago was assaulted on September 8 when the assailant pulled up to his car yelling racial slurs.
Sikh group asks community to be cautious after US shootingThe caution came after a 24-year-old gunman opened fire at two US military centres in Tennessee yesterday, killing four marines in a rampag...
After 7 years Disney grants Sikh religious accommodation at workA Sikh-American employee at Disney in Florida has achieved a significant victory, with the co agreeing to end the segregation and accommoda...
New racial profiling guidelines flawed, misleading: US SikhsCBP and TSA are components of the US Department of Homeland Security, the largest law enforcement agency in the federal government.
Sikhs advocacy group ask US lawmakers to ensure religious liberty in militaryThe Washington-based group told members of subcommittee that in absence of such rights, the nation's commitment to religious liberty rings ...
SABA voices concern over racial profiling of Asian-AmericansThe move follows after news reports that NSA and FBI officials may have used the ethnic slur "raghead" in surveillance programs targeting A...
US lawmakers ask Pentagon to allow Sikhs to serve in militarySikh Coalition applauded lawmaker's move calling for an end to the presumptive ban on devout Sikh service in the US military.
- 9/11 attacks: Sikhs in US remember victims on 10th anniversary
The Sikh community in the US remembered and honoured those who lost their lives in the 9/11 terror attacks as the country marked the 10th a...