Discrimination Against Sikhs

Religious discrimination and hate crime against the Sikh community in the United States has increased in recent years, an eminent human rights expert has told the lawmakers urging the administration and the US Congress to take steps to end this.

The National Commission for Minorities on Monday urged the National Testing Agency to ensure there is no discrimination against Sikh candidates on the basis of their articles of faith.

A Sikh couple living in the UK has won a landmark court battle after they were racially discriminated against by a local council that did not allow them to adopt.

The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a plea of a 50-year-old Sikh cycling enthusiast, who alleged he was discriminated against on religious grounds and disqualified from participating in a long-distance cycling event in Delhi three years ago for wearing a turban.

After three high-profile attacks on Indians in the United States in 10 days - two of them being investigated as possible hate crimes - concerns about travel to the country and the safety of relatives there are rising in India.

A Sikh doctor in the US has filed a lawsuit against an American medical organisation alleging he was denied a neurology job for his religious appearance.

Four Sikh truck drivers in the US have settled a discrimination case against an American trucking giant which will pay USD 260,000 in damages for denying them employment after they refused to cut their hair and remove their turbans for the company's drug tests.

Amid growing incidents of bullying and discrimination against Sikh-American, South Asian and Muslim students in the US, the state of California today approved a new law to provide a safer environment for children from the minority communities.

The iconic Times Square was seeped in the colours of the Sikh culture as thousands of community members gathered in New York to celebrate Turban Day, an annual Vaisakhi celebration and a day to educate fellow Americans about Sikhism in the wake of growing incidents of hate crimes and discrimination against them.

India's U-18 basketball player Anmol Singh and students played a local match with their turbans on, protesting against the discrimination meted out to Sikh players during Asian Championship in China.

Two Sikh and Muslim groups have filed complaints alleging religious discrimination against a California amusement park after a couple of families wearing religious headgear were denied access to riding go-karts due to "safety concerns".

A Sikh man in the US has received USD 50,000 as compensation in an out-of-court settlement of a religious discrimination lawsuit against a car dealership in New Jersey for denying him a job for sporting a beard.

Sikh activists in the US have launched an updated smartphone application to make it easier for Sikh passengers to report any abuse against them at American airports.

New York's mass transit system will allow Sikh and Muslim employees to wear religious headgear after settlement on Wednesday of a federal lawsuit alleging discrimination against workers from those faiths.

Religious discrimination and hate crime against the Sikh community in the United States has increased in recent years, an eminent human rights expert has told the lawmakers urging the administration and the US Congress to take steps to end this.

The National Commission for Minorities on Monday urged the National Testing Agency to ensure there is no discrimination against Sikh candidates on the basis of their articles of faith.

A Sikh couple living in the UK has won a landmark court battle after they were racially discriminated against by a local council that did not allow them to adopt.

The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a plea of a 50-year-old Sikh cycling enthusiast, who alleged he was discriminated against on religious grounds and disqualified from participating in a long-distance cycling event in Delhi three years ago for wearing a turban.

After three high-profile attacks on Indians in the United States in 10 days - two of them being investigated as possible hate crimes - concerns about travel to the country and the safety of relatives there are rising in India.

A Sikh doctor in the US has filed a lawsuit against an American medical organisation alleging he was denied a neurology job for his religious appearance.

Four Sikh truck drivers in the US have settled a discrimination case against an American trucking giant which will pay USD 260,000 in damages for denying them employment after they refused to cut their hair and remove their turbans for the company's drug tests.

Amid growing incidents of bullying and discrimination against Sikh-American, South Asian and Muslim students in the US, the state of California today approved a new law to provide a safer environment for children from the minority communities.

The iconic Times Square was seeped in the colours of the Sikh culture as thousands of community members gathered in New York to celebrate Turban Day, an annual Vaisakhi celebration and a day to educate fellow Americans about Sikhism in the wake of growing incidents of hate crimes and discrimination against them.

India's U-18 basketball player Anmol Singh and students played a local match with their turbans on, protesting against the discrimination meted out to Sikh players during Asian Championship in China.

Two Sikh and Muslim groups have filed complaints alleging religious discrimination against a California amusement park after a couple of families wearing religious headgear were denied access to riding go-karts due to "safety concerns".

A Sikh man in the US has received USD 50,000 as compensation in an out-of-court settlement of a religious discrimination lawsuit against a car dealership in New Jersey for denying him a job for sporting a beard.

Sikh activists in the US have launched an updated smartphone application to make it easier for Sikh passengers to report any abuse against them at American airports.

New York's mass transit system will allow Sikh and Muslim employees to wear religious headgear after settlement on Wednesday of a federal lawsuit alleging discrimination against workers from those faiths.