Friday 8 February 2008
RSS attack on the Sikhs 2006 (very sad)
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Why are the Sikhs who fight for rightousnees not armed and act like pupuus just taking beats. Where in sikhi does it say we should take beats and not retaliate!!!
This boy just taking the piss yeah
The Above pic is of sonny 22 from scotland! The below picture is of the same person!
High court backs school's ban on jewellery pending battle over Sikh kara.
A 14-year-old Sikh girl cannot wear a religious wrist bangle to school pending a full legal battle over her cultural and religious rights, the High Court ruled today.
Sarika Watkins-Singh was excluded after she refused to remove the Kara bangle and is was due to fight in the courts to establish a permanent right to continue wearing it in class.
Backed by her mother, Sanita, 38, she says it is an important symbol of her culture and Sikh faith.
She wants to return to
The school governors say the bangle cannot be worn because of its "no jewellery" policy.
Today her lawyers came to
Helen Mountfield, appearing for Sarika, argued that she was unfairly being made to choose between her education and her faith.
But Mr Justice Harrison accepted the argument of the school governors that, to allow Sarika to be made an exception to school uniform policy even for a short period would cause disruption among the 600 girls at the school.
Jonathan Auburn, for the school, said there would be the risk of pupils "turning up at the school displaying jewellery saying that it was allowed".
The judge ruled: "Whilst I accept there will be detriment to the claimant if she is not able to wear the Kara in the interim, it does not seem to me that is anything like as significant as the detriment to the school if she were allowed to wear it."
The Punjabi Welsh girl from Cwmbach, near Aberdare, said the small, plain steel bangle was "a constant reminder to do good".
Ms Mountfield had told the judge that Sarika was allowed to wear it for about two years before a PE teacher asked her to take it off in April last year.
"She is 14, now approaching the age at which she is required to choose her GCSE subjects.
"She cares about her education and is a child with aspirations to have a professional career.
"She will suffer harm if she cannot attend school in a way that is consistent with her culture and religion, and is forced to choose between something which is central to her ethnic and religious identity and her education."
Ms Mountfield added that Sarika could not hide the Kara in a bag, which the school was suggesting as a compromise.
The point of the Kara was that it was a symbol of a faith with a history of martyrdom that required its adherents to visibly stand up for what they believed, she told the judge.
Recently the school head, Jane Rosser, said that wearing the Kara was against regulations because it was a piece of jewellery.
Sarika's family contend it was not jewellery as it was worn for religious reasons and not for decoration.
The only two forms of jewellery that girls are allowed to wear in school are a wrist watch and one pair of plain metal stud earrings.
In the forthcoming High Court hearing, Sarika's lawyers will argue that the school's stance violates race relations laws, the 2006 Equality Act and the 1998 Human Rights Act.
Her mother says she has the support of several local politicians and the Sikh Federation UK.
The teenager would remove the bangle for gym classes, or wood and metalwork, for safety reasons.
The mother said recently: "We feel very strongly that Sarika has a right to manifest her religion. She is not asking for anything big and flashy, she is not making a big fuss, she just wants a reminder of her religion."
Her daughter's interest in the Sikh faith intensified after the family visited
"I don't believe in putting pressure on children to follow a certain religion, but Sarika decided for herself that she wanted to be a practising Sikh," Mrs Singh, a mother-of-two, added.
Sarika said: "I am a Sikh and it is very important for me to wear the Kara because it is a symbol of my faith and a constant reminder that I should only do good work, and never do anything bad, with my hands.
"It is a comfort to me and a confidence booster when I am doing my exams. The reason I am fighting for my right to wear the Kara is because I want to stand up for the right of all the other Sikh pupils across the country to wear their Karas in school."
Frontline Punjabi Youth comments
The school says no jewellery but allows earrings, that’s abit hypercritical. How dare they call the Kara a piece of jewellery, it is an article of faith with deep meanings. The girl has agreed to wear a wrist ban in PE for safety reasons. This episode is taking place due to racism. The Sikhs have no homeland and are oppressed throughout the world. Because we don’t have a powerful base to voice our rights like other religions and cultures!
This incident and the french turban ban, are all the sign of slavery!
Centre opened to help raise dumped girls
SGPC opens centre to save girls
Tribune News Service
Fatehgarh Sahib, January 23
Perturbed by the declining sex ration attaining alarming proportions in the state, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) today opened the Bal Sambhal Kender on the premises of the Sri Gurdwara Fatehgarh Sahib.
The centre was inaugurated by SGPC chief Avtar Singh. The kender will take care of infant girl children abandoned by their families. The centre is initially being set up in seven rooms on the premises of the gurdwara.
Avtar Singh said the committee had called upon the masses in case they did not want to bring up girls, they could leave them at the nearest gurdwara.
Besides, the kendra would also take in baby girls found abandoned in public parks, railway compartments and garbage heaps and those belonging to poor families.
Sikhs arrested before protest
Bittu held, ex-envoy Khalsa under house arrest
Jupinderjit Singh
Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, February 7
Three days before proposed march by the Khalsa Action Committee to Salbatpoora against Dera Sacha Sauda head, the Punjab Police in an early morning swoop today arrested radical leader Daljit Singh Bittu from Ludhiana besides putting Harinder Singh Khalsa, former ambassador to Norway and ex-chairman, National SC-ST Commission, under house arrest at his residence in Barrewal here.
Several other leaders and activists of the Khalsa Action Committee were also arrested and sent to jail in judicial custody. Bittu was sent to jail till February 14.
Police officials said action had been taken against them apprehending law and order problem due to the scheduled march to Salabatpoora.
SSP R. K. Jaiswal said he had been arrested under Section 107/,151 of the Cr PC. Others taken into custody were Darshan Singh, general secretary-SAD(Amritsar) (Panch Pradhani), Hardeep Singh , Palwinder Singh, Harpal Singh Cheema.
Harinder Singh Khalsa said he was put under house arrest after he refused to accompany a police team that knocked at his door early today.
He said the march was peaceful aiming at urging the Punjab government to ban entry of the Dera head into Punjab. However, the police action had proved the Badal government was helping growth of such deras.
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They dont let or like it when Sikhs do peaceful protests for their rights, but moan when they pick up arms and take things into their own hands. Double standards!!