Terrified worshippers hid in cupboards and others desperately texted friends outside for help as a man gunned down killed six people in a deadly rampage at a Sikh temple.

Tackling racism is an extremely complex issue.

I FAIL to see why Cllr Joe O’Callaghan deems it necessary or desirable for the Minister for Justice to ban the wearing of the burka in public places (News, August 19).

Eight Muslim men were arrested in Malaysia for allegedly firebombing a Christian church after a court ruled that non-Muslims could use the word “Allah” to refer to God.

SWITZERLAND has banned minarets on new mosques.

THE Garda Síochána is only “partially open” to ethnic minorities, a leading member of the Sikh community told a Garda conference yesterday.

The British National Party today denied suggestions that an elderly Sikh was set to become the party’s first non-white member.

Sikhs wielding knives and a handgun attacked two preachers at a rival temple in Vienna in a brawl that left one of the victims dead today and at least 15 others wounded, police said. A related clash later broke out in northern India.

A BRITISH parliamentary peer and world-renowned human rights lawyer has claimed the ruling by Garda authorities that Sikh recruits may not wear a turban is indefensible and will easily be overturned in a court of law.

IT is a bad day for the reputation of Ireland and for the Garda Siochána when a Sikh is not allowed to wear a turban as part of his uniform.

A MODERN, European society is no more than an attempt at the organisation of all its members, no matter what their religion, no matter what their origin, no matter which cultural background informs their ambitions, for the mutual security and benefit of every member of that society.

I WISH to clarify the issue in relation to the refusal to allow a Sikh member of the Garda Reserve to wear a turban.

FOR returned emigrants like me who spent most of our working lives in Britain, the decision to discriminate against Sikhs joining the Garda Reserve is astonishing.

Ciaran Cuffe of the Green Party has demanded An Garda Siochana scrap an allegedly racist rule which bans Sikh officers from wearing a turban on duty.

Observant Sikh Vacher Harpal had never had his hair cut until an older teenager at his high school chopped it off in what authorities are calling a hate crime.

Streets were deserted and shops closed across the northern Indian state of Punjab today after Sikh leaders called for a general strike in the wake of more than a week of clashes with a quasi-religious sect.

GARDAÍ from ethnic communities may be allowed to wear turbans on duty in a bid to attract members to the force.

SERVING gardaí are to undergo anti-racism training as part of the force’s new recruitment drive among ethnic minorities.

Gardaí from ethnic communities may be allowed to wear turbans on duty in a bid to attract new members to the force, it emerged today.

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A British theatre today abandoned further performances of a controversial play which sparked a mini-riot among Sikhs who claimed it demeaned their religion.

Lawyers have made their final arguments in the murder trial of two Sikhs charged over the 1985 bombing of an Air India jumbo jet, ending one of the most exhaustive and expensive trials in Canadian history.

Three Sikh students have been expelled from a French school for refusing to remove their turbans.

Three Sikh students were expelled from a French school today for refusing to remove their turbans.

The two men accused of the Air India jumbo jet bombing that killed 329 people nearly 20 years ago were guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, Canadian prosecutors said.

Manmohan Singh, the soft-spoken economist named India’s next prime minister, pledged today to work to restore religious harmony, keep India investor-friendly and seek peace with rival Pakistan.

Sikh schoolboys must exchange their turbans for a hair net when a new law banning religious clothing in France’s public schools takes effect in September.

Sikh schoolboys must exchange their turbans for a hair net when a new law banning religious apparel in France’s public schools takes effect in September.

FIRE engulfed the rear three coaches of a moving express train in northern India early yesterday, killing at least 39 passengers and injuring 20 others, police said.

THE British army has lifted a little of the veil over its preparations for a possible war with Iraq and revealed a tented cookhouse in Kuwait.

A SIKH man who acquired the materials for a bomb that killed 329 people aboard an Air India flight in 1985 was sentenced to five years in prison yesterday.

A Sikh militant today today admitted killing 329 people who died on board an Air India jumbo jet when it was blown up in 1985.

British Foreign Office plans to distribute a pamphlet justifying the war in Afghanistan have angered UK Muslim leaders.

Charges have been filed against a man accused of trying to set fire to a Seattle mosque.

Arrest warrants have been issued for a Sikh militant leader who led a separatist campaign in India from his London home.