Read more Sikh stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/18885/sikh.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:50:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73847/dont-let-this-army-captain-wear-a-beard.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFollowing the Fort Hood shootings, top Army brass have worried about a “backlash” against Muslim soldiers. Funny, then, that the Army itself is creating the climate for backlash by eroding the uniform code with concessions to religious custom, writes Elaine Donnelly . Capt. Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi, a Sikh, was granted the...http://www.newser.com/story/73847/dont-let-this-army-captain-wear-a-beard.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Nov 2009 12:56:11 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/60023/india-riots-bust-out-after-austria-temple-killing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRiots have broken out in dozens of cities across the Indian state of Punjab after a Sikh guru was killed in a temple in Austria yesterday. Thousands of protesters have damaged public property and set trains on fire, and in one city four people were injured when police fired on...http://www.newser.com/story/60023/india-riots-bust-out-after-austria-temple-killing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 25 May 2009 7:07:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59988/gun-battle-in-vienna-temple-wounds-6.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA mid-afternoon shootout between members of two families at an Indian religious temple in Vienna left nine people seriously injured, Reuters reports. Authorities arrested six men who barged into the Sikh temple with knives and a gun. The men, who number among the wounded, apparently were extremists who opposed the...http://www.newser.com/story/59988/gun-battle-in-vienna-temple-wounds-6.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 24 May 2009 9:13:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58458/bulletproof-turban-in-development-for-uks-sikh-cops.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists are developing a bulletproof turban that would allow Britain’s Sikh police officers to handle firearms and become riot cops, the Telegraph reports. The religion requires men keep their turbans on at all times, barring them from wearing helmets required in certain high-risk scenarios. “There needs to be a recognition...http://www.newser.com/story/58458/bulletproof-turban-in-development-for-uks-sikh-cops.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 08 May 2009 14:10:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55212/gq-books-sikh-supermodel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn aspiring supermodel who happens to be Sikh will appear in GQ ’s Style magazine wearing a turban, the Telegraph reports. Sonny Caberwal, discovered by Kenneth Cole last year, posed in a black dinner jacket with a pink turban and in a white tuxedo with a yellow turban. Caberwal worked...http://www.newser.com/story/55212/gq-books-sikh-supermodel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 03 Apr 2009 11:18:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/20907/ritual-daggers-bar-sikhs-from-meeting-pope.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSikh leaders won’t attend a US interfaith meeting with Pope Benedict XVI next month because the Secret Service won’t let them wear ceremonial daggers, the AP reports. Kirpaans are required attire for the Eastern religion. “We cannot undermine the rights and freedoms of religion in the name of security,” said...http://www.newser.com/story/20907/ritual-daggers-bar-sikhs-from-meeting-pope.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 06 Mar 2008 12:00:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/14056/traditional-trumps-trendy-for-indian-idol.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe winner of "Voice of India," the country's equivalent of "American Idol," is an icon of both music and style, but he prefers tradition to trends. Ishmeet Singh, 18, has gained national recognition as a keshdari Sikh, or one who wears a turban, in an era when the head covering...http://www.newser.com/story/14056/traditional-trumps-trendy-for-indian-idol.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 14 Dec 2007 18:58:50 CST