enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Sikhism in the United States - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikhism_in_the_United_States

    The Stockton gurdwara, the oldest in the U.S., opened on October 24, 1912. [23]Sikhs have lived in the United States for more than 130 years. The first Sikh immigrants to the United States started to arrive in the second half of the 19th century, when poor economic conditions in British India drove many Indians to emigrate elsewhere.

  3. Sikh Studies - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh_studies

    The field is seen as beginning around the mid-20th century, during the time of the partition of the Indian subcontinent into two domains: Pakistan and India. [1] Literature in European languages regarding Sikhs and Sikhism has existed since the 18th century but the institutional environment did not exist at that period to further these inquiries and attempts into a proper field of study. [1]

  4. Sikh practices - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh_practices

    Sikh practices (Punjabi: ਸਿੱਖ ਅਭਿਆਸ, romanized: sikha abhi'āsa) are guidelines laid out by the Gurus for the practice of the "Sikh way of life". The Gurus emphasise that a Sikh should lead a disciplined life engaged in Naam Simran, meditation on God's name, Kirat Karo, living an honest life of a house-holder, and Vand Chaako, sharing what one has with the community.

  5. Why so many U.S. schools are adding Sikhism to their curriculum

    www.aol.com/news/why-many-u-schools-adding...

    A 2020 survey by the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund found that 58 percent of Sikhs said they had been bullied or harassed because of their religious identity. Sixty-three percent ...

  6. Gurinder Singh Mann - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurinder_Singh_Mann

    Gurinder Singh Mann is a Punjabi-American scholar and professor of Sikh studies, and the author of multiple books on Sikh religion and society. Mann taught religion at Columbia University from 1988 to 1999 and then held the Kundan Kaur Kapany Chair in Sikh Studies from 1999 to 2015 at the University of California, Santa Barbara. [1]

  7. Category:Sikhism in the United States - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Sikhism_in_the...

    Sikh organizations based in the United States (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Sikhism in the United States" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.

  8. Even in California, Sikh Americans are being attacked for ...

    www.aol.com/news/even-california-sikh-americans...

    This incident — now the subject of state and federal investigations — reveals a disturbing pattern: Even here in California, Sikhs are being attacked for their religious and political views ...

  9. Harjot Oberoi - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harjot_Oberoi

    The book examines the first four centuries of Sikh traditions, and shows that most Sikhs recognized multiple identities grounded in "local, regional, religious, and secular loyalties". Sikhs did not establish distinct religious boundaries until the Singh Sabha Movement, according to Oberoi. His book is described by the publisher as "a major ...