London Met Police: Harassment & Removal of Kirpan from Sikh Woman (57yrs old)

Latest : The programme will be broadcast today (Monday) at 6pm on Sikh Channel.

Sunday 15 July : A discussion show was filmed this evening: it included a narration of the incident by Amarjit Kaur followed by a discussion which included Mejindarpal Kaur of UNITED SIKHS. Sikh Channel have not yet confirmed when it will be aired. Unfortunately, they were not able to play it live today.

Earlier today a Greenwich police inspector addressed the sangat at Gurdwara Sahib Woolwich to convey an apology on behalf of the police. The inspector assured the sangat that the officers involved in the incident are being fully investigated and that the results of the investigation will be shared in due course. The family continue to push for a speedy response.

For further information please contact:

gurjit.gill@gs.com
07824 487 366

Meet the maker of the SIKHS IN KABUL (Afghanistan) documentary

Sikhs from Afghanistan

सिख इन काबुल”
سیکهـ ها و هندوها در کابل

 
Sikh Channel Presenter Pritpal Singh interviewing Bobby Singh Bansal – Maker of the Sikhs in Kabul (Afghanistan) documentary.

This LIVE discussion programme with the film-maker was held immediately after the documentary was aired on Sikh Channel (Sky 840) on Monday, 3rd June 2012 at 19.40 GMT.

Watch the full talk show discussing the condition of Sikhs in Kabul

http://youtu.be/bBseUkEtQDc

Pritpal Singh and Bobby Singh Bansal

Documentary focuses on the Sikh community of Afghanistan that have dwindled from 80,000 to a mere 1000 as of 2012. The proud Afghan Sikhs have been a part of the culture and heritage of Afghanistan ever since the founder of Sikhism Guru Nanak Dev Ji visited Kabul on his return from Baghdad and Mecca to India in the 16th century.

This film has captured the testimonies of the surviving Sikh families of Kabul who live in appalling conditions within their damaged Gurdwaré (Sikh place of worship) where 2 families are confined to a room. Since the American invasion of 2001 numerous wealthy Sikhs fled in haste to Pakistan and Europe, but some unable to flee were stranded and today their dilemma is worse than ever.

For more videos on Sikhs from Afghanistan search
TheDutchSikh on YouTube or click here
http://goo.gl/aHKWN

Sikh Channel – A documentary film about Sikhs from Kabul

A documentary film about Sikhs from Kabul, Afghanistan will be aired on 3/6/12 on Sikh Channel.

“ਸਿੱਖ ਇਨ ਕਾਬੁਲ” ਡੋਕੁਮੰਟਰੀ ਫਿਲਮ ੩ ਜੂਨ ੨੦੧੨ ਨੂ ਸਿੱਖ ਚੈਨਲ ਤੇ ਦਿਖਾਈ ਜਾਵੇਗੀ |
“सिख इन काबुल” डोकुम्न्ट्री फिल्म ३ जून २०१२ को सिख चैनल पर दिखाई जाएगी |

http://youtu.be/1tPWDqq5Rco

Posted on behalf of
Pritpal Singh
Southall UK

Sikh Channel – A talk show on the History of Sikhs and Hindus from Afghanistan

A talk show on the History of Sikhs and Hindus from Afghanistan. Gaining understanding of their history, contributions and historical as well as contemporary challenges faced by this community.

Expert opinions are expressed by 2 key Afghan Sikh Scholars:

1. Khajinder Singh Khurana, a Delhi based Afghan intellectual. After doing extensive research he has written a book on the history of Sikhs in Afghanistan. Bhai Sahib Ji is currently head of Dharam Prachar Committee at a Gurdwara (Sikh place of worship) in Delhi and appears regularly on Zee Punjabi TV in India. He is also one of the representatives of Afghan Sikh Diaspora in India and in past has put up a Photo Exhibition showing destroyed religious structures in Afghanistan.

2. Dr Joginder Singh Ji is an Afghan Sikh exiled in the UK. He is a former member of National Assembly of Afghanistan (Meshrano Jirga) equivalent to the Upper Houses of Parliament in UK. He is currently in process of establishing a division of Khalsa Diwan Afghanistan, a non-political body which concerns itself with Religious, Educational and Cultural issues. All activities of Khalsa Diwan Afghanistan are published in fortnightly Punjabi newsletter called ”Khalsa Diwan Paigam”.

Broadcast

This program was shown in the UK & Continental Europe from the London Studio of the UK based Sikh Channel (Sky 840) on Monday, 12th September 2011 at 21.00 GMT.

You tube link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQe4Vt03QSU

In the UK, 15 November 2011

Sikh Channel is doing a show this Thursday at 23.00 hours CET with Harjinder Singh from the Netherlands. They will do the first part of the programme in English and the second part will be Dutch. Please share this info with everyone in the Netherlands & Belgium and post it to your FB wall.

Sikh Channel doet een show deze donderdag om 23.00 uur CET met Harjinder Singh uit Nederland. 
Het eerste deel van het programma is in het Engels, het tweede deel is in het Nederlands. Gelieve deze informatie met iedereen in Nederland & België te delen en zet het op uw Facebook wall.

I went to the UK for three reasons. The first one is that I am starting to prepare myself for my return to the UK in the summer of next year, after the Olympics are over and done with. On Friday I will attend a London Region meeting of the fbfe (for more info http://www.fbfe.org.uk/ ) with whom I have worked before I went to Belgium. Today I visited the Slough Equalities Council and the STAIS translation and interpretation service. I have both been employed and worked as freelancer for these organisations.

The second reason is to meet some of my good London friends, especially my brother Amrik Singh (Airport) and his family.

The third, equally important reason is to go to either of the Southall Singh Sabha Gurdwaras and listen to the beautiful kirtan !

And of course you must all watch and listen to Sikh Channel at 10.00 pm BST on Thursday 17 November.

Singh Sabha Gurdwara, Park Avenue, Southall 

25 September Brussel Turban Awareness Day

Sadh Sangat Jio,

Our small-scale walk through Brussels visiting the Flemish, Belgian Federal and European parliament has been advertised by others as a big international demonstration, for which nobody has got permission from the Belgian authorities.

Because of this ‘Sikhs in Belgium’ and the Sangat Sahib Gurdwara at Halmaal Sint-Truiden have been forced to decide to cancel this event, and have notified the other Gurdwaras in this country of their decision.

We would strongly advise all Sikhs, whether in Belgium or outside it, not to come to Brussel for this demonstration on Sunday, as this will only give the Sikhs a bad reputation in this country.

If there is any further news I will update on my blog.

Gurfateh,

Harjinder Singh
maninblue1947
harjindersingh_amritsar@yahoo.com