Houston Sikhs

As most Houston Sangat Already Know Much Respected Bhai Bhupinder Singh ji Head Priest Sikh Center Until early 2009 recently moved out of Sate close to there family. There Kirtan absence is felt around. Sikh Center Head Priest Position was vacant Which after Considering 2-3 Different Bhai Sahibs is now Officially Assigned to Bhai Surinder Singh Ji Who are also Called Bhai Surinder Singh Ji New zealand wale because they have been doing Kirtan seva in New zealand also they have been to Houston before. Bhai Sahib will as announced will daily path save along with other assigned Gurdwara duties and Also intend to teach Kirtan to any one who wants learn. Here is a Kirtan Video By Bhai Surinder Singh Ji New zealand wale Continue Reading…

July 22, 2009

7:00 pm

Dear Sadh Sangat ji, My name is Manbeena Kaur , and I am a former elementary school teacher from Texas . Currently, I am the Education Director for the Sikh Coalition. As you know, after 9/11 Sikhs were the object of bias incidents, discrimination, and hate crimes because of their external appearance.  Our organization was born out of a need to advocate for this group and protect their civil rights. Today, I am in charge of educating the greater public on who Sikhs are and to foster an appreciation for Sikhs in the community.  To make this vision a reality, we conduct educational presentations on Sikh Awareness in elementary, middle, and high schools across the country. In addition to several nationwide educational initiatives, we also work with various states to make sure Sikhism is incorporated into the Social Studies state standards. We are already working with the California , New Jersey , and New York Board of Education on this objective, and now Texas

I am reaching out to you today because the Texas state standards for Social Studies are currently up for review. This is a rare opportunity.  The last time the state standards were up for review was in 1998 when they were first introduced.  If we want info rmation about Sikhs and Sikh concerns in the state-wide Social Studies standards, we need to act now to influence the decision makers. Continue Reading…

His last known Address is 1475 sawdust road, apt # 2206, spring, Texas 77380. His parents are desperately looking for him every where including Houston Gurdwaras, I have advised them to get  police help for missing person.   If you see him Please call Bhai Amar Singh at 281 955 5631 . We will post more info as it became available.

STRASBOURG, France: The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) dismissed last month the first legal challenge, since France passed a law in 2004 banning religious signs in schools, filed by UNITED SIKHS on behalf of Jasvir Singh. The decision, against which there is no leave to appeal, and which was communicated to UNITED SIKHS lawyers today, has strengthened the resolve of the Sikh community globally to rise to the challenge and defy odds to regain their right. The Court, without requiring France to respond to Jasvir Singh’s legal arguments, has following the decision it made last November in the Islamic headscarf physical education cases (which pre-dated the 2004 law), by ruling that the ban on turbans is a proportionate response to the aims of protection of the rights and freedoms of others and the protection of public order. Continue Reading…

61 year old Surinder Singh, the Key witness in the 1984 anti-Sikh riot case has passed away at AIIMS, New Delhi on Monday. As per information given by Karnail Singh Peer Mohammad, President of the All India Sikh Students’ Federation that Surinder Singh, who was now settled in the US, came to India on 28th April, 2009 to record his statement before the CBI court against Tytler, and was suffering from acute diabetes and was later admitted to the AIIMS, New Delhi, where he took last breath on Monday.