Sikh

interpret its meaning and try to recognize its importance is what really matters. The symbol being acknowledged today is the Khanda. The Khanda is a symbol that represents the Sikh religion just as the cross symbolizes Christianity. It is not only a symbol for Sikhs but also a belief in my religion for me and many other Sikhs. It symbolizes “divine knowledge, truth, and a God who is eternal” (http://www.sikhs.org/khanda.htm). The Khanda is made up of three different symbols, each with their own…

also talks about his interactions with the Sikhs in this story and essentially blames his own wrongdoings on the influences of the Sikhs. Sherlock Holmes however, believes that judging a person by the way they look is wrong but contradicts his own beliefs because he judges people by the colour of their skin and the way they look, showing that Doyle also possesses these biases. In The Sign of Four, Arthur…

targeted due to their appearance were Sikh Indians. Sikh Indians wear turbans to cover their hair due to religious reasons and after 9/11, Sikhs such as myself were called “terrorist” by American citizens. Compared to the…

Guru Nanak Dev was the first Sikh spiritual leader and also known as the founder of the sikh religion. The festival falls twice every so there is double celebration in the month of January and November/ the festival is very important for the Sikhs as it remembers Sikh Gurus, Guru Nanak and Guru Govind Singh Ji respectively. Remembering Guru Nanak and his holy work the celebration in November are marked…

Nanak, the founder of the Sikh religion. The temple is important to the religion because on numerous occasions the temple was destroyed by muslims and each time Sikhs came together to rebuild the structure more beautifully each time and soon the peace returned. There are a few requirements to enter the temple. The temple complex is open for almost 20 hours, from 6am to 2 a.m. .Also, heads must be covered and shoes must be removed when entering the temple because sikhs believe that covering…

the first Guru,[9]and the ten successive Sikh gurus. After the death of the tenth Guru, Guru Gobind Singh, the Sikh scripture, Guru Granth Sahib, became the literal embodiment of the eternal, impersonal Guru, where the scripture's word serves as the spiritual guide for…

murder of Indraji. The Prime Minister of India Hindu deity Gandhi was dead by a Sikh bodyguard on thirty one Gregorian calendar month 1984 at her residence. The assassination of Hindu deity Gandhi was intended by operation suffrutex. during this there was associate degree attack on sikh seperatists…

Sikhism. There are many similarities in the two religions. Sikhism and Hinduism are both from the Indian sub-continent. Sikhism was created in Punjab which is in northern India. Hindus pray in a temple, also known as a Mandir while Sikhs pray in a Gurdwara, but Sikhs can pray anywhere such as their house to the streets. This is known as personal worship. Some similarities are both religions have daily prayers and practice yoga. Sikhism and Hinduism both believe in reincarnation which means…

of a Sikh gurdwara in 2012 where a gunman killed six individuals and injured four others. The media representation of the Sikh community after this event demonstrates how racialized individuals are Othered by the media, especially through the homogenization of brown bodies, despite the diversity of this racialized group (Birk et al. 2015:98). Many Canadians and Americans see the Muslim and Sikh communities as the same, and as a result, many acts of violence have been committed against Sikhs…

(Fisher, 2013). This is the same God of Judaism and Christianity. Sikhs, on the other hand, use several describing terms in reference to God; such as, Akal Purakh, meaning eternal one, or Waheguru, meaning wonderful lord (Fisher, 2013).…