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Articles with tag: Sikhism

The Shrinking Boundaries of Sikhism

Dost Mittar   May 26, 2009   interacts: 194

The attack on a Sikh temple in Vienna brings into focus the tensions that are being created in the community in the name of maintaining the purity of the faith.

The Gentle Power of the Sufi Tradition

Murad A Baig   Apr 21, 2009   interacts: 473

Although Sufis are now widely considered to be a Muslim sect, their history goes back to long before the advent of Islam.

Born Again

B Waraich   Feb 2, 2005   interacts: 8

The rabid religiousness was infectious. It didn’t affect me though. I was more concerned with the weight of the knot of hair on my head and my asthma. I wanted to be born again, leave the knot of hair behind, shave off the hair on my face, leave my

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