Religion & Law

Sikh or Formerly Sikh American Politicians
(Eugene Volokh) Nikki Haley, who seems fairly likely to become the Governor of South Carolina, was raised a Sikh, though she converted to Christianity as an adult. But this would not make her the first, or even the second, fairly high-level American elected official who was or had been a Sikh...

First Sikh Inaugural Ball Will Be Held
The Sikh Community Center announced this week that the first ever Sikh Inaugural Ball will be held in Washington, D.C. on January 20. The Sikh Inaugural Ball Inaugural Committee will hold the event a few blocks from the White House, at Ascot, I-The Indian Experience Restaurant...

Sikh note
Sikh note?A Sikh police officer has gone on Sikh leave, suffering from stress, because he is unable to find protective equipment to go over his turban and beard!This madness has so far cost the taxpayers £100,000!

Jay Leno Sued -- Is This Some Kind of Sikh Joke
video platform video management video solutions video player NO ONE mocks the Sikh religion and gets away with it ... not even Jay Leno -- at least that's the sentiment behind a new lawsuit, filed by one angry Sikh follower ...

Wiltshire right to die man seeks High Court ruling BBC News
“A severely disabled man from Wiltshire is to ask the High Court to allow a doctor to end his life.” Full story BBC News, 29th November 2011 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Oklahoma: Proposed law will forbid Sikh turbans in drivers license photos
Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund: Earlier today, the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF), the oldest Sikh American civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States, called upon members of the Oklahoma State Senate to prove that religious freedom will be protected in Oklahoma...

Walt Disney
alleging a Sikh American applied for a job with Disney but was told he did not have the "Disney look" - apparently referring to his beard and turban, which is required by his religion.