THE president of Melbourne’s largest Sikh temple has requested additional night-time security from Victoria Police in the wake of an arson attack on another Sikh temple earlier this week. The request, made to Victoria Police in a letter yesterday, asks for “increased vigilance” from local authorities around the high-profile Sikh temple in the eastern Melbourne suburb of Blackburn, which has previously been visited by the Premier and the state Opposition Leader.
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Sikhs call for security after Melbourne temple attack
CRANBOURNE’S Sikh community says it is under attack after yesterday’s deliberately lit fire in a partially-built Lynbrook temple. Police are still investigating the blaze, which started at about 12.30am inside the Nanaksar Sikh Temple. It is the latest in a string of incidents at the Evans Rd site during the past 12 months, including graffiti, theft, break-ins and petty vandalism.
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Sikhs fear more attacks after Lynbrook temple blaze
…for hastening the demise of mainstream evangelical Christianity. As more Christians realize the extent of your arrogance, insensitivity, righteousness, and general asshattery, many will undoubtedly hasten to distance themselves from you and your rhetoric. If I were a Christian, I’d certainly be embarrassed to be associated with you
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Thank you Pat Robertson
A 59-year-old cult leader from south Tel Aviv who was romantically involved with 17 women and fathered 40 children with them was arrested on Tuesday morning on suspicion of “enslaving” members of his group and raping a number of the women.
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Tel Aviv cult leader Goel Ratzon arrested for ‘enslaving’ 17 women, rape
Reporting on the first full day following the earthquake in Port au Prince, Simon Romero, writing for the New York Times ended his report with this amazing image:”With no electricity, stars offered the only illumination in the city, which, with its suburbs, is home to nearly 3 million people. For some of those lying on the asphalt or in the parks, cellphones provided a brief glimpse of light.
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“Beni Swa Leternel" : "Blessed be the Lord.”
I just started Darrell Johnson’s The Glory of Preaching. I can’t offer any sort of review after only a few pages, although I am looking forward to reading more (his earlier book, Experiencing the Trinity is well worth getting hold of). But how about a quote: Through the never-perfect speech of an always-imperfect speaker, the triune God works the miracle of transformation . So the book presses on into the glory of preaching, building on three foundational convictions: 1
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Gurpreet Singh Anand Intrepid traveller, who braved the cold of the North Pole, South Pole and Mount Everest, takes us on a journey in the footsteps of the travels of the first Master, Guru Nanak Sahib Ji in Gujarat. During the course of an earlier interview, the author told us, “Life is a journey, from one path to another, from one pilgrimage to another and I am destined to do that.” Exclusive to World Sikh News, this first person account candidly brings to life, the aura and pristine glory of the place with awe and respect. Like his words, the pictures taken by the author bring forth the beauty and expanse of the place
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Gurdwara Lakhpat Sahib Ji
AN elder at a Melbourne Sikh temple suspected to have been torched by arsonists has described the early-morning vandalism as an “attack on religion”, placing further strain on diplomatic relations already damaged by a spate of serious assaults on Indian students.
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Melbourne Sikh temple arson ‘an attack on religion’
New York, NY: Harpreet Singh, Esq., former Legal Director of UNITED SIKHS recently joined the U.S. Department of Justice, Community Relations Service as the Regional Director of Region III.
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UNITED SIKHS Congratulates Our Former Legal Director on His New Position at the United States Department of Justice
Vandals threw stones at a Sikh temple, adding to religious tensions over a string of attacks on churches in Muslim-dominated Malaysia. The church attacks – since Friday eight have been hit with firebombs and one with paint – came after a court overturned a Government ban and allowed a Catholic newspaper to use the word “Allah” to refer to God. Some of the Sikh scriptures also use “Allah”.
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Sikhs target of ‘Allah’ attack